Monthly Archives: December, 2011
Bright & Early: Blast It All Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re feeling a bit under the weather this morning and also are having a hard time stringing together a sentence, so watch this video instead! Happy Wednesday/snowday.
Video by Winston Hearn.
Good morning, Nashville. We’re feeling a bit under the weather this morning and also are having a hard time stringing together a sentence, so watch this video instead! Happy Wednesday/snowday. Video by Winston Hearn.
Happy Hour: We Think His Tractor’s Sexy
- We feel that Mayor Dean is simply not hardcore if he’s not out clearing snow with his John Deere tractor like the mayor of Minor Hill. [WSMV]
- Metro Schools will be closed for the third day this week on Wednesday, which is unfortunate as they used up their last allotted snow day today. [WTVF & WSMV]
- Members of the 107th General Assembly convened for the first time today, and Rep. Beth Harwell made history as the first woman elected Speaker of the House in Tennessee. [WTVF]
- The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian advocacy group, says that Vanderbilt University is violating abortion laws by requiring nurse residency applicants to participate in abortion procedures. Vanderbilt says there’s no truth to the accusation. [Tennessean]
- Check out some of the news coverage from last night’s snowball fight on WKRN and News Channel 5. WSMV’s coverage is conspicuously absent, though we suspect it may have something to do with the part where we ambushed their news van, for the sake of tradition. Don’t hate us, WSMV!
Photo by wonderdawg777.
We feel that Mayor Dean is simply not hardcore if he’s not out clearing snow with his John Deere tractor like the mayor of Minor Hill. [WSMV] Metro Schools will be closed for the third day this week on Wednesday, which is unfortunate as they used up their last allotted snow day today. [WTVF & [...]
Bright & Early: Charrrrge Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Well done with the citywide snowball fight last night! We’d guess around 100 of you turned out and pelted each other to your hearts’ content. Battlecries were shouted, alliances were formed, news crews were ambushed, and some strangers even united to build an impressive 7-foot snowman. The snow is supposed to taper off today, but then temperatures will plunge into stupid-cold territory with lows in the teens tonight. We won’t see anything above the mid-20s until Friday. As such, black ice will continue to be an issue, so please drive carefully!
- 5-1-1. Speaking of road conditions, Tennessee’s 511 service received a record-breaking 186,000 calls during the month of December. If you ever get in a bind, you can call 511 for updated conditions of major roads and highways.
- Snow dance! Please watch this video of this little girl doing a snow dance which she believes is the cause for all of the snow we’re getting in the midstate. It will make your day.
- Bits & pieces. Rutherford County is trying to diversify their school system by using socioeconomic status to draw school districts … This article is worth clicking on solely for the accompanying picture of Musica … The Nashville flea market will be around for at least one more year … Poor Gallatin had no water yesterday.
Photo by Chris Wage.
Good morning, Nashville. Well done with the citywide snowball fight last night! We’d guess around 100 of you turned out and pelted each other to your hearts’ content. Battlecries were shouted, alliances were formed, news crews were ambushed, and some strangers even united to build an impressive 7-foot snowman. The snow is supposed to taper off [...]
Happy Hour: When Life Gives You Snow, Make Snowballs
- Our very own Bridgestone Arena ranked 6th in the nation for concert attendance this year! They don’t call us Music City for nothin’. [Tune In Music City]
- More snow tonight! But probably not much. [Nashville WX]
- Metro Schools are closed again tomorrow, along with most other school systems in the midstate. [WSMV]
- See you at the citywide snowball fight?
Photo by Grey Street Girl.
Our very own Bridgestone Arena ranked 6th in the nation for concert attendance this year! They don’t call us Music City for nothin’. [Tune In Music City] More snow tonight! But probably not much. [Nashville WX] Metro Schools are closed again tomorrow, along with most other school systems in the midstate. [WSMV] See you at [...]
It’s A Snow Day: Open? Closed? Who Knows! [#ArcticBlast2011]
It’s a snow day for many Nashville businesses today, but not everyone has packed up and gone home to play. To help minimize snowpocalypse frustration, we’re keeping this running list of businesses that are open, closed, or keeping different hours today (and possibly tomorrow). Help us stay updated with any additions or corrections by letting us know in the comments or on Twitter!
