I really wanted to see Boston when I went to the east. I didn't really know anyone in Boston, so I put it out of Facebook to find someone to stay with. Turns out Mel lives in Boston. I worked with Mel in New York at Starbucks ( big shock, I know). I was a little nervous for 2 reasons, 1) I didn't want to drive in Boston. 2) I didn't really know Mel that well and had never hung out with her one on one. She is pretty scary being all petite, blond and perky.
* Finding somewhere to park in Boston with Mel.
* having her parallel park Molly's car on the left side of the road. I had never done that on the left side before.
* Walking her to work and hanging out on Newbury Street all evening.
* Reading in Boston Common.
* Dinner at Joe's American Bar
* Walking Mel to work again.
* Walking down to the Harbor.
* Going on the Self guided tour I downloaded to my Ipod. It was totally cool, You put your headphone on and it tells you where to start and where to go and tells you the history of Boston harbor.
* Not being able to finish my self guided tour due to rain and blistered feet.
* Having lunch with Mel.
* Buying a totally cute dress at H&M.
* Buying 2 more books.
* Walked around Fenway Park. Mel lives right next door!
* Meeting Mel for Drinks when she got out of work early.
* Realizing how much I like Mel.
When I left Boston I was sad we hadn't gotten to know each other sooner. Aside form my blistered feet, I had a fabulous time. Back to Amagansett!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Really?!? I'm just sayin...
In case you are wondering, you have to take a ferry from Long Island in order to get to Rhode Island. Being from Oregon I wasn't too familiar with Ferries. I got to the ferry early and found out I ordered my tickets backwards. I ordered my first trip from RI to NY not NY to RI. Smart! Luckily they didn't care and let me on anyway.
* When I got to RI I put the top down and turned up the JayZ and took off for Jan's. It was fabulous!
* I got to Jan's and shortly after Julia showed up. Jan is my Manager from Starbucks in Hyde Park and Julia was the Assistant. We had so much fun in Hyde Park, It was great to spend time with both of them.
* Picked up Jan's daughter Sammie from Camp.
* Pete (Jan's Husband) cooked us up a great dinner!
* Stayed up talking and listening to music.
* Delicious blueberry pancakes for breakfast.
* Laying on the beach and trying to play in the water. I don't really know how to play in the ocean since The Pacific is so darn cold!
* Totally sunburned the backs of my legs.
* Having dinner and shopping in Newport. Julia and I both ordering the Fisherman Platter and having enough for for 4 people.
* Was slightly devastated that Rhode Island doesn't have a Starbucks mug.
* Complained about Starbucks, we just couldn't help ourselves!
* Laying on the beach again.
* Watching the Life Guards save stupid people. It was totally Baywatch!
* Going out for drinks and having them try to find me a man.
* Dancing with Jan to Tupac's California Love.
* Having a lazy last morning with Jan and Pete.
* realizing I was sick of traveling.
I really miss the Starbucks I used to work at in New York. It was great to see Jan and Julia and get to spend so much time with them. Next stop...Boston. Wicked!
* When I got to RI I put the top down and turned up the JayZ and took off for Jan's. It was fabulous!
* I got to Jan's and shortly after Julia showed up. Jan is my Manager from Starbucks in Hyde Park and Julia was the Assistant. We had so much fun in Hyde Park, It was great to spend time with both of them.
* Picked up Jan's daughter Sammie from Camp.
* Pete (Jan's Husband) cooked us up a great dinner!
* Stayed up talking and listening to music.
* Delicious blueberry pancakes for breakfast.
* Laying on the beach and trying to play in the water. I don't really know how to play in the ocean since The Pacific is so darn cold!
* Totally sunburned the backs of my legs.
* Having dinner and shopping in Newport. Julia and I both ordering the Fisherman Platter and having enough for for 4 people.
* Was slightly devastated that Rhode Island doesn't have a Starbucks mug.
* Complained about Starbucks, we just couldn't help ourselves!
* Laying on the beach again.
* Watching the Life Guards save stupid people. It was totally Baywatch!
* Going out for drinks and having them try to find me a man.
* Dancing with Jan to Tupac's California Love.
* Having a lazy last morning with Jan and Pete.
* realizing I was sick of traveling.
I really miss the Starbucks I used to work at in New York. It was great to see Jan and Julia and get to spend so much time with them. Next stop...Boston. Wicked!
Yeah, The Hamptons!
On July 5Th I woke up late and hungover. I was suppose to catch the 8:40 train from Poughkeepsie but forgot to put gas in the rental and ended up missing it by 20 mins.
