FACT: College football season is FINALLY here! Thursday night, Vandy played in their home opener against Ole Miss. As anticipated, they ran out of student tickets. BUT after a bit if sweet talking (props to D and Rach) we were able to find some "tickets" and even scored some seats in the special reserved section. We had a railing to lean on and a great view!
FACT: How am I just now discovering World Market?! We took a spontaneous excursion last weekend to check out some shopping plazas we hadn't yet explored. We happened upon a little place called World Market, which has, in one visit, become my new favorite store. They have food and decor from ALL OVER THE WORLD. It took me right back to my life abroad, I was even able to find some of the infamous EFES!
FACT: The music scene is Nashville really is DA BOMB. Monday night in Nashville was really groovy. Country artist, Jake Owen, decided to throw a #1 single block party in the BMI parking lot (INFO HERE, right near campus) FREE OF CHARGE. Special guests (and apparently friends of Jake) Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line, and Thomas Rhett, all made an appearance and Jake sang along with them to their top new hits. We waited for 2 hours in line (nothing compared to the people who were out there almost all day) and it was totally worth it! Free concerts thrown by top artists?! Uh, yeah, sign me up. Thanks, Nashville (and Jake Owen, too) for a fantastic (and free) pre-semester show!
FACT: August weddings are the best, as long as Mother Nature isn't PMS-ing. A few weekends ago, D and I nabbed a half-day off and made a journey to attend the wedding of his cousin Jamie (and new hubs Evan)! It was gorgeous; the bride, the dress, the location, the celebration. We had such a blast, and we're so very happy for J and E! Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to visit everyone we wanted to on our journey, but we did get to catch up with 2.0 and check out her new abode (which is super groovy)!
FACT: Nannying is the best form of birth control. Especially when your kids are as exciting as ours! My good pal Gee and I (ahem, Rach) recently started nannying for a wonderful fam nearby, and it's nothing but FUN! We take turns watching the brother/sister duo after school, and in the past 3 weeks we have officially played more games of tag than we ever played during our own childhoods. Never a dull moment with these two, definitely a gig that keeps us on our toes!
FACT: We love visitors!! Two weekends ago, D and I were lucky enough to have B and K Reed (Dan's brother/sis-in-law) spend a weekend exploring Nashville with us! We hit a few spots we hadn't yet had a chance to visit ourselves, including The Pharmacy (the iconic beer garden and burger joint), The End (a little dive bar where we got to watch our friend Vuce aka Alex play with one of his bands), Hattie B's (hot chicken joint), McKay's (a gianormous warehouse of used books, movies, and music), and a tour of the VU campus. Can't wait to have them visit again, we have lots more exploring to do!
Now that all that has been settled, time to get back on the blog train. Stay tuned!
Love,
D&E
No comments:
Post a Comment