Goodbye to Nashville for real this time

Matt and Kendall in Nashville!

New Job

Kelli Shay with Ice Cream

Tomato Festival

Today was the day of the Tomato Art Festival in East Nashville. Since this is also the time of year of the Watermelon Festival in Richmond, I can't help but compare the two in my mind. That comparison always reminds me of the Lemon Tree episode of the Simpsons when the kids in Shelbyville have to drink turnip juice because Springfield has the lemon tree to make lemonade.

Daniel Johnston

I've been a hater lately about Nashville's food, so here is something nice. It's great living in a town that has big name acts like Daniel Johnston come through. Elvis Costello and Devendra Banhart will also be here soon.

Fire Hydrant

Do you think it sprays fruit punch into the street?

100 Oaks Mall

100 Oaks Mall is so creepy. It is outdated and dead but it looks like it was given a fresh coat of paint as a last-ditch rejuvination effort. So it looks great on the inside but almost all the stores are closed and there's nobody shopping. The piped-in music eerily echoes down the empty hallways as if it's playing for the ghosts of the last generation's teenagers.

I'm Back

I'm back in Nashville. Richmond was great - I saw everyone I needed to see and didn't see anyone I didn't need to see.

Waiting for the Train

I don't ever want to live too far from trains. If I did, how would I know which side of the tracks I was on?

It's Official

It's expensive to register a car in Tennessee.

Tennessee Today

The entire state is basically shut down.

Driving

Commute. Work. Commute. Sleep. Repeat. It's all a blur.