I made this map to try and explain the different areas of Nashville to my Mom, in the end it turned out pretty freaking funny, so I’ll share it here.
If you don’t live in Nashy I’m sure you can still relate as such residential areas exist in every metro area.

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My sorority sister from New Jersey who graduated last year, and who by far has the coolest job of my friends, working for a film company, came to visit last week and I had the opportunity to go grab lunch with her.

For once deciding where to go was easy, she hadn't been to Loveless Cafe this trip.

If you haven't been, you just must, let me show you why...

Amazing biscuits.

 Here we're doing a "biscuit toast" to the late biscuit lady Carol Fey Ellison who was a Nashville Icon.

Awesome southern fried chicken

Amazing sides

(Creamed corn, coleslaw, hash-brown casserole, mac and cheese, fried okra)

Possibly the world's longest sweet potato fry.

Loveless doesn't break the bank either, so enjoy!

If you haven't tried Restaurant.com and eat out you're totally missing out.

They have great restaurants doing it in Nashville, as well as the DC area that I've used it at personally.
Not in Nashville or DC, well they have restaurants across the country.

Favorite things about Restaurant.com:

• Various denominations
• Constantly adding new restaurants
• Don't expire for a year.
• Very decent terms on most compared to other deals out there. (The best terms you'll find are $35 minimum for a $25 certificate, some have bumped that number up which is disappointing.)
• Great way to test out a new place, or go someplace nicer for less.

Tips:

• Read and know the specific terms for the restaurant (most don't include alcohol)
• When buying them look at the menu to determine what denomination works best for your household
• Have fun trying new places.

Hello Kirsti's Nashville Favs:

• Southern Bred
• Bronte Bistro at Davis-Kidd

So give it a shot, this weekend is a great time to buy since all their prices are slashed 70%!

It's been a few weeks, but it's still affecting Nashville, so I think we need to talk about it.
Luckily Andrew and I were not directly affected, thanks to living on a large hill, all the places we almost lived in Bellevue though were under water.

I have plenty of friends who were affected though

Like this lovely couple.

Kelly & Brandon's house was flooded the Sunday before their wedding. An Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae, our chapter stepped up and helped Kelly with her house and continue to do so, we even were able to raise $160 from just one chapter meeting to help them start their lives together.



My other affected friend, had to be boat rescued from their home to have their first child. They made it just fine, and baby Ethan and family are happy and healthy. This was the team that loaded all their stuff to be stored while the bottom half of their house gets rebuilt.

This was the Cumberland river from a family friends deck the Monday it stopped raining. The shore is normally at the first tree line.


My entrepreneurship professor's daughter was also affected (read his brainy blog here http://www.blogger.com/www.drjeffcornwall.com) a group of students brought the family dinner. I made these lemon bars from my Betty Crocker Baking Basics Cookbook. The crumbled ones were pretty good =)




On Old Hickory Blvd by Percy Warner there are growing mountains of building waste, as cleanup continues across the city.

And these were the lucky one's and there's much more left to do.