Countin' our Blessings: 2021

Our daughter, Danielle, recently moved to Nashville. We spent a week at the end of April with her and traveled to see other family nearby. What an adventure it was!

DAY 1: SUNDAY....LANDED IN NASHVILLE AROUND 9PM

Danielle met us at our Airbnb, that we rented near her home. She had local beers and t-shirts laid out for us, along with groceries that I requested for our stay. She's quite the hostess :)

Well, no time to waste~!!! We head out for dinner and drinks (which turned into shots) at The Red Door Saloon. Followed by a cruise down the wild side of Nashville: Broadway Street.

DAY 2: MONDAY....we hit the ground running..... busy day.

Visit Danielle's place first. She has such a cute Boho vintage Vibe going on.

Breakfast at the Frothy Monkey in the nearby community of 12 South was a great start to our day. This was followed by a 3.2 mile walk around Radnor Lake. Honestly, felt so good to do this walk.

This is south of Nashville, close to Brentwood, TN.

I loved this place....would do it again and try to take some of the side trails.

On our way back to Nashville Danny mentioned he

wanted to check out a few local vintage guitar stores.

Carter Vintage Guitars

Carter Guitars is close to Music Row, in what they call "The Gulch" community.

Back to our places and meet up in an hour for another great meal:

Danielle's friend suggested the Fable Lounge...said it would be 'classy' for us.

This is in West Nashville by Centennial Park, near the Vanderbilt Stadium.

It was so classy.....highly recommend this place. We started outdoors with a charcuterie board, and bottle of wine. Moved indoors for a nice dinner, with a 2nd bottle of wine..... then back out on patio with the fire pits for cigar (Danny) and more wine :)

They have a full bar, delicious menu, excellent wines and a cigar humidor. Primo!

28 year old

vs: 58 year old

long day....but don't stop me now! :)

Checked out the Local Bar NA next door for a nightcap and some live music. The band was great....The Sam Banks and Will Jones Band, if you care to look 'em up.

Fable Lounge

the Local Bar, Nashville

DAY 3: TUESDAY

Moving slow this morning making our way to see family in Seymour, near Knoxville.

Derek met us at Danny's sister, Melanie's home, where we had great conversions about family, old times and new adventures. Enjoyed a great local BBQ dinner, then moved on to the front porch for some music by Dani and Derek. Cousins harmonizing and sharing their love of music was a real treat.

DAY 4: WEDNESDAY

Met up with Danny's brother in law, Larry and Carol for lunch and then drove to a lookout spot of the Smokey's Mts.

Sipping on some blackberry Wine from Larry.

Amazing views of the Smokey Mts from Cades Cove.

Then back to Nashville and had a dinner on our own, at Barcelona Bar, giving Danielle a little break: lol.

And then she surprises us by picking up the tab!!!! What a sweetheart... did not expect that.

We had dinner Tapa style, where you get small plates and just sort of nibble your way through dinner, rather than getting served a large plate of food. I really like this way of eating.

A good Pinot

Barcelona Wine Bar

DAY 5: THURSDAY, another very full day. It was a rainy day, so we changed our plans a bit. We had wanted to go to the Arington Winery, but that'll wait until next time.

Nashville Jam Co. for breakfast close to Music Row was good relaxing start to our day.

Danielle has to go to work today, so we make plans of our own ;)

Moonshine Harley Davidson shop in Franklin, TN. to get some memorable and a few gifts from our trip. We also end up speaking with the 'greeter' of the store and she's the mother of Julia Michaels, country and pop singer/songwriter. She was very sweet and we enjoyed a good talk about the music industry and being the parent of an artist. They're also from CA. moving here for her career. Small world. Danielle was bummed she missed out on meeting her. Fan of Julia

Me, planning and maybe 'orchestrating' our

next move sitting outside in the rain while Danny enjoys a stogy.

LOL

Back to Nashville; I take a quick stop in Draper James, Reese Witherspoon's store, bought a few trinkets to take home. It is located in the busy area of 12 South. She has good quality clothing and lots of southern charm and memorabilia like bags and t-shirts.

After this we met up with a high school classmate, Dave Furrer at the Edley BBQ who invited us for drinks. Where he and Danny found a common interest of dirt bikes and reminisced of the good ole days of motocross racing.

RH Cafe

My choice for being spoiled. What a fabulous place. But, I'll warn you, it's not cheap, even if you don't buy furniture ....haha

They encourage you to walk all through the showroom after dinner. This is the upper deck with the outdoor furniture. Oooolala.

Day 6: FRIDAY

I took a walk for coffee by myself to the Frothy Monkey in 12 South, where we're becoming regulars...haha.

The walk is easy and surrounded by lush green lawns and big trees all along the way. There's one signal to cross right by the rental, but nothing too busy.

Danielle wanted to show us the Parthenon Art Museum.

It was very cool, with some good history, and much needed for a slower paced day.

Athena

We picked the other Red Door Saloon on the east side for a late lunch.

This community is called East Nashville

Danielle has plans for tonight, so we enjoyed relaxing evening in with a little music and tv.

Also, preparing for leaving for home the next day :(

I'll mention our Airbnb which I booked through True Avenue (Booking.com). It was intended to sleep

4-6 people, but the location and price was too ideal to pass it up for just the 2 of us. I liked that it was in a quiet residential neighborhood, walking distance to food and Danielle.

See our Airbnb here.