Christmas in Music City

The day after Thanksgiving 2011 brought another of our famous girls trips. This time the girls hit Nashville for a show, some lights, some artery-clogging vittles, and of course, DEAD PRESIDENTS!

We left fairly early and hit a small town in Kentucky for a picnic of turkey sammiches whilst sitting in front of the courthouse…in a drained and dry fountain. It was odd, but so something we would do.

Once we hit Tennessee, we travelled a little south of Nashville to visit Polk’s home. Since I’ve already written about his home in a previous post, I won’t go into details here. It was pretty much the same as it was two years ago.

On our way back north, we stopped in at the Loveless Cafe to jam pack our guts. Huge portions. The biscuits were scrumptious, and we all bought some jam to take home. Was it worth an out of the way trip? Probably not, but it was a fun little spot for an evening’s meal and entertainment (we especially enjoyed toying around with the cardboard cutout thingies and taking weird photos).

Polk-ing Fun at Suzemusings

I said goodbye to summer on Labor Day weekend much the same way I said hello to it back on Memorial Day weekend—by having my butt in a seat and seeing Arj Barker perform live. What better way to bookend the best season of all than with some Arj on both ends (that’s what she said)?

Of course, I did geeky things over the weekend, too, because no live show that I’ve seen this year has actually been in my hometown, so an Arj-induced road trip was involved. (Woot woot—that streak ends next weekend when I see Demetri Martin Sunday night at Xavier University…in Cincinnati!)