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Dining Out For Life: Easiest Fundraiser Ever
It may be tempting to curl up inside today, but this is one of the few days during the year that dining out could save lives. If you’ve taken part in this annual Dining Out for Life fundraiser before, then you know the drill: Dozens of local restaurants volunteer to set aside a percentage of [...]
Bright & Early: #turnred Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy December. Today is World AIDS Day, which is a day to step back and think about the ways in which we can stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in our own community and around the world, and also how we can help the folks living with the disease. As of December [...]
Tomorrow: Dining Out For Life [Easiest Fundraiser Ever]
Tomorrow marks the 8th annual Dining Out for Life event to fight AIDS in Nashville. For the uninitiated, Dining Out for Life is a day when dozens of our favorite local restaurants pitch in and donate 30-100% of their food sales to Nashville CARES, an organization dedicated to providing community education, advocacy, and supportive services for [...]
Bright & Early: Working Hard For The Money Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday we took a look at lawsuits that are draining Metro Schools’ budget. Today we learn that the city has doled out over a half-million dollars in settlements over the last two months for incidents including a car accident with a MNPD officer, the infamous gold grill scandal and a wrongful arrest. [...]
Knowing The Facts: HIV/AIDS In Nashville [World AIDS Day]
If you’ve made a trip or two around the internet this morning, you probably know that it’s World AIDS Day. Though we’ll see a great deal of focus today on the HIV/AIDS crisis in the third world, we want to take a moment to remember the folks living with the disease right here in Nashville. [...]
Happy Hour: This Is The Air We Breathe
So Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson counties now have something else in common: None of us can measure up to the new EPA air quality standards. Bring on another Endless Summer Of Smog And Air Quality Alerts. [Tennessean] Apparently the marathon people were doling out sports drinks that made everyone puke. [Pith In The Wind] [...]
Dining Out For Life: Dine Out For AIDS Relief Today
Can’t decide what to make for lunch? We’ve got a suggestion: Go out to eat! Today is the annual Dining Out For Life, and dozens of local eateries are donating anywhere from 30-100% of the day’s sales to Nashville Cares, a locally-based AIDS service organization. Three cheers for Allium, Germantown Café and Red Restaurant, each [...]
Happy Hour: Up, Up & Away
Despite the city’s best efforts to thwart it, the global warming hot air balloon did end up lifting off today and floating directly over Al Gore’s house. The balloon was intended to communicate that Gore was a “global warming alarmist” and doesn’t really know what he’s talking about. [Tennessean] If you participated in the Dining [...]
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