Monday, January 10: Open/Closed/Different Hours
- 12 South Taproom – open
- 1808 Grille – open
- Amerigo – closed
- Arrington Vineyards – closed
- Batter’d & Fried – open
- Bellevue Pub & Grill/The Camel - open
- Beyond The Edge – open
- Billy Reid – closed
- Bongo Java – open, all stores
- Bravo Gelato – open until 4pm, Village Green location
- Bread & Company – closed, all stores
- Burger Up – open
- Cha Chah – open
- Crema Coffee – open until 6pm
- Dose Coffee & Tea – open
- Drifter’s – open
- Dunn Brothers – open until 3pm
- Fiddlecakes – closed, both locations
- Fido – open until 9pm (kitchen closes at 8)
- Flying Saucer – open ($3 pints)
- Frothy Monkey – open
- Habit Boutique – closed
- La Hacienda – open until 2pm
- The Local Taco – Sylvan Park open, Brentwood closed
- Loveless Cafe – closed
- The Mall at Green Hills – many stores closed (including Apple), others closing early, mall open until 9
- Manny’s House of Pizza – open
- Martin’s BBQ (Nolensville) – open
- Nashville Farmer’s Market – closed
- Nashville Public Library – East and Hadley Park closed, all others open
- Nuvo Burrito – open (double stamps with password “TWITTER”)
- Pinnacle Bank – open until 2pm, all locations
- Puckett’s – Nashville open until at least 3pm, Franklin closed
- Portland Brew – open
- Roast, Inc – open
- Rotier’s – closed
- Smiling Elephant – closed
- Taco Mamacita – closed
- Tasti D-Lite – closed
- Ugly Mugs – open until 3pm
- Wantanabe – open
- Whole Foods – Green Hills open until 5pm, Cool Springs open until 5:30pm
- The Wild Cow – closed
- YMCA – Green Hills open until 7pm
- Zumi Sushi – open
Photo by adam hirsh.
It’s a snow day for many Nashville businesses today, but not everyone has packed up and gone home to play. To help minimize snowpocalypse frustration, we’re keeping this running list of businesses that are open, closed, or keeping different hours today (and possibly tomorrow). Help us stay updated with any additions or corrections by letting [...]
Citywide Snowball Fight: Tonight At 6PM, Centennial Park [#ArcticBlast2011]
As we’re sure you know by now, it snowed last night in Nashville. And snow can only mean one thing, other than the bread & milk shelves emptying out: It’s time for a citywide snowball fight! (Okay, so snow can mean a lot of things, especially in Nashville, but we’re prioritizing.)
We attended an impromptu snowball fight last year in Centennial Park, and magical things happened. A mythical beer truck may or may not have provided belly-warming nourishment. We ambushed news crews with snowballs. We slid on cookie sheets pulled by bicycles. We pub-crawled afterward. We made a bunch of new friends. At a citywide snowball fight, all your wildest dreams can come true.
So! Join us tonight at 6pm-ish in Centennial Park for the first citywide snowball fight of 2011, if you can get out of your driveways. If you’re for real snowed in, start throwing snowballs at your neighbors and see if you can’t get some fun started of your very own!
Citywide Snowball Fight. Monday, January 10, 2011. Centennial Park (West End side of the Parthenon). Bring sleds, cookie sheets, and bundle up!
Photo by nathantbaker.
As we’re sure you know by now, it snowed last night in Nashville. And snow can only mean one thing, other than the bread & milk shelves emptying out: It’s time for a citywide snowball fight! (Okay, so snow can mean a lot of things, especially in Nashville, but we’re prioritizing.) We attended an impromptu [...]
“The Leg Has Got To Go” [Gems From The Nashville Craigslist]
…And you thought fruitcake was bad. Bringing a whole new meaning to re-gifting, our first Gem from the Nashville Craigslist of 2011:
Female Mannequin Leg (East Nashville)
Ok, y’all. My friend went to a Christmas party and received this mannequin leg as a gag gift. It was pretty funny for a while, but my roommate (his lady) and I told him from the start that it was not welcome in the house. Of course that meant he brought it in the house. It has terrorized various rooms, but tonight was the last straw. He apparently decided it would be fun to hide it in a corner on the front porch. I went to walk my dog, saw it out of the corner of my eye, and nearly had a heart attack, thinking there was a person on my porch in the ghetto.
THE LEG HAS GOT TO GO. Seriously. I don’t know what you’d do with it. We’ve had some ideas…turn it into a lamp of sorts, use it as a coat tree, make an art project…the possibilities are endless, really. The leg is nicely shaped, as you can see from the pictures below. It is well toned and has a small, but firm, derriere.
Please come get this leg. Before I beat my friend with it. It is free to a good home. It just wants to be loved.
…And you thought fruitcake was bad. Bringing a whole new meaning to re-gifting, our first Gem from the Nashville Craigslist of 2011: Female Mannequin Leg (East Nashville) Ok, y’all. My friend went to a Christmas party and received this mannequin leg as a gag gift. It was pretty funny for a while, but my roommate [...]
Bright & Early: Snow On The Brain Edition
Good morning, Nashville. You might have noticed that’s snowing outside! Most of Nashville received anywhere from 2-4″ last night, resulting in school closures, canceled flights, hazardous driving conditions and an official state of emergency. According to weather forecasts, we’ve probably got another inch or two on the way tonight into tomorrow. We can has snow day?
- Inauguration time. Governator-to-be Bill Haslam kicks off his inauguration festivities this week with a tour around the state leading up to his inauguration ceremony on Friday night.
- Less green, more roof. Developers had to slash part of the green roof plans for the Music City Center in order to stay within budget. With the new plan, greenery will cover about 28% of the roof’s surface.
- Bits & pieces. MTA buses will be running on snow routes today and probably also tomorrow … NES suspends energy disconnections for folks who can’t pay their bills when temperatures drop below freezing … Bud Adams really wanted to keep Vince Young and Coach Fisher, but “couldn’t find a way to make the relationship work” … Fort Campbell’s 101st Air Division has had its deadliest combat year since Vietnam … A fire destroyed Charlie Daniels’ barn over the weekend and killed 11 horses … Former Congressman Zach Wamp’s father has died after falling at his office in Chattanooga.
Photo by Katety Allen.
Good morning, Nashville. You might have noticed that’s snowing outside! Most of Nashville received anywhere from 2-4″ last night, resulting in school closures, canceled flights, hazardous driving conditions and an official state of emergency. According to weather forecasts, we’ve probably got another inch or two on the way tonight into tomorrow. We can has snow [...]
Happy Hour: Some Children Left Behind
- Welp, the report cards are out and Metro failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. But! But. They were granted a special natural disaster waiver because of the flood and won’t face any major consequences. [City Paper]
- Williamson County Schools, however, did swimmingly as usual. [Tennessean]
- The other tidbit to come out of this report card is that more than half of all the state’s teachers who had their teaching licenses revoked this year were involved in inappropriate relationships and text message sex talk with students (can we call this sexting?) Gross! [WKRN]
- Nashville saw a 9% increase in fatal traffic accidents in 2010. Drive safe out there, friends! [WSMV]
- Coach Fisher stays! [City Paper]
- John Rich is strangely not playing at the pre-inauguration concert for Governor-elect Bill Haslam. But Bo Bice sure is. [Post Politics]
- Red Cross reeeaaalllly needs help providing the basics for the dozens of folks who have lost homes in fires over the past few months. [WKRN]
- Congrats to hometown hero Taylor Swift for being the top-selling, top-played artist of 2010. Remember that time she donated $500,000 to our flood relief fund? Haters to the left, you go girl, etc. [WTVF]
Photo by Jessica Lee.
Welp, the report cards are out and Metro failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. But! But. They were granted a special natural disaster waiver because of the flood and won’t face any major consequences. [City Paper] Williamson County Schools, however, did swimmingly as usual. [Tennessean] The other tidbit to come [...]
Bright & Early: Dust It Off Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running short on time this morning, so here’s your abbreviated Bright & Early:
- Our weather alerts are flashing this morning about a possible dusting of snow today. Exciting, right? There’s also a possibly larger system on the way for Sunday night and Monday. [Nashville WX]
- Experts say that all the recent hike in gas prices is just the beginning. [WSMV]
- Two pitbull puppies fell into a 20-foot sinkhole in Putnam County yesterday and were thankfully rescued by local emergency crews, who said it was worth the risk because the puppies were very cute and grateful. The rescuers also noted that it was good practice for when more sinkholes open up and swallow humans. [WTVF]
- A woman from Middle Tennessee is shipping guitars to troops in Afghanistan in hopes that a little music can go a long way in making deployments more bearable. [WTVF]
- Nashville’s magnet school lottery happens tomorrow, and about 13,000 families will be waiting to hear. [WSMV]
- A Southwest Airlines passenger was arrested at BNA after a “small arsenal” was discovered in his checked bag. [City Paper]
- DUI arrests were way down on NYE, but not because fewer people were driving drunk. The funding that usually covers extra Metro police officers during that time was cut, meaning they didn’t have the resources to patrol as much as they normally do. [City Paper]
- The Preds extended their winning streak to four against the Kings last night! [WTVF]
Photo by Nathan T. Baker.
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running short on time this morning, so here’s your abbreviated Bright & Early: Our weather alerts are flashing this morning about a possible dusting of snow today. Exciting, right? There’s also a possibly larger system on the way for Sunday night and Monday. [Nashville WX] Experts say that all the recent [...]
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