Monthly Archives: March, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving From Nashvillest!
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Thanksgiving! We at Nashvillest are chilling out in the midwest for the next few days, so we’ll be going light on the posting throughout the weekend. We hope you guys enjoy your long weekend, and we’ll be back to our regular programming on Monday morning!
In the meantime, be sure to catch Nashvillians Trace Adkins, Miley Cyrus, and newly country-fied Darius Rucker in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. And… Rick Astley? Count us in!
Photo by mdpNY.
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Thanksgiving! We at Nashvillest are chilling out in the midwest for the next few days, so we’ll be going light on the posting throughout the weekend. We hope you guys enjoy your long weekend, and we’ll be back to our regular programming on Monday morning!
In the meantime, be sure to [...]
Photo Of The Day: November 26, 2008
In honor of Turkey Day, here are some wild turkeys wandering around in the middle of the road somewhere in Nashville as captured by amerune.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.
In honor of Turkey Day, here are some wild turkeys wandering around in the middle of the road somewhere in Nashville as captured by amerune.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool [...]
Calling All Crazy People: Opry Mills Midnight Madness [Black Friday]
This one goes out to the masochists among us who are staying in town for Thanksgiving. If you’re dying to throw yourself into the Black Friday fray, you’ll be happy to know that the folks at Opry Mills have you covered. Starting tomorrow night at midnight, most of the 200 stores will be opening their doors (except Bass Pro because they’re lame) to everyone who’s crazy enough to be at the mall in the middle of the night. The festivities will carry on through the early morning hours and well into the next day:
[Updated 11/27, 8pm]
1 – 6 a.m. — Shoppers can rest their feet to enjoy Classic Holiday Movies on the big screen and free popcorn in the Food Court.
2 a.m. — The first 300 shoppers ages 18 and older who arrive at the Regal Cinemas Court after the midnight opening will get a wristband that allows participation in Opry Mills’ sixth annual Balloon Pop at 2 a.m. All balloons will be attached to columns to be popped and will contain vouchers for Simon Giftcards, including a grand prize of $1,000!
6 – 7 a.m. — After working up an appetite, shoppers are invited at 6 a.m. to have Breakfast with Dancers from the World Famous Rockettes. Guests will be treated to free coffee and doughnuts, candid photos with the Rockettes and the chance to play in a 100-person game of Musical Chairs for a $500 Simon Giftcard!
4 – 6 p.m. — Black Friday also will feature the debut of “Holiday Family Theater,” a 30-minute family musical featuring holiday songs and carols, a reading of “The Night Before Christmas” and an appearance by Santa Claus in a magical finale. Visit www.oprymills.com for additional show times throughout the holiday season.
As part of Shop Smarter, visitors don’t have to shop till they drop – Opry Mills will offer valet parking at Entry 2 by Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, a free shuttle service from the parking lot to mall entrances and a Rejuvenation Station featuring soft seating, video entertainment, product samples and coupons every weekend during the holiday shopping season.
Photo by joshmcconnell.
This one goes out to the masochists among us who are staying in town for Thanksgiving. If you’re dying to throw yourself into the Black Friday fray, you’ll be happy to know that the folks at Opry Mills have you covered. Starting tomorrow night at midnight, most of the 200 stores will be opening their [...]
Bright & Early: Are We There Yet? Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re down to our last day before the vacation and we’re ready to join the masses of Nashvillians flooding out of the city for the holiday. Lucky for us, the traffic is expected to be considerably thinner this year thanks to our tanking economy. Fewer cars on the road means fewer accidents, and fewer accidents means fewer traffic deaths–and well, that’s something to be thankful for.
- Christmas tree saga cont. We’re continuing to follow the story of The Christmas Tree That Almost Wasn’t. It arrived in the Public Square yesterday evening and will take a few days to be decorated, but we expect it to be pretty well decked out by the time we get back.
- Staging a coup. While Mayor Dean is positioning himself to take over the gimpy public school system, the school board has decided it’s not going down without a fight.
- Bits & pieces. Metro Schools are trying to minimize the damage of next year’s impending layoffs … Federal wiretapping drama is tied to AT&T which is tied to the Batman Building which is in Nashville, but the bottom line is that we needed an excuse to show you this picture … A Nashville judge takes Nashville’s homeless problem into his own hands.
Photo by Chris1051.
Good morning, Nashville. We’re down to our last day before the vacation and we’re ready to join the masses of Nashvillians flooding out of the city for the holiday. Lucky for us, the traffic is expected to be considerably thinner this year thanks to our tanking economy. Fewer cars on the road means fewer accidents, [...]
Happy Hour: Two Days To Turkeyday
- After finally locating a Christmas tree for the city (though it would have been kinda cool to have the National Guard to airlift one from Mt. Juliet), NES chopped it down today despite protests from the environmentalists. The tree was 60 years old. [Tennessean]
- A couple of generous Nashville celebrities kicked off the Thanksgiving season by deep-frying some turkeys (an art form previously unknown to us) for the homeless folks at the Nashville Rescue Mission. [WTVF]
- The teenage terrorist who stirred things up at MTSU earlier this year was ordered by a judge to do a 30-day stint in a mental institution. [WKRN]
- The rash of crime in normally-quiet Green Hills continues to astound, this time with a robbery-kidnapping of a homeowner and two teenagers. The five gunmen robbed their home, ordered them into their own car to drive to the ATM, then left them in the parking lot of Hillsboro High School and took their car. [Tennessean]
Photo by bethanyking.
