A Few Days in Nashville

I spent a few days at a conference in downtown Nashville.

The people: friendly.

The food: ranged from okay to pretty good and was generally more reasonably priced than DC. Got to try a few clubs where people came more for the music than the food and they offered standard pub grub. Plus, we got to The Spaghetti Factory which had reasonably good food (not great) but was an amazing space! Also got to Virago which was a hip sushi bar and lounge.

The pace: slower than DC.

The architecture: a funky mix.

The music: lots of live country!


We stayed very close to Broadway, which is Nashville's strip of dozens of clubs that have live music every night. Almost all of it is country or western or bluegrass or such. I went by a few of these but actually went to hear a live blues band at BB King's. Quite good!

On the Road Again...

Unlike Willie Nelson, I can wait to get on the road again.

In the last year, I have been to Langley, Virginia; Shephardstown, West Virginia; Huntsville, Alabama; New York, New York; and Denver, Colorado. All for work. Monday, again, for work, I leave for Nashville, Tennessee. Even when I was on an international assignment and got to travel to Europe I didn't travel as much as I have this year.

Generally, I like traveling. Even for work. You get to eat in decent restaurants most of the time and stay in plush hotel rooms and aside from the meetings and the "mandated socializing", you get peace and quiet and you get to do what you want.

But this is getting old.

Now, if they want to send me to Hawaii, say, I'm there.

I've never been to Nashville. Nothing against the fine folks who live there but I'm not psyched. I'm not an Opry buff. Plus, I'll be traveling with my boss and his boss. That'll limit the bar-top dancing, for sure.

Well, if I can get my wireless to operate while I'm away, I'll let you, faithful reader, know if Nashville turns out to be fabulous.

*waveywave*