Nashville Vacay

First a workout. Legs!

5 sets of weighted squats of 5 reps

a)65lb b)80 c)90 d)100 e)100

3 sets of elevated weighted back lunges 8-12 reps

a)no weight/12 b)12lb/10 c)15lb/10

3 sets of plank hamstring rolls 10 reps

Ab work

...and now for Nashville. Zim and I landed in Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. The town was LOADED with Kansas City Chiefs fans. (Who won against the Titans) We dropped off our bags and headed to Broadway to feed our hunger. Every place was PACKED with football fans, tourist, bar flies, and the local folk. Strangely, unlike in the Northeast, everyone got along and was friendly. After finding a restaurant with a couple open tables, we shoved some fish tacos and beers down. Then it was off to wander the bar lined streets with live country and southern rock pouring onto the sidewalk daring you to wander in and dance. So we bar hopped, filing in accordingly to what was candy to our ears. We hit four different bars, downing some Pabst, tapping our feet and just eating up the atmosphere. I felt like I was in college again. There's just something about listening to old school country in a dark bar, with a crowd that is really into it. It was a blast!

Monday we hit up the Country Music Hall of Fame which was directly across from our hotel. It was pretty cool. We saw a bunch of old guitars of Johhny Cash, Hank Williams, Johnny Paycheck etc. There were a ton of boots, costumes, instruments, even Elvis's gold piano. The coolest to me was the Trans-Am used in Smokey & the Bandit movie. AWESOME. We then headed about a 1/2 mile away to go to Jack White's (White Stripes) record label and store called Third Man Records. I bought five 7", and a pin. It was small but a pretty interesting shop. Glad we decided to walk there.  Afterwards we popped into a bar for some lunch and then made our way to see the Tennessee capital building, state park, and the University of Tennessee. That night we walked to the Nashville Municipal Auditorium to see the Queens of the Stone Age and The Savages. QOTSA were awesome. I missed them the last few times in Philly. I would definitely see them again.

Before we knew it, it was time to go. I miss you already Tennessee!!!