Nashville: visiting the Cheekwood estate

I’m discovering I have a thing for architecture, huge old mansions, and large landscaped grounds with beautiful gardens. I mean… this is where I took my one work call today: Here are just a few snaps of the sights. If Cheekwood weren’t half an hour away from my Airbnb, I could see myself getting an…

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Nashville: The Redheaded Stranger

I’m talking about a taco place, perv. I feel like every time I venture out, I find a new favorite place. But yes, I found my new favorite place. It smells divine in here. Plus I’m enjoying the company.

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4/20: Grand Ole Opry + brunch

I grew up listening to country music, so when I got to Nashville I knew I’d have to visit the Opry. I didn’t expect that there’d be a huge shopping mall and convention center in the same parking lot – but thankfully for me that meant free and plentiful parking. S ince I had to…

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a special anniversary: the day I got fired from a job I didn’t have

Today’s an interesting anniversary. Four years ago today, I got fired from a job I didn’t even technically have. I didn’t realize until that moment that after I left this job I’d been thinking, “oh well, if this freelance thing doesn’t work out, I can always go back.” Then the safety net was taken away…

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Adventures in podcasting: got my first haters

Before I started the podcast, I was almost paralyzed by the fear that I’d get haters tearing apart my work. Then I get comments like this on one of my ads and I feel my old troll self coming back out of her cave and enjoying interactions like this a tiny bit too much. Wow…

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Nashville Road Recap: I found another boat

I found another boat… it’s inside the Gaylord Opryland Hotel (which is MASSIVE). Apparently when they opened this, they sent out empty Jack Daniels bottles and collected water from all 50 states and dozens of countries. Wandering 9 acres (?!) of gardens and waterfalls in this gigantic hotel/convention center: I used to think these big…

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The Grilled Cheeserie

Fact: I will ALWAYS find grilled cheese restaurants. And I will befriend the staff and be there so often you’ll wonder if I actually live there.

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