Hey Ma!!!

So on Saturday, Sylvia and I were both stressed out of our minds. And then she remembered that she had no school on Monday...and I don't have classes on Monday. So instead of being responsible adults, we decided to drive down to Nashville for a long weekend....

We can sum up our experience in five words - "damn the food was good."

Stayed at the Doubletree Nashville. Amazing ribs at a place called Bar-B-Cutie. Yeah yeah, the name is hokey, but the ribs were good - hickory smoked, great spice rub, fall of the bones...mmmm. AND, they had these really good corn bread/fritter deals.

We knew Nashville was music city and all, but they even had live music at this ice cream place we went to.

Went to a place called...uh...I forget...but they had really good shrimp and grits. MMMM....

On Sunday, we hung out around Vanderbilt. Nice place.
Another amazing sight - we were sitting at a Borders, killing time before church (yes we went) and the cafe was literally filled with students studying -- at 9am on Sunday! Earlier that morning, this place saved my life.

And right before we came home, stopped by Loveless Cafe. Again, the food was damn good - fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, greens, hashbrown casserole...and had a really fun time talking it up with the pitmaster, who just happened to be putting the finishing touches on smoked pork loins as we were walking up. Everyone there was so nice - kept asking us if we ate yet or not - reminded me of my grandma. Apparently, it's Amy Grant's favorite place to eat. Don't know what that does for my life, but whatever...