After finally locating a Christmas tree for the city (though it would have been kinda cool to have the National Guard to airlift one from Mt. Juliet), NES chopped it down today despite protests from the environmentalists. The tree was 60 years old. [Tennessean]
A couple of generous Nashville celebrities kicked off the Thanksgiving season by [...]
Photo Of The Day: November 25, 2008
Our Flickr friends always seem to catch an interesting perspective on everyday objects and locations that we tend to take for granted. This unique shot of some train tracks in town by elemak is another example of such a shot, and has us itching to hit the road for Thanksgiving.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.
Our Flickr friends always seem to catch an interesting perspective on everyday objects and locations that we tend to take for granted. This unique shot of some train tracks in town by elemak is another example of such a shot, and has us itching to hit the road for Thanksgiving.
Photo Of The Day will be [...]
You Tell Us: What Are Your Plans For Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving has crept up on us again this year, and now we’re trying to get everything done really fast before we head out of town tomorrow. What are your plans for Thanksgiving? Do you lay low and have a nice meal at home? Do you hit the road and spend time with family and friends in other states? Are you the bravest of the brave (or maybe just crazed) who face those Black Friday sales?
Over the next few days, we’ll try to bring you some ideas and aids to make your Nashville Thanksgiving a little easier this year. But for now, what are your plans and traditions for Thanksgiving?
Photo by thankgod4meds.
Thanksgiving has crept up on us again this year, and now we’re trying to get everything done really fast before we head out of town tomorrow. What are your plans for Thanksgiving? Do you lay low and have a nice meal at home? Do you hit the road and spend time with family and friends [...]
Bright & Early: High Aspirations Edition
Good morning, Nashville. With 7% of us wandering out jobless these days, the US Census Bureau has some good news for us: Census season means 3,000 new (temporary) jobs in Tennessee. The Bureau will be opening up three new offices this year in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, and they need workers who can drive around the community, knock on doors, and collect all that data. Okay okay, so they don’t promise excitement, but the pay starts at $9.75 per hour. Head over to the US Census Bureau website to apply.
- Barbie enthusiast. A Nashville woman is rightfully pissed this morning after her $10,000 Barbie collection was stolen out of her car outside of the Rivergate Target. We’re not sure how one could rack up $10,000 worth of Barbies, but if you’re and Ebay or Craigslist lurker, keep an eye out.
- Presidential visit. President Bush is visiting Fort Campbell today to give a shout out to a wounded soldier who has done some impressive volunteer work with the families of the deployed, and to talk about the global war on terror.
- English Only drama round-up: More on Mayor Dean’s aide stepping down for a few months to help out with the fight … Councilman Crafton pokes fun at the aide for stepping down … Councilman Crafton sounds off on a number of other things.
Photo by jonk.
Good morning, Nashville. With 7% of us wandering out jobless these days, the US Census Bureau has some good news for us: Census season means 3,000 new (temporary) jobs in Tennessee. The Bureau will be opening up three new offices this year in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, and they need workers who can drive around [...]
Happy Hour: In Which We Begin Our Mass Exodus
- TDOT is getting in the holiday spirit by taking a few days off this Thanksgiving. This is good news for all of us who will be part of the annual mass exodus out of Nashville because they’ve put construction projects on hold from Wednesday afternoon until Monday morning. [WSMV]
- Trace Adkins has crowned himself the bad boy of country music, asserting that he gets all the “nasty songs” pitched to him that no one else will record. Because really, Honky Tonk Badonkadonk sure set the bar high. [WSMV]
- A Mount Juliet man was the lucky winner of $800,000 in the lottery over the weekend. [WSMV]
- A small plane carrying three people crashed this morning in North Nashville off of Whites Creek Pike. The crash, which killed all three passengers, was flying in from Arkansas. [WKRN]
- There’s a wonderful flame war brewing in the comments section of the Tennessean’s article about one of Mayor Dean’s top advisers taking a leave of absence to fight the English Only ordinance. [Tennessean]
Photo by victorjames615.
TDOT is getting in the holiday spirit by taking a few days off this Thanksgiving. This is good news for all of us who will be part of the annual mass exodus out of Nashville because they’ve put construction projects on hold from Wednesday afternoon until Monday morning. [WSMV]
Trace Adkins has crowned himself the bad [...]
Wife Swap? [Gems From The Nashville Craigslist]
There’s a market for everything on Craigslist, including wife swaps. We’re tempted to submit this one to passiveaggressivenotes.com! Ouch.
****WIFE SWAP ANYONE??**** (Nashville)
Im looking for another wife (physical appearance as far from important) for the day to swap with my beautiful lazy wife. My house is in serious disarray and somehow she is unable to make the smallest dent in cleaning it. I spent half my one day off of work this week helping her get started cleaning our home and after working a 16 hour shift come home to a newly chemically tanned wife laying in bed with a house twice as dirty as we left it. This day happens to be my birthday and she promised me that she would finish cleaning it as this is the one thing I asked for when asked what I wanted for my birthday. I even proceeded to call and check on her progress thru out the day twice and each time she happened to be taking a break due to exhaustion from highly detailed cleaning. Actually one of the two times I had to have my sisters boyfriend come to the house and physically check on her because i was worried and she failed to answer the phone only to find out that she and one of our sons were so into playing a video game together she was unable to pull herself away to answer it. Just needed to vent because it seems to help my wife who spends at least two hours on craigslist a day!
Photo by integerpoet.
There’s a market for everything on Craigslist, including wife swaps. We’re tempted to submit this one to passiveaggressivenotes.com! Ouch.
****WIFE SWAP ANYONE??**** (Nashville)
Im looking for another wife (physical appearance as far from important) for the day to swap with my beautiful lazy wife. My house is in serious disarray and somehow she is unable to make [...]
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