Nashville [part 2]

I'm missing Nashville more than ever right now! It was so nice to forget about school work and to take a few days off of the fitness/nutrition plan I've been on (see pictures of gelato below to see what I'm talking about). Of course I did manage to get in a little workout toting around this guy : )

Ever been to the Frist Art Center in Nashville? Their two current shows are on Rembrandt/Dutch paintings and the Ancient Americas. So cool (especially since I have been taking art histories these past two semesters)! I was playing art historian with Jared and I'm not sure he appreciated it too much, but he was sweet and nodded his head and said things like "cool" and "interesting" at all the right times : )

J's sister picked up tiny Dutch shoes from the museum's store. They provided us with pre-lunch entertainment at Chuy's Mexican restaurant. I normally only eat salsa and queso at Mexican restaurants...this place had amazing salsa and not-so-amazing queso. But amazing margaritas sooo...still a win!

We went to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel's indoor garden and it was beautiful (and a bit steamy). Took a little boat ride and everything : )

This is why this guy's a keeper! Always trying to rub my feet!

I'm craving some gelato right about NOW! I had the coffee flavor and I'm sure J got some flavor equivalent to "five-chocolate-paradise-fudge-dream-swirl-chip-extravaganza". Or something.

This guy had lipstick kisses on his cheek pretty much the whole trip (my bad).


Shuffleboard! Just be warned, if me and you randomly meet at some pub/bar with a shuffleboard set-up, I will challenge you to a game and there will be trash talking involved!

Craft time while driving!

And the mess that came with it : )

So there ya go! Our Nashville trip in a nutshell (click here to check out part 1). Things not pictured include our amazing Indian food dinner, the local theatre where we watched an interesting German film, the hotel we stayed at with a guitar-shaped pool and lots of pictures that my roommate sent me of my sweet Maddy.

Nashville [part 1]

Me and Jared took a trip to Tennessee last week while I was on Spring Break! We met up with his sister and her boyfriend then headed towards Nashville, but stopped in Memphis along the way. That top picture is of Beale Street and I just really liked the sign that says "put some South in your mouth" : ) We trekked along to find a bar that I heard about that has goats you can feed beer. And guess what? We found it! But the goats were in their little pin and weren't getting drunk while we were there (bummer). We managed to get ourselves some beers as big as our faces though, and had a good time anyway (it's Silky O'Sullivan's if you're ever in the area).

Mostly while we were in Nashville we did a million walking around and ate a lot of really good food. I highly recommend getting a burger (and a milkshake!) at the Pharmacy. I got a black bean burger and J got some burger with salsa all over it. I'd say go with his burger over mine. I think Jared has a super power of picking out the best burger on any menu, but when I told him that last night he said it's really simple--just go with the Mexican-themed burger. So there you go.

This little coffee shop was really good and delicious. I got a regular iced latte but Jared got an inced latte with mint and cayenne pepper. What the what?! I know. That guy of mine is just one bold dude. But really we were there (or maybe it was just me) because J's sister said Taylor Swift always goes to this coffee shop (Fido's). We didn't spot her, but I also kind of forgot to look. T Swift just didn't know what she was missing with us being there.

So handsome! I could stare at that face all day.

We also went to the Parthenon in Nashville! That was fun and (thankfully) a really quick excursion. Not that I didn't want to look at fake pieces of Greek art, it's just that sometimes a girl can get overstimulated from taking in so much. And much there was! So much in fact that I had to break photos of our trip into two posts! Part 2 coming soon!