Just kidding. Friday wasn't a fiasco, I just wanted a catchy title.
Other Stuff To Know:
1. Mom and I searched for iced coffee. We found a coffee stand at the convention center and ordered some. Guess how much? $4.99 for 16 ounces! No way, mister. We took back our order and eventually found a Starbucks.
2. The Finneys have fast cars and a fantastically funny little family of shih tzus.
3. Terry went to the Parthenon and saw a 42 foot golden statue of Athena.
4. I saw the largest Christian store ever. It was larger than a big CVS.
**I'm having trouble attaching pictures at this point in time. Blogger.com is having some technical difficulties. I'll try to get up yesterday's pictures by tonight.**
Mom, Terr, and I woke up and had the best hotel breakfast ever! Seriously, this was not your usual coffee and some donuts spread. There were eggs and bacon, sausage, grits, cereal, bagels, fruit, and waffles (with a strawberry and whipped cream option)! After our sumptuous breakfast, Terr went out with her friend while Mom and I went out to explore. We went down to downtown Nashville and checked out the (free) Tennessee State Museum. I was a nice, quick trip with a few interesting artifacts about pioneer life, the Civil War, and country music star costumes and outfits. Judging by the museum, Tennessee considers country music as equally important as the Civil War. (JK, I'm sure they know better.) Then we went to the Belle Mead Plantation, