First Visit to Nashvegasssss

Kyle, Matt and I all flew off to Nashville last week to visit Cindy.  It was tons of fun, jam packed of activities, but also very relaxing! On Friday when we got in, we stopped by Cindy's house to drop off all our stuff, which in true Cindy form, was an absolutely adorable, impeccably decorated little cottage.  Like I want to live there.  We then went to eat dinner at Hattie B's and then off to Marathon Music Works (owned by Cindy's neighbors) to see Phoenix.  Except I'm a baby and shortly after I got there I got really tired so Cindy and I went home to bed.

On Saturday, I slept in, which was AWESOME.  We had plans to go to the Nashville Beerfest, but we left a little early so Cindy could drive us around a little to see the city.  First of all... I love Nashville.  There are all of these neighborhoods which have awesome older houses that are renovated and are all so unique.  In Raleigh, people just bulldoze old houses to rebuild huge monstrosities.  They didn't do that in all these great neighborhoods in Nashville.  In addition to all the cool houses, the neighborhoods have tons of local restaurants and shops that I could wander around forever, I think.  This makes me so excited to go back to Nashville!

The beerfest was pretty cool - a little hot, but it was okay.  The best part though, was as many samples as I wanted of the Tennessee Whisper whiskey cream.  Holy moly that stuff was good!  Kyle bought us some bourbon cream from Buffalo Trace, so I can have something similar at home.

Then I went home and took a nap because I enjoyed the whiskey cream a little too much.

It's a little confusing, but then that night, we all went to watch two guys from the movie Beerfest (and also Super Troopers) and it was hilarious.  Beerfest is one of my favorite movies, so I really liked seeing the guys in person.

After the standup comedy, we went to a great french bistro type restaurant called BLVD.  I ate the second half of Cindy's chicken salad sandwich the next day - holy moly it was the best I've ever had!!!

Saturday - overall success!!

Sunday was rainy and dreary, so we just hung out at Cindy's house.  Her neighbors, the ones who own Marathon Music Works, came over with their son, and had dinner with us, so it was a fun end to a relaxing day.  Although I nearly died from putting too much hot sauce on my food.  I should have known better though... it was from Cindy's refrigerator....

Monday was sort of sad because we had to pack up...but then Cindy drove us around more of the neighborhoods (LOVE) and around Vanderbuilt some.  I like seeing other campuses, just to see how they are all different.  Plus the Vanderbuilt area had some great shopping!!  

And then we had to leave, and that sucked :( But the view was decent :)

I love you Blue Ridge Mountains

A big huge THANK YOU to Cindy for hosting us last weekend!! I can't wait until next time!

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In other news... Kyle and I had a little scare today.  We were out doing yard work, and Sienna was playing with her racquetball, and next thing I know, the ball is gone and Sienna is acting strangely.  Sienna SOMEHOW swallowed the WHOLE racquetball.  I have no idea how.  But she did.  So then I FREAKED OUT.  Kyle and I tried the Heimlich maneuver on her, tried slapping her on the back, and tried to reach down her throat to pull it out.  But she bit both of us, so then we rushed her to the emergency vet, which is luckily a mile and a half from my house.  I seriously thought she was going to die, and was absolutely hysterical.  So many thanks to Kyle for being the maniac driver that got Sienna to the emergency vet.  The vet that came out originally told us he didn't know if he would be able to pull the ball out and would then have to push the ball into her stomach and remove via surgery (aka $$$).  Luckily, once they sedated Sienna, they were able to get the racquetball out.  So she is now on painkillers, and is sleeping soundly because of her eventful day.  It was so incredibly scary and she is never ever getting near a ball ever again.  

Another BIG BIG thank you to Stephannie for dropping her studying to come find Kyle, Sienna, and I to make sure everything was okay!  You are such a good friend!!