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The Weekendist: Memorializing Edition
Frist Friday featuring Same As It Ever Was. Friday, May 27 at the Frist Center, 6-9pm, $10 or free for members/under 18. If this looks familiar, it’s because we wrote about it a few moments ago, so head over there to read about the summer series! Tonight’s event features Same As It Ever Was, a [...]
Groupon Celebrates Memorial Day, National Burger Day In A Very Nashville Way
So, who knew that tomorrow is National Burger Day? It’s apparently an annual holiday observed in the US on May 28, falling conveniently over Memorial Day weekend (a legitimate burger celebration in and of itself). And we’re not the only ones who noticed the coincidence. Groupon is observing both holidays together, starting locally with a [...]
Happy Hour: We Got Our Flippy-Floppies
Long live the KR Harrington water treatment plant! It’s finally back up and running, as Mayor Dean announced today, but let’s not all rush out and wash our cars and/or water our lawns and/or fill our swimming pools and/or tap the fire hydrants for fun just yet. Metro Water officials are still asking us to [...]
It’s Memorial Day [BRB]
Happy Memorial Day, Nashville. While you’re kicking back somewhere other than your workplace and enjoying some BBQ, be sure to remember the brave folks who have fought and died for this country in wars past and present. We’re going to take a holiday of our own here at Nashvillest, and we’ll see you guys bright [...]
Bright & Early: Unlikely Help Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Most of us have heard the story about group of inmate volunteers who saved the Omohundro water treatment facility from flooding with their mad sandbagging skills. News Channel 5 takes a closer look at what happened that day and finds that some inmates worked as many as 36 hours straight shoveling 500 tons [...]
Photo Of The Day: May 28, 2009
Nothing says summer like a bottle of bubbles. MeganMorris captured this perfectly-formed sphere in her back yard over Memorial Day weekend. 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 [...]
The Weekendist: Remember The Days Edition
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy the long weekend stuffing yourself with barbeque and hanging out in the sun. Not that anyone needs our suggestions, but we’ve pulled together a list of our suggestions for the weekend. It’s the last weekend of this year’s Renaissance Festival, and it’s also the International Jousting Tourney weekend – our [...]
Happy Hour: Who’s Ready For A Vacation?
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Grill something good, and if you don’t know how, this might help. [Lifehacker] Wine! We have it! Or we can go get it from other states now, at least. [WZTV] Metro says they won’t be spraying for mosquitoes unless they really, really have to. [WKRN] What does Memorial Day look like [...]
Happy Hour: Dog Days of Summer
Happy Friday, Nashville! We hope you’re as excited about the long weekend as we are. Whether you’re sticking around here and grilling out or taking off on a weekend road trip, be careful out there. Even though gas prices are high, AAA predicts the roads will still be crowded and Tennessee troopers will be handing [...]
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