Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Probably Worth Celebrating
- Yay for us! Nashville’s crime rate was down for the 5th year straight and is actually at its lowest point in 18 years. Guess we’re doing something right! [WKRN]
- The latest estimate says we’ll be getting $4.28B from the economic stimulus package, which includes that $600M for highway projects that we talked about a few weeks ago–in addition to $1.6B for TennCare and $1.2B for education (yes please!) [WKRN]
- Coach Lane Kiffin over at University of Tennessee has been called out a third time for violating the NCAA’s policies about recruits. No fog machines were involved this time, though. :( [Tennessean]
- So Kroger has a marketplace that sells furniture and bed & bath items? Who knew! The first Kroger Marketplace in Middle Tennessee opened in Thompson Station near Spring Hill on Wednesday morning. [WKRN]
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn is off the hook for the campaign finance charges that the FEC tried to bring against her. Between that and her fake foreclosure, she’s had a rough time of it this year! [Tennessean]
Photo by rumielf.
Yay for us! Nashville’s crime rate was down for the 5th year straight and is actually at its lowest point in 18 years. Guess we’re doing something right! [WKRN]
The latest estimate says we’ll be getting $4.28B from the economic stimulus package, which includes that $600M for highway projects that we talked about a few weeks [...]
Nashville Musician Dave Barnes Spreading The Love Bug
We love writing about Valentine’s Day because there are so many amazingly tacky puns we can make! We just can’t resist. Anyway, most of you are probably familiar with Nashville musician Dave Barnes, who is on his way to world domination fame & fortune uh, something, these days. Well, Dave’s peeps have put together a great promotion centered around Valentine’s Day, and it’s so brilliantly creative that we just had to share what’s going on.
So here’s the deal. Fans of Dave Barnes have been visiting DaveBarnes.com each day for the past 13 days to get new treats from Team Dave. And by “treats,” we mean ridiculous videos of Dave dressed up as cupid answering vaguely Valentine’s-themed questions sent in by fans. And he does a remarkable job of answering (and a remarkable job of pulling off that cupid outfit).
We love to see innovation and creativity coming from our friends in the Nashville music industry, so we thought we’d give it a shout. And if you happen to be a fan of Dave Barnes, you can win an iPod Touch by spreading the Crazy Cupid videos around. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Photo by morganlevy.
We love writing about Valentine’s Day because there are so many amazingly tacky puns we can make! We just can’t resist. Anyway, most of you are probably familiar with Nashville musician Dave Barnes, who is on his way to world domination fame & fortune uh, something, these days. Well, Dave’s peeps have put together a [...]
Gettin’ Hitched In Paradise Tomorrow
Paradise Park, that wonderfully-tacky can’t-miss-it place downtown (you know, the one with the biggest and brightest neon sign) is prepared to take one for the team and make this Valentine’s Day one to remember – They’re offering free marriages at Paradise Park tomorrow only. One of the business owners, Mark Goldberg, was ordained specifically for this purpose. Can you believe the generosity?!
Included in the package is a free sweet tea and an order of tater tots for you and your sweetie to share on your special day. You will also have the opportunity to choose one of two specially designed backdrops, either a beach scene or Las Vegas, in which to immortalize your newlywed bliss in your distinctive wedding photos. Weddings will be officiated on the stage at Paradise Park.
Last Valentine’s Day, 16 couples showed up at Paradise Park and got hitched (or re-hitched) beheath the blinding glow of Broadway. So if you’ve got the wedding planning blues, well, you know where to go. But you might want to get there early… Marriage ceremonies will only be performed between 6pm-10pm. We might just have to head down there to see this for ourselves. Thanks to Heather Byrd for the tip!
Photo by Tadson.
Paradise Park, that wonderfully-tacky can’t-miss-it place downtown (you know, the one with the biggest and brightest neon sign) is prepared to take one for the team and make this Valentine’s Day one to remember – They’re offering free marriages at Paradise Park tomorrow only. One of the business owners, Mark Goldberg, was ordained specifically for [...]
Bright & Early: Morning After Edition
Good morning, Nashville. What a great time we had last night at Twestival Nashville! We met so many of you guys face-to-face, gave away a ton of great prizes, heard some awesome music, and most importantly raised over $2,000 for charity: water (if you missed out, you can still donate here!) And oh yeah, we made the front page of the Tennessean’s ‘Local & Business’ section. We realize we’re pretty biased, but we have to say that our Twitter community is one fun, good-looking, and kind-hearted bunch. Rumor has it that something like this might be happening a little more often around here, so keep an eye out!
- No, seriously. The TVA just passed another rate decrease effective April 1st (fitting, isn’t it?) They’ll be energy rates by 7% which is expected to save us all around $4-$9 per month. And props to them for also cutting executive pay.
- Puppies for all. The Nashville Humane Association is taking in 40 of the 280 puppies rescued from a Sparta puppy mill on Wednesday.
- Bits & pieces. A rally to demand fair wages was held outside of Legislative Plaza downtown yesterday … Four Tennessee legislators really, really want to see President Obama’s birth certificate to make sure he’s really, you know, the President … Some folks in Davidson County aren’t exactly thrilled with the gallons of raw sewage that spill into their yard every time it rains.
Photo by Christian Grantham.
Good morning, Nashville. What a great time we had last night at Twestival Nashville! We met so many of you guys face-to-face, gave away a ton of great prizes, heard some awesome music, and most importantly raised over $2,000 for charity: water (if you missed out, you can still donate here!) And oh yeah, we [...]
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