Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville - Day & Night
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Nashville has an energy, a vibe, often associated with much larger cities. Music City is well known internationally, as the creative and business center of American Country Music. This week, the city was recovering from the Country Music Awards (CMA's), hosted last weekend, and gearing up for the largest concert ever held in Nashville.  The Rolling Stones played LP Stadium, home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans, Wednesday night. 

The Tennessee State Capitol and government offices are here as well as large banking and communications firms chasing the tremendous amount of money generated by the country music artists. As is the case in lots of places, the wealth generated by the area's vibrant and growing industries, does not translate to the general population and to all of the city's neighborhoods.  However, the skyline is filled with construction cranes downtown, and consequently, the accompanying air and sidewalks, with the noise and workers that go with them.

Did I mention the air?   Well, summer weather arrived early in Tennessee, with temps in the high 90's, and humidity that forces you to chew the air before inhaling it.  If neighboring Arkansas' weather is similar to Tenessee's, and I have to imagine it is, then President Clinton's infamous comments, "I tried marajuanna, but I didn't inhale", are completely fair and accurate. Air is eaten in the south, at least in the summer, not inhaled. Just an observation... I promised myself there would be no complaints re: the heat during this trip, considering the "brickdiculous" winter we just had in Boston! 

Next post (Nashville, 2 of 2):   The Drake Inn -"Where the Stars stay!",    "Nashvillains",     Air B&B

(As a little, elderly innkeeper from India remarked after seeing my driver's liscense, "You from Massachusetts? With all that snow, how did you get out?"  I reassured him that the snow had all melted in Boston)