My Nashville Debut!

I have come to the realization that I am terrible at blogging. Based on my last post date, I'm sure you've noticed as well.

Someone suggested maybe I should 'specialize'. And since I find myself traveling a lot, I'm going to attempt at making this a travel blog instead!

Relay For Life Summit

That takes us to July. ACS was having a National conference that I got to attend in..........Nashville! Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love country music, so many people were surprised that I had never been to Music City. I was so pumped to go!

After our conference, of course I decided to pay and stay an extra day and see the town a bit, and it didn't take much to convince one of my co-workers, Amanda, to stay with me also! There are so many options of things to see in Nashville, we chose to stay close to home and play in the downtown area.

First up Saturday, we tried some Tennessee BBQ.....yum!! I love some good BBQ so had to grab the chance to try Tennessee's! After dinner, Saturday night was spent hanging out on Main Street listening to live music everywhere we went. It's not that I care to listen to live music all of the time, but since Denver doesn't have a huge live music scene, it's something that I don't even realize I'm missing out on!

We learned that the music scene in Nashville is pay for what you like. None of the bands playing are getting paid by the bars - they make their money solely on tips. So if you like what you hear, give them some cash. I'm not normally one who tips musicians - not sure why - but you couldn't not tip these people, they were amazing! I normally don't carry cash with me, but was sure glad I did! Amanda and I even spent some of the night googling the artists so we could say we saw them play when they were just getting started!

Wildhorse Saloon

We went to so many places that I can't even remember half of the names, but we got to make a stop at the famous Tootsie's, the Wildhorse Saloon, and at one stop I even got the drumsticks from the band! Along the 'Main Street Tour', we had to make a stop at a Karaoke Bar - Wanna B's - for our Nashville debut!! We rocked the Dixie Chicks 'Some Days You Gotta Dance' and any day now we'll be hearing someone call about that recording contract!



Ryman Auditorium



Sunday morning, we took two quick tours of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Ryman Auditorium. To stand in the place where some of country music greats have been is pretty awesome - had we planned our trip better we could have even seen some of them! Some of the great pieces we saw were: Minnie Pearl's famous hat, Elvis' gold Cadillac, the Rotunda of HOF inductees, and of course some pieces from my husband and his 'real' wife:

My hubby!

After the Hall of Fame, we made our way to the Ryman Auditorium. This auditorium is so small yet is stunning! It sits in the middle of town and the building is the perfect size that you could walk right by it without even realizing that it's a piece of history!

Nashville was such a great city with so many different things to do. It gave me such a great feeling of 'home' with the midwest vibe, but a big city feel. It'd be nice to go back again sometime - but if I never do - at least I got to see some of the greats!

Country Music Hall of Fame