Nashvillest

Well guys, Memphis left us in the dust with 254,390 early voters to Davidson’s 190,705–but what you see up there is the state’s impressive grand total of 1,550,939. [Election Commission]
Turns out Joe the Plumber may not be making our ears bleed after all, but rather our eyes. [WSMV]
Some loser (maybe it’s the notorious boob-grabber?) [...]

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The Green Hills Whole Foods is celebrating one year in Nashville this weekend, with lots of fun giveaways, sales, free food and events. We’ll take any excuse to wander around collecting samples. A full schedule of the foodie festivities can be found here. Nashvillest headquarters are just across the street, so we’ll stroll over at [...]

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When this photo showed up in our pool a few days ago, we hadn’t paid a whole lot of attention. Turns out this is Lucca, one of two puppies tossed out of a moving van on someone’s way out of Nashville. The good folks at Camp Chaos took them in and now need some help [...]

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Good morning, Nashville, and happy Halloween! Remember that newspaper, the Tennessee Tribune, that published the names of all the registered voters who didn’t vote in the 2004 election? Another newspaper tracked a bunch of them down and hired a limo to take them to the early voting sites yesterday. “Instead of criticizing people about not [...]

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Many things came out of the TVA gripe fest this morning: For instance, we now know that the 20% rate increase on our electric bills is going straight into the CEO’s pocket! [WSMV]
We also know that we may be getting a break in our bills if the cost of fuel keeps going down (read: paying [...]

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From Jason, in response to You Tell Us, What’s Your Favorite Warm Winter Drink In Town?: 
“The Cafe Mocha is on the menu. And they have a list of a bunch of new flavor shots. Eldenberry, Toasted Marshmallow, etc… It was cool that day and I thought to myself, “Man, I would love to be by [...]

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One thing we like about East Nashville are the old signs that line the streets–though some are definitely creepier than others. We’re not sure we’d want to go anywhere near this place, but we loved this holga scan from joshua black wilkins.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you [...]

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Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday we mentioned that the someone may finally be ready to buy our gimpy minor league baseball club, the Sounds. The folks that want to buy them, based out of New York, could announce the deal as early as today. There are some other possibilities on the table that could pull them [...]

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We say we’ve had enough of Joe the Plumber, the plumber from Ohio who voiced his concerns about taxes to Senator Barack Obama at a rally and has since become a household name. But Joe the Plumber doesn’t think we’ve had enough of him, and it looks like he’ll be sticking around for a while [...]

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After a standoff between the team and the Metro Council that seems like it’s gone on forever, someone might finally buy the freaking Sounds. Not sure who’d want them after the season they had this year, but we’re just happy to have it (almost) over with. [WSMV]
Is Joe The Plumber going country? Gosh, we hope [...]

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