I had to catch the 9:40 train, arrived at Grand Central at 11:20am, had to be at Penn Station to catch my train to Amagansett at 11:40am. Took a cab to Penn Station, Had to figure out which track my train was on. Ran all the way there and got to an empty seat with about 2 mins to spare. Had I missed my train to Amagansett I would have had to wait till 10pm to catch the next one.
* Sitting next to a chick from Oregon and having her give me pointers on train travel.
* Seeing Molly and both of us almost crying!
* Meeting everyone at Jack's ( the cafe she manages).
* Seeing Ralph Lauren and his Family buy coffee.
* Seeing Billy Baldwin and Ralph Lauren drinking coffee. Bizarro!
* Having drinks and listening to Poster Child at the bar across the street with Molly and her boss Jack.
* Seeing Ethan Hawke at the bar.
* Molly's friend Justin is the Chef at the Meeting House, He made us some delicious rice, scallops, Shrimp and chicken! I would say one of the highlights to working in the food industry is all the free food and getting to stay after closing for drinks! Awesome!
* Molly Putting me to bed because I could hardly keep my eyes open.
* Spending my day in Southampton and getting a Hamptons Starbucks mug.
* Read another book.
* Dinner at another fancy place
* Running on the beach at night with Justin, Molly and Adam and walking in the water.
* Laying on the beach.
* Hanging out at Jack's and reading my book.
* Having my laundry done at the local laundry mat.
* Ethan Hawke talked to me. We are totally BFF now!
* Eating Chinese food on the beach with Molly and Summer Dog.
* Eating Ice cream with Molly in Molly's bed in the middle of the night.
After being at Molly's I headed to Rhode Island, Molly let me borrow her convertible Beetle and her GPS. I really think I got sick of my camera about half way through the trip. I don't have very many more pictures!
I had to catch the 9:40 train, arrived at Grand Central at 11:20am, had to be at Penn Station to catch my train to Amagansett at 11:40am. Took a cab to Penn Station, Had to figure out which track my train was on. Ran all the way there and got to an empty seat with about 2 mins to spare. Had I missed my train to Amagansett I would have had to wait till 10pm to catch the next one.
* Sitting next to a chick from Oregon and having her give me pointers on train travel.
* Seeing Molly and both of us almost crying!
* Meeting everyone at Jack's ( the cafe she manages).
* Seeing Ralph Lauren and his Family buy coffee.
* Seeing Billy Baldwin and Ralph Lauren drinking coffee. Bizarro!
* Having drinks and listening to Poster Child at the bar across the street with Molly and her boss Jack.
* Seeing Ethan Hawke at the bar.
* Molly's friend Justin is the Chef at the Meeting House, He made us some delicious rice, scallops, Shrimp and chicken! I would say one of the highlights to working in the food industry is all the free food and getting to stay after closing for drinks! Awesome!
* Molly Putting me to bed because I could hardly keep my eyes open.
* Spending my day in Southampton and getting a Hamptons Starbucks mug.
* Read another book.
* Dinner at another fancy place
* Running on the beach at night with Justin, Molly and Adam and walking in the water.
* Laying on the beach.
* Hanging out at Jack's and reading my book.
* Having my laundry done at the local laundry mat.
* Ethan Hawke talked to me. We are totally BFF now!
* Eating Chinese food on the beach with Molly and Summer Dog.
* Eating Ice cream with Molly in Molly's bed in the middle of the night.
After being at Molly's I headed to Rhode Island, Molly let me borrow her convertible Beetle and her GPS. I really think I got sick of my camera about half way through the trip. I don't have very many more pictures!
Hanging in the HP!
I really think I used almost every form of transportation on this trip!
* Finding my way to Grand Central from Roosevelt Island by myself.
* Taking a cab to the Rent a car place and having the Cab driver ask me a highly inappropriate question that I am not even sure why anyone would ever think that of me.
* Renting a car all by myself!
* Going to the old Starbucks and seeing a few of the people I used to know there.
* Seeing Kevin!!
* Having Kevin fill me in on all the crazy drama from the company he works for. It was CRAZY!
* Went to visit Julia (my old assistant Manager) who now has her own store about an hour away. So much fun to see her!
* Went to Kevin's night club and was treated like Paris Hilton. He knows I love that!
* Leaving the Club when the sun was coming up, probably the only good reason Kevin and I shouldn't live near each other.
* Went to Breakfast or late Lunch.... :)
* Went over to Hyde Park to see Eileen at Starbucks.
