Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: It Must Be Something In The Water
- We’re not sure if we’ve hit and all-time high or and all-time low with the Titans now that Chris Johnson has bribed the team’s offensive linemen with new cars if he can hit the 2000-yard mark this season. [City Paper]
- “Strange things happen to those who enter one Mid-state house. Invisible fire ants bite your feet. Fillings in your teeth throb with pain. Then there’s the mysterious light.” We are not quite sure what to make of this one, Channel 5. [WTVF]
- And then there is the guy who says that Jesus appears in the condensation on his pickup truck regularly. [WZTV]
- We should find out today what will happen to the woman who was arrested for Facebook-poking someone who had a restraining order against her. [WSMV]
- The company that owns the largest chunk of land in the new convention center site is now suing the Metro Development and Housing Agency just so they can see their own property appraisals. [WPLN]
Photo by ryan2013.
We’re not sure if we’ve hit and all-time high or and all-time low with the Titans now that Chris Johnson has bribed the team’s offensive linemen with new cars if he can hit the 2000-yard mark this season. [City Paper] “Strange things happen to those who enter one Mid-state house. Invisible fire ants bite your [...]
Clear The Roads, Cool Springs: Chuy’s Open For Business (And Heading For The ‘Boro)
Nashville, we have a confession to make. We got to try out the new Chuy’s in Cool Springs before its official grand opening on Monday evening, and we forgot to fill you in. Our feeble excuse? Food coma.
Chuy’s really doesn’t need reviewing (we were actually late for our reservation because we couldn’t squeeze our car in among the Texas license plates). The place was jam-packed with loyal Chuy’s Facebook fans enjoying a free meal, and we could barely navigate through them to the bar to order a tasty Chuy’s ‘Rita. And at the grand opening on Tuesday, things weren’t any different – our undercover Chuy’s operative reports that he waited 45 minutes for a table.
If you’ve gotten this far and are completely baffled, you must not be from Texas (it’s okay, neither are we). Chuy’s is a funky tex-mex restaurant with a cultish following, and their first location outside of Texas just happens to be (almost) in town (as if Cool Springs traffic needed to get any worse). Check out our first post about Chuy’s coming to Tennessee to fill in some of the blanks.
Chuy’s must see a bright future in Middle Tennessee – Plans are already in the works for a Murfreesboro location to open. The Murfreesboro restaurant will be the second in Tennessee and the 17th location overall for the chain. The ‘Boro Chuy’s will move in at the former Davy Crockett’s building on Northwest Broad Street, and will be open for business in Spring 2010.
Photo via Chuy’s Nashville on Facebook.
Nashville, we have a confession to make. We got to try out the new Chuy’s in Cool Springs before its official grand opening on Monday evening, and we forgot to fill you in. Our feeble excuse? Food coma. Chuy’s really doesn’t need reviewing (we were actually late for our reservation because we couldn’t squeeze our [...]
Belcourt Does A Little Sundance: 2010 Film Festival Goes Nationwide
We’re grinning from ear to ear as we bring you this news – Nashville’s very own Belcourt Theatre has been selected as one of eight independent theatres nationwide to host the brand-new expanded Sundance Film Festival USA. On January 28, 2010, eight filmmakers will take their films on the road for “a night of ideas across the country,” stopping at The Belcourt and in theatres in Ann Arbor, MI (Michigan Theater), Brookline, MA (Coolidge Corner Theatre), Brooklyn, NY (BAM), Chicago, IL (Music Box Theatre), Los Angeles, CA (Downtown Independent), Madison, WI (Sundance Cinemas Madison) and San Francisco, CA (Sundance Kabuki Cinemas).
Theatres will host a screening and Q&A session with the filmmaker, as well as a pre-show program featuring highlights from the real Sundance in Utah. Specific films and filmmakers have yet to be announced, but we’ll keep you updated. Tickets will go on sale Friday, December 11.
Congrats to The Belcourt!
Photo by jhritz.
We’re grinning from ear to ear as we bring you this news – Nashville’s very own Belcourt Theatre has been selected as one of eight independent theatres nationwide to host the brand-new expanded Sundance Film Festival USA. On January 28, 2010, eight filmmakers will take their films on the road for “a night of ideas [...]
Bright & Early: All Is Fair Edition
Good morning, Nashville. There may be hope yet for the Tennessee State Fair thanks to some new proposals by everyone’s favorite Metro Councilman Eric Crafton. Councilman Crafton has drafted a resolution that would extend the life of the fair through 2010, giving advocates more time to come up with a way to save it. The other part of the plan includes an ordinance that would ban any other use of the fairgrounds other than everything that currently operates there, such as the fair, flea market, and roller derby.
- Rethinking the H1N1 vaccine. In case your kids didn’t have enough fun with the H1N1 flu vaccine the first time around, further testing has determined that kids under 9 actually need two doses in order for it to be effective. Unfortunately the Metro Health Department is all out, again.
- Spring Hill GM to close. The Spring Hill GM plant is slated to close in just a few weeks around Thanksgiving, leaving approximately 2,000 people without work. Governor Phil is trying to brace the state for the inevitable increase in unemployment claims.
- Bits & pieces. An MTSU professor has apologized after making students sign a pledge stating that cheating on their exam would be a fast-track ticket to hell … Kevin Mawae and Albert “Speedy” Haynesworth were voted two of the dirtiest players in the NFL … Upon further analysis, Metro Schools still aren’t doing so hot … The head of Nashville’s Parks & Rec department may resign after the revelation that his department is facing a nearly $2 million deficit.
Photo by rumielf.
Good morning, Nashville. There may be hope yet for the Tennessee State Fair thanks to some new proposals by everyone’s favorite Metro Councilman Eric Crafton. Councilman Crafton has drafted a resolution that would extend the life of the fair through 2010, giving advocates more time to come up with a way to save it. The [...]
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