Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Sexy Veggies Edition
- Betcha didn’t know we have one of the nation’s sexiest vegetarians living just south of us! Franklinite Helen Newman is one of 10 finalists clamoring for the title of PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50. [Tennessean]
- Great news! The nation’s unemployment rate is now 9.4%, and actually went down for the first time in 15 months. [Tennessean]
- A small plane crashed in a field just north of the ‘Boro this morning, but both the pilot and the sole passenger walked away from the crash unharmed. [WKRN]
- Some cruel, heartless individuals out in Smyrna knowingly robbed a family that was on vacation courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [WSMV]
Photo by Wonderdawg777.
Betcha didn’t know we have one of the nation’s sexiest vegetarians living just south of us! Franklinite Helen Newman is one of 10 finalists clamoring for the title of PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50. [Tennessean]
Great news! The nation’s unemployment rate is now 9.4%, and actually went down for the first time in 15 months. [Tennessean]
A [...]
This Weekend: You Say Tomato, We Say Party
This weekend is Tomato Art Fest Weekend in East Nashville, one of our very favorite annual events (despite one Nashvillest editor’s brutal loss in the 2008 Hot Tomato contest). For a single day, everything in East Nashville turns to tomatoes. Walk into the Pied Piper Creamery, and you’ll find them dishing up tomato ice cream. Saunter over to the Art & Invention Gallery, and you’ll find tomato artwork crammed in every nook and cranny. Cross the street to a gravel parking lot, and you just might see real live Nashvillians parading around in tomato costumes.
The Tomato Art Fest takes place in East Nashville’s Five Points tomorrow, August 8 from 10am-whenever (some events start earlier in the morning). Music, contests, costumes, artwork, food and tomatoes galore will fill the day. In particular, we’re looking forward to Nuvo Burrito’s Wet Burrito Contest, hearing the winners of the Hot Tomato Haiku Contest read aloud, the eclectic Second Line Parade, 3 Crow’s Bloody Mary Competition, and lots of music from talented local musicians. And food. Did we mention food?
The big tomato party does not come without a price, however. Just remember that as you’re navigating around these street closures:
- 5:30AM-8PM: 11th Street between Woodland Street and Holly Street
- 5:30AM-8PM: Woodland Street between 11th Street and 12th Street
- 5:30AM-10AM: Anticipate closures and delays at 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, Woodland, Russell, Fatherland and Grantland Streets in the Five Points area of East Nashville for the Tomato 5K and 2nd Line Parade
What a bundle of fun! Good thing there’s a Tomato Shuttle to cart us around to the tomato-y goodness. The shuttle runs every 10 minutes with a 4 person minimum from First Church of the Nazarene (510 Woodland Street) and Lot B (large lot across from the church), and returns to 10th and Fatherland Street.
Photo by brookage.
This weekend is Tomato Art Fest Weekend in East Nashville, one of our very favorite annual events (despite one Nashvillest editor’s brutal loss in the 2008 Hot Tomato contest). For a single day, everything in East Nashville turns to tomatoes. Walk into the Pied Piper Creamery, and you’ll find them dishing up tomato ice cream. [...]
Caffeinated Birthdays: Have Your Cake And Coffee Too
“And many more” indeed. Two of our favorite new coffee shops are celebrating their first birthdays this week. We can hardly believe that it’s been a year since DrinkHaus’ mango blood orange gelato passed our lips for the first time, and since we parked our butts at Ugly Mugs on what was the first of dozens of trips to come. But time flies when you’re having fun!
Ugly Mugs is celebrating their first birthday with a good, old-fashioned birthday party tonight from 6pm-close. Music is from 6pm-9pm, featuring an assortment of Ugly Mugs patrons and baristas (Tyrus Morgan, Dewveall, Drew Holcomb and Dave Coleman). Expect birthday cake, prizes, a “chamfake” toast and a healthy dose of celebration.
DrinkHaus is celebrating their first birthday by giving Nashville the gifts… any size iced coffee will be just $1 all day this coming Monday, August 10. They plan to party later this month.
Swing by either establishment, drop some dollars and hum a little happy birthday tune if you appreciate them as much as we do. Happy birthday!
Photo by termie.
“And many more” indeed. Two of our favorite new coffee shops are celebrating their first birthdays this week. We can hardly believe that it’s been a year since DrinkHaus’ mango blood orange gelato passed our lips for the first time, and since we parked our butts at Ugly Mugs on what was the first of [...]
Bright & Early: Drama-Rama Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The drama over the convention center and the $450,000 in PR spending escalated at last night’s Metro Council meeting. Councilman Mike Jameson got up at the beginning of the meeting during the time traditionally set aside for minor announcements and delivered a scathing speech which, among other things, accused PR firm McNeely Piggot & Fox of inappropriately lobbying the councilmembers. He also managed to call out the finance department for knowing that the outrageous spending was going on and the Tennessean of deceiving readers by allowing the firm to ghost-write a convention center article. At the end of it, he declared that fighting back against the city’s most influential PR firm would probably mean the end of his career.
- More controversy. The non-discrimination ordinance also came up again at last night’s meeting, stirred up another flurry of debate, and was pushed back while the sponsors are able to answer other councilmembers’ questions.
- New in town. Some folks are upset over a new strip club that will be opening up where Ken’s Gold Club used to be. The club, Arrow Nashville, will be Tennessee’s first male strip club.
- Bits & pieces. The Bruce Springsteen concert has been pushed back to November … The Metro Council came a little closer to opting us out of the guns in parks legislation … Tennessee wants to cut its prison population by 3,000 … Speaking of jails, a Nashville inmate is accusing the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office of stealing his prosthetic leg.
Photo by Ryan2013.
Good morning, Nashville. The drama over the convention center and the $450,000 in PR spending escalated at last night’s Metro Council meeting. Councilman Mike Jameson got up at the beginning of the meeting during the time traditionally set aside for minor announcements and delivered a scathing speech which, among other things, accused PR firm McNeely [...]
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