* Going to the City to watch fireworks.
* Going to Duplex and singing a long with the piano player.
* Due to the drinks we had and me being sad to leave Kevin I was overly emotional all the way home. Sorry Kev! :)
Kevin is another one of my friends that I never see and never talk to but when you put us together we pick up right where we left off! Sadly I don't have pictures from this part of my trip, we were too busy I guess to take pictures!
* Finding my way to Grand Central from Roosevelt Island by myself.
* Taking a cab to the Rent a car place and having the Cab driver ask me a highly inappropriate question that I am not even sure why anyone would ever think that of me.
* Renting a car all by myself!
* Going to the old Starbucks and seeing a few of the people I used to know there.
* Seeing Kevin!!
* Having Kevin fill me in on all the crazy drama from the company he works for. It was CRAZY!
* Went to visit Julia (my old assistant Manager) who now has her own store about an hour away. So much fun to see her!
* Went to Kevin's night club and was treated like Paris Hilton. He knows I love that!
* Leaving the Club when the sun was coming up, probably the only good reason Kevin and I shouldn't live near each other.
* Went to Breakfast or late Lunch.... :)
* Went over to Hyde Park to see Eileen at Starbucks.
* Going to the City to watch fireworks.
* Going to Duplex and singing a long with the piano player.
* Due to the drinks we had and me being sad to leave Kevin I was overly emotional all the way home. Sorry Kev! :)
Kevin is another one of my friends that I never see and never talk to but when you put us together we pick up right where we left off! Sadly I don't have pictures from this part of my trip, we were too busy I guess to take pictures!
NYC!!!
My stop in NYC to see Mynor and Melanie. When I arrived in at JFK I called Melanie and she told me how to get to SoHo to meet up with her.
* Taking 2-3 hours to get across town.
* Sitting in Traffic on a bus for at least half of the 2-3 hour commute.
* Figuring out the Subway system with a giant suitcase that was just too big to lift over the gate but a little big to push through the walkway. Leaving me with bruised legs.
* Seeing Melanie's tiny apartment and learning how much she pays in rent and feeling really good about living in Tori's basement!
* Having coffee with Melanie and calling Mynor to meet up with us.
* Getting to see friends from school and realizing how much they mean to me.
* Seeing Mynor's Apartment, and learning about Roosevelt Island.
* Having Mynor carry my bags for me and pay for my Subway pass. Such a gentleman! Mama Mendizabel would be proud!
* Going out to have Belgium fries with Mynor and his roommate.
* Wandering the city all day like tourists.
* Eating awesome Chinese Food in China Town.
* Taking a picture of the JayZ Rocawear add in Time Square (I am a little nerdy like that!)
* Having Pink Berry.
* Dinner with Melanie and walking all over the city to find it!
It was the perfect amount of time with Mynor, if you know the two of us we drive each other crazy! Now off to Hyde Park!
* Taking 2-3 hours to get across town.
* Sitting in Traffic on a bus for at least half of the 2-3 hour commute.
* Figuring out the Subway system with a giant suitcase that was just too big to lift over the gate but a little big to push through the walkway. Leaving me with bruised legs.
* Seeing Melanie's tiny apartment and learning how much she pays in rent and feeling really good about living in Tori's basement!
* Having coffee with Melanie and calling Mynor to meet up with us.
* Getting to see friends from school and realizing how much they mean to me.
* Seeing Mynor's Apartment, and learning about Roosevelt Island.
* Having Mynor carry my bags for me and pay for my Subway pass. Such a gentleman! Mama Mendizabel would be proud!
* Going out to have Belgium fries with Mynor and his roommate.
* Wandering the city all day like tourists.
* Eating awesome Chinese Food in China Town.
* Taking a picture of the JayZ Rocawear add in Time Square (I am a little nerdy like that!)
* Having Pink Berry.
* Dinner with Melanie and walking all over the city to find it!
It was the perfect amount of time with Mynor, if you know the two of us we drive each other crazy! Now off to Hyde Park!
OHIO!!!
So, The last blog got a little wordy, and I didn't really care for that. To solve this problem I am going to bullet the highlights!
* a hour and a half flight delay in Milwaukee due to to weather.
* Circling Columbus for an hour due to lightning!
* Finally landing and getting to see and hug Andy!
* He slept on the couch and gave me the bed, nicest guy ever!
* North Star Cafe (where Andy works) and there Biscuits and Shooting Star drink.
* Having dinner at another North Star location and then heading down to Jeni's to eat Salty caramel Ice cream and brown butter almond Ice cream.
* Buying another book to read.
* More Biscuits and Shooting stars
* Picking out chocolates to eat out of a million kinds
* The Food Market
* Eating hanger steak, mussels and more biscuits at the higher end location of North Star.
* Going out for drinks with his friends.
* Hanging out at a mall all day!
* Eclipse ( that's right on vacation I watched twilight!)
It was so great to see Andy! I love him so much, and it is so hard to say goodbye.
I was getting a little bummed out because I thought my trip was almost over since I was leaving Columbus...but I actually had 2 MORE WEEKS!!! Sweet!
* a hour and a half flight delay in Milwaukee due to to weather.
* Circling Columbus for an hour due to lightning!
* Finally landing and getting to see and hug Andy!
* He slept on the couch and gave me the bed, nicest guy ever!
* North Star Cafe (where Andy works) and there Biscuits and Shooting Star drink.
* Having dinner at another North Star location and then heading down to Jeni's to eat Salty caramel Ice cream and brown butter almond Ice cream.
* Buying another book to read.
* More Biscuits and Shooting stars
* Picking out chocolates to eat out of a million kinds
* The Food Market
* Eating hanger steak, mussels and more biscuits at the higher end location of North Star.
* Going out for drinks with his friends.
* Hanging out at a mall all day!
* Eclipse ( that's right on vacation I watched twilight!)
It was so great to see Andy! I love him so much, and it is so hard to say goodbye.
I was getting a little bummed out because I thought my trip was almost over since I was leaving Columbus...but I actually had 2 MORE WEEKS!!! Sweet!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The beginning of the best trip ever...Nashville!
So, most people know that I went on a 3 week vacation this summer. I am just now getting around to blogging about it. Before my trip I have put together what I called my "travel binder". This binder was divided out into the different places I was going with Itineraries, maps, places I wanted to see, emergency phone numbers and addresses of all my friends who I was visiting. Some people laughed at it, but I called it organized! I wanted things to move as smoothly as possible. I had 6 different flights, a couple different train rides, rented a car and took a ferry. There was so much room for disaster but I organized everything out to try to avoid that.
On June 23rd I headed out to Nashville Tennessee at 8:25 am. When I got to the ticket counter I was asked about the emergency exits. They asked if I would be able to help with the emergency exit if need be. I thought...of course! I mean I am glad there were no disasters or crashes and don't wish to be apart of one. Although I did play with the idea of living my own version of LOST! With me at the emergency exit this means I very well could have become a main character maybe even the "Kate" of the whole experience. The other emergency exit people where not even kind of "Kate" material, so this definitely gave me more of a chance. I started checking out everyone on the plane and realized that there were no suitable guys to be Jack, Sawyer or Sayid! Turns out normal people are not nearly as good looking as the stars on TV!
After arriving in Denver for my 2 1/2 hour layer over, I volunteered to get bumped if they needed my seat because the plane was over booked. This totally southern guy standing next to me in his "God Bless America" Hat and shirt was pretty angry that they would over book and kept talking about how you used to be able to travel with guns and now you cant! He then was trying to talk to me about what line was for what, I almost said "Listen Mr. God Bless America! I don't know why the plane is over booked and I don't know why they are in that line! So, stop talking to me!" But of course I just said I don't know and smiled. I was the very last person to board the plane and thankfully they got me on. My friend Joe had some awesome stuff planed for that night and I would have missed it all if I hadn't gotten on the plane.
When my plane landed I pretty much booked it to baggage claim. I was so excited to see Joe that I could hardly stand it. Joe is one of my friends from New York. He worked at Starbucks with me and now lives down in Nashville. I haven't seen him since I visited NY 2 years ago! When I saw him, he gave me a big hug! We grabbed my bags and jumped in his car and didn't stop till we got to the Loveless Cafe. Joe works for the radio station WSM and they produce a show every Wednesday night out at Loveless. This Wednesday was a tribute to Bluegrass. We hung around there for a little while, had some excellent food, biscuits and beer! Joe introduced me to one of the Bands playing that evening. They are called The Farewell Drifters, I fell in love with there music! It's more contemporary bluegrass, and I listened to them all week in Joe's car! He also introduced me to several of his friends and all of them were very nice and welcoming. After we hung out there we went back to Joe's house, I was dressed in usual Oregon attire and needed to change into more Nashville appropriate clothes (shorts and flip flops). After I changed we headed out to a New England style bar that Joe frequents. We had some more drinks and some fried Pickles and headed home to hit the sack!
My first morning in Nashville was very uneventful. Joe had to work so I just hung out and waited for him to come home. I walked down to Portland Brew "a taste of the Northwest" It was a coffee shop just down the street. Then I sat at home a read my book waiting for Joe to come home. We went to lunch for "meat and 3" Your choice of meat and 3 sides. I had Meatloaf, Sweet potatoes, Fried green tomatoes and mac and cheese. It was a huge lunch but so good! The rest of the day Joe worked and I had his car so I drove around and went to some touristy things that Joe had no interest in. The Dukes of Hazard Museum was really Ghetto and sad. It was called Cooter's Place, I was going to go to Willie Nelson's museum but didn't want to pay $8 to get in. Sadly because of the flood, the wax museum was closed! That evening I went back home, made some cookies and went to bed.
The next day Joe and I went out to his Starbucks where I got my Nashville mug! He drove me all around Nashville showing me his old neighborhoods and such. We also went on the General Jackson Showboat, It was fun but definitely as Joe called it a "blue hair" tour. The best part of the day was when we were all waiting on the bus to leave, the "tan" people got on. They were all accountants and we really fancy and annoying. After waiting for 2 of their friends to get on the bus we were pulling away when the girls all starting saying "oh, Anna, we have to wait for Anna" One of them asked the bus driver if he would kill her if she had him wait for Anna. His response was "no but the others might". When Anna finally got on the bus Joe looked at her and said "I am so glad you could make it, Anna!"
The entertainment was super cheese and the food was OK. The best part was really the 2 couples that sat at our table. The first couple were very nice and from Oregon. The other couple Joe and I referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Grumpus. Both we miserable, everything Mr. Grumpus did was wrong and everything was not as good as they wanted. We were very happy to leave them! After the boat ride we went home and took naps! we then met up with Joe's friends Troy, Dylan and Stephen and had dinner and some drinks. They were super fun and had to be the most random group of friends ever!
Joe had to work at 10:30am so I took the car out to the Belle Meade Plantation and walked around there for awhile. It was kinda boring and I thought it was weird how they would try to spin a happy feel to slavery. It was kinda weird!
I then went back to the bar that Joe works at to watch the end of the USA World Cup game. It was a sad game. I hung out there with Joe's friend Stephen until Joe was off work. Joe and I went to dinner that night at Jack's BBQ downtown Nashville and then we went to The Grand Ole Opry. That night there were a lot of Oldie Goldie's singing but the best part of the show was when Loretta Lynn came out! They are broadcasting The Grand Ole Opry from the Original Ryman Auditorium because the newer one is closed due to the flood. She was amazing! She only sang maybe 4 or 5 songs but it was great! We then stayed downtown and went "honky tonkin" We would go in one bar and have a beer and listen to the band play and then we would go next door and do the same thing. It was pretty fun a little loud but we had nice time.
My last morning there we got up early and went to The Pancake Place, I guess they are famous and celebrities go there. We then went back to his place to wait for the cable guy who never showed up. Joe was pretty mad! So, before he dropped me off we went and had a beer on our way to the airport. I was really sad to say goodbye. Joe is such a good friend to me and I really miss seeing him! I also love Nashville and really want to move there, it is a fabulous city!
Here are some of my pictures, I didn't take very many but here is what I did take!
On June 23rd I headed out to Nashville Tennessee at 8:25 am. When I got to the ticket counter I was asked about the emergency exits. They asked if I would be able to help with the emergency exit if need be. I thought...of course! I mean I am glad there were no disasters or crashes and don't wish to be apart of one. Although I did play with the idea of living my own version of LOST! With me at the emergency exit this means I very well could have become a main character maybe even the "Kate" of the whole experience. The other emergency exit people where not even kind of "Kate" material, so this definitely gave me more of a chance. I started checking out everyone on the plane and realized that there were no suitable guys to be Jack, Sawyer or Sayid! Turns out normal people are not nearly as good looking as the stars on TV!
After arriving in Denver for my 2 1/2 hour layer over, I volunteered to get bumped if they needed my seat because the plane was over booked. This totally southern guy standing next to me in his "God Bless America" Hat and shirt was pretty angry that they would over book and kept talking about how you used to be able to travel with guns and now you cant! He then was trying to talk to me about what line was for what, I almost said "Listen Mr. God Bless America! I don't know why the plane is over booked and I don't know why they are in that line! So, stop talking to me!" But of course I just said I don't know and smiled. I was the very last person to board the plane and thankfully they got me on. My friend Joe had some awesome stuff planed for that night and I would have missed it all if I hadn't gotten on the plane.
When my plane landed I pretty much booked it to baggage claim. I was so excited to see Joe that I could hardly stand it. Joe is one of my friends from New York. He worked at Starbucks with me and now lives down in Nashville. I haven't seen him since I visited NY 2 years ago! When I saw him, he gave me a big hug! We grabbed my bags and jumped in his car and didn't stop till we got to the Loveless Cafe. Joe works for the radio station WSM and they produce a show every Wednesday night out at Loveless. This Wednesday was a tribute to Bluegrass. We hung around there for a little while, had some excellent food, biscuits and beer! Joe introduced me to one of the Bands playing that evening. They are called The Farewell Drifters, I fell in love with there music! It's more contemporary bluegrass, and I listened to them all week in Joe's car! He also introduced me to several of his friends and all of them were very nice and welcoming. After we hung out there we went back to Joe's house, I was dressed in usual Oregon attire and needed to change into more Nashville appropriate clothes (shorts and flip flops). After I changed we headed out to a New England style bar that Joe frequents. We had some more drinks and some fried Pickles and headed home to hit the sack!
My first morning in Nashville was very uneventful. Joe had to work so I just hung out and waited for him to come home. I walked down to Portland Brew "a taste of the Northwest" It was a coffee shop just down the street. Then I sat at home a read my book waiting for Joe to come home. We went to lunch for "meat and 3" Your choice of meat and 3 sides. I had Meatloaf, Sweet potatoes, Fried green tomatoes and mac and cheese. It was a huge lunch but so good! The rest of the day Joe worked and I had his car so I drove around and went to some touristy things that Joe had no interest in. The Dukes of Hazard Museum was really Ghetto and sad. It was called Cooter's Place, I was going to go to Willie Nelson's museum but didn't want to pay $8 to get in. Sadly because of the flood, the wax museum was closed! That evening I went back home, made some cookies and went to bed.
The next day Joe and I went out to his Starbucks where I got my Nashville mug! He drove me all around Nashville showing me his old neighborhoods and such. We also went on the General Jackson Showboat, It was fun but definitely as Joe called it a "blue hair" tour. The best part of the day was when we were all waiting on the bus to leave, the "tan" people got on. They were all accountants and we really fancy and annoying. After waiting for 2 of their friends to get on the bus we were pulling away when the girls all starting saying "oh, Anna, we have to wait for Anna" One of them asked the bus driver if he would kill her if she had him wait for Anna. His response was "no but the others might". When Anna finally got on the bus Joe looked at her and said "I am so glad you could make it, Anna!"
The entertainment was super cheese and the food was OK. The best part was really the 2 couples that sat at our table. The first couple were very nice and from Oregon. The other couple Joe and I referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Grumpus. Both we miserable, everything Mr. Grumpus did was wrong and everything was not as good as they wanted. We were very happy to leave them! After the boat ride we went home and took naps! we then met up with Joe's friends Troy, Dylan and Stephen and had dinner and some drinks. They were super fun and had to be the most random group of friends ever!
Joe had to work at 10:30am so I took the car out to the Belle Meade Plantation and walked around there for awhile. It was kinda boring and I thought it was weird how they would try to spin a happy feel to slavery. It was kinda weird!
I then went back to the bar that Joe works at to watch the end of the USA World Cup game. It was a sad game. I hung out there with Joe's friend Stephen until Joe was off work. Joe and I went to dinner that night at Jack's BBQ downtown Nashville and then we went to The Grand Ole Opry. That night there were a lot of Oldie Goldie's singing but the best part of the show was when Loretta Lynn came out! They are broadcasting The Grand Ole Opry from the Original Ryman Auditorium because the newer one is closed due to the flood. She was amazing! She only sang maybe 4 or 5 songs but it was great! We then stayed downtown and went "honky tonkin" We would go in one bar and have a beer and listen to the band play and then we would go next door and do the same thing. It was pretty fun a little loud but we had nice time.
My last morning there we got up early and went to The Pancake Place, I guess they are famous and celebrities go there. We then went back to his place to wait for the cable guy who never showed up. Joe was pretty mad! So, before he dropped me off we went and had a beer on our way to the airport. I was really sad to say goodbye. Joe is such a good friend to me and I really miss seeing him! I also love Nashville and really want to move there, it is a fabulous city!
Here are some of my pictures, I didn't take very many but here is what I did take!
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