It's been awhile since I posted last! My apologies! I'm making up for it by combining two posts in one! I thought I'd share with you my weekend travel adventures! This past weekend I headed to Nashville, Tennessee for a girl's weekend with two of my friends. I've only been to Nashville a couple of times for day shopping trips, but I've never spent time exploring the city. This trip to Nashville was definitely about the food. We collectively decided to eat our way through the city. We arrived to Nashville late Friday evening and ended up in the 5 Points neighborhood for some deliciously doughy garlic knots and a fresh mozzarella pizza at Five Points Pizza.
Saturday morning we headed to Fido in the Hillsboro Village for breakfast and right away I realized this was a popular spot for breakfast. The long line that wrapped around the counter moved surprisingly fast, and it was well worth the wait! I had an iced Local Latte and the Village Scramble, which consisted of scrambled eggs, spinach, tomatoes, portobello, onions, feta, salsa, sour cream, and served up with some tiny tortillas and hash browns! (Nom! Getting hungry??) After our breakfast we walked around the neighborhood and found ourselves in a little shop called Pangaea. The store is filled with jewelry, clothing, quirky gifts, and I really felt like I could have easily spent hours in there looking at everything!
In the afternoon we headed to Centennial Park to see Nashville's Parthenon which is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, Greece. Although, I have visited the original in Athens, this was still pretty impressive. I was really impressed by the 42-foot statue of the goddess Athena that is housed in the Parthenon. The Parthenon also features some casts of the sculptures from the original Parthenon that are housed in the British Museum in London.
After our tour of the Parthenon we decided to check out the food trucks that were parked in Centennial Park. I love a good food truck and as luck would have it this was the last Saturday this summer for the food trucks. I was really excited to find a lovely mint green truck parked there selling Jenis Splendid Ice Cream. I've always wanted to try Jenis because of their unexpected flavor combinations. I paired a scoop of Salty Carmel with possibly the best dark chocolate ice cream I've ever had. It was rich, creamy, and delicious. I even stole a bite of my friend's Wildberry Lavender, not your typical ice cream flavor which I loved! We also had to try Retro Sno for some shaved ice. I had the Vanilla with Toasted Coconut! So refreshing!
To get a feel of the country boot wearing side of Nashville we headed downtown Saturday to visit some honky tonk bars. Downtown was bustling and full of bars with live country bands and a sea of plaid shirts and cowboy boots. We were told by a local to spend some time in Roberts Western World, where you can get a cold PBR, a fried bologna sandwich, and a Moon Pie. The bar defiantly had a lot of character!
Well, that was my little taste of Nashville. I'm sure there are lots more great places to discover! I would love to hear your feed back! Where is your favorite spot in Nashville?
Now for some Link Love!
The July issue of Matchbook Mag is live!
Need an idea of something to bake for 4th of July? This Blueberry Slab Pie sounds heavenly!
I'd love to splurge on an ONA bag for my camera.
Beautiful beach paintings by Teil Duncan.
Hope you all have a fun and safe 4th of July tomorrow!!
xoxo,
Julia
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