Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: You Win Some, You Lose Some
- In the excitement of John Rich and CMApocalypse, we almost forgot to mention that the Metro Council approved the land purchase for the new convention center. Bye bye, Rocketown :(. [WKRN]
- The Tennessee House voted to overturn Governor Phil’s veto on the Guns in Bars bill, but not before the bill’s sponsor blamed the media for swaying the governor’s decision by, um, calling it the Guns in Bars bill. [WSMV & WKRN]
- Finally, someone important is acknowledging that the TVA ash spill might end up costing us some money on our utility bills down the road, except rather than blaming the TVA for spilling toxic sludge in the first place, Rep. John Duncan blames the folks who are suing the TVA for destroying their homes and giving them asthma and all that. [Tennessean]
- Also, as it turns out, our state is about $100 million in the hole. [In Session]
Photo by wil onstott.
In the excitement of John Rich and CMApocalypse, we almost forgot to mention that the Metro Council approved the land purchase for the new convention center. Bye bye, Rocketown :(. [WKRN]
The Tennessee House voted to overturn Governor Phil’s veto on the Guns in Bars bill, but not before the bill’s sponsor blamed the media for [...]
Photo Of The Day: June 3, 2009
Fannie Mae Dees Park, better known as Dragon Park, was one of our first really fun discoveries in Nashville after we moved here. We love the lighting in this film shot by lets take your car (yes, real actual film!) of one of the mosaicked dragon hump that appears to rise out of the ground.
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.
Fannie Mae Dees Park, better known as Dragon Park, was one of our first really fun discoveries in Nashville after we moved here. We love the lighting in this film shot by lets take your car (yes, real actual film!) of one of the mosaicked dragon hump that appears to rise out of the ground.
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The Gulch Is Cool, But Don’t Bike There [Mixed Reviews By People Who Don't Live Here]
Nashville’s latest ranking comes from Men’s Journal, and we guess we’ll forgive them for using the abbreviation “nabes” (neighborhoods) because they included our very own Gulch among the Best Neighborhoods In America (Southeast). The Gulch has a lot going for them right now, with the recent addition of Urban Flats, Cantina Laredo, Urban Outfitters, and the coming-soon Nashville Clothing Company and The Wine Loft.
In other less favorable news, Tennessee dropped a few spots from last year’s 36th place in the 2009 Bicycle Friendly States rankings, to 43rd place. On the bright side, there’s not much lower we can drop next year!
And finally, some news that’s like music to our ears, the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro metropolitan area was ranked 5th out of 366 metropolitan areas in the country for economic strength.
Editor’s note: There is actually nothing wrong with biking to the Gulch.
Photo by burningkarma.
Nashville’s latest ranking comes from Men’s Journal, and we guess we’ll forgive them for using the abbreviation “nabes” (neighborhoods) because they included our very own Gulch among the Best Neighborhoods In America (Southeast). The Gulch has a lot going for them right now, with the recent addition of Urban Flats, Cantina Laredo, Urban Outfitters, and [...]
Bright & Early: CMApocalypse Now Edition
Good morning, Nashville. CMApocalypse is really sneaking up on us this year, and we’d almost forgotten about it until we saw the news this morning that more than 40,000 rabid country music fans are expected to descend upon our fair city for the festival next weekend and 30,000 of them are expected to be filling up the hotels downtown. How fast can we plan a weekend getaway, right? Okay, we kid; Nashville wouldn’t be Nashville without the tourists, and heck, we welcome any excuse to bust out the CMApocalypse bingo (feel free to make your own and send them our way!) Either way, keep an ear to Nashvillest over the next couple of days and we’ll do our best to get you through it.
- Strung along. Vince Young is tired of sitting on the bench and being upstaged by crooning quarterback Kerry Collins, and he’s sending a loud message to the Titans that he either wants to be in the game or peace out. Coach Fisher insists that VY® will eventually be the starter but that Collins will most likely start 2009.
- Getting nasty in Green Hills. The Green Hills Mall parking garage is becoming quite the hotbed for violent crime in Nashville, the latest installment being the 18-year old kid who was mugged and then stuffed into the trunk of his car while waiting for AAA yesterday afternoon, in broad daylight.
- Bits & pieces. We’re not sure we’ve ever seen a car booted in Nashville, but thanks to a new city law, Metro police are the only ones who can do it now … A Hume-Fogg senior is stepping up in defense of the ACLU’s lawsuit against Metro schools for blocking GLBT websites on school computers … A US Senate committee has set a June 16 hearing to investigate the whole “Oops, we just infected some patients with HIV and Hepatitis” situation with the VA hospitals around here.
A year ago on Nashvillest: We battened down the hatches for the start of the CMA fest invasion, scratched our heads at the thought of An Inconvenient Truth: The Opera, and won some awards with our urinals.
Photo by Brandon James.
Good morning, Nashville. CMApocalypse is really sneaking up on us this year, and we’d almost forgotten about it until we saw the news this morning that more than 40,000 rabid country music fans are expected to descend upon our fair city for the festival next weekend and 30,000 of them are expected to be filling [...]
Tonight: Free Root Beer Float Night At Sonic [Freebies]
Why can’t it be 8pm right now?! Tonight from 8pm-midnight, Sonic Drive-in’s are handing out free small root beer floats. If we remember correctly, many Sonics actually ran out of ice cream last year. We have many fond summer memories of midnight Sonic root beer float runs, and we’ll be there tonight when the clock strikes 8.
Here’s a tip – The Sonic on 8th Ave S has recently remodeled and added a new set of drive-in stalls, which means they should have enough room to accommodate the float rush.
Photo by justephens.
Why can’t it be 8pm right now?! Tonight from 8pm-midnight, Sonic Drive-in’s are handing out free small root beer floats. If we remember correctly, many Sonics actually ran out of ice cream last year. We have many fond summer memories of midnight Sonic root beer float runs, and we’ll be there tonight when the clock [...]
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