"Let us go on and take the adventures that shall fall to us." ~C.S. Lewis
The festive season has begun and all the cities and towns are having their annual Christmas Tree Lightings. But while every town has a tree lighting, it is only here in Tennessee that you can experience the annual Barrel Tree Lighting at the Jack Daniels Distillery. So of course, we had to go down and [...]
The last few months, I've been taking international students hiking through some of the state parks in the area. We braved the heat of summer for a couple of the hikes and though the views of the park were beautifully green, the pictures of all of us showed us all too sweaty and hot to [...]
Fall has finally come to Tennessee and there is no better way to celebrate that than by getting out and seeing it in all the color. I've spent the last few months taking groups of international students to the different state parks in the area in an effort to show them there is more to [...]
Without question one of the country's best known party towns is New Orleans. This riotous town is full to the brim with intriguing places, cultural interests, and fantastic food. It really feels like you've stepped into a different world there. My day started out at the cemetery. (What, you mean you don't start any city [...]
One of my favorite things in this small corner of the internet that I've claimed is that moment of excitement when I have been to a place that another blogger has been to. These moments of a shared location just seem to connect us through time and space. The Ryman Auditorium is one such place [...]
This last weekend my friends were in town and we spent and we went all over Nashville seeing all the sights we could squeeze into a couple of days. We did some touristy things, we saw some historic places, and ate some classic Southern food. One of the favorite parts of the weekend was a [...]
We've been sticking closer to home lately and not venturing off to neighboring states on the weekends. We decided to go up to the Frist Art Museum in Nashville and see what they had to offer for a day out. I'm not much for art museums. While I love art history, wandering through an art [...]
Tennessee is known for a lot of things, but of any of them probably the most sought after item to come out of the state is the Goo Goo Cluster. These tasty treats were America's first combination candy bar and have been hitting the sweet tooth for a hundred years. Goo Goo Clusters (photo: qvc.com) [...]
Just outside of Nashville, in the beautiful area of Franklin and tucked away from the main roads, is Arrington Vineyards. We had family in town and decided on a picnic here at the vineyard and we could not have found a more perfect place to enjoy a summer day. All through Nashville you can find [...]
I love when you discover some interesting part of your city that you never knew existed. This was the case as we were driving around the city and happened upon a Laotian Buddhist temple. We've lived here for 2 years- how did we not know this was here? We pulled into the parking lot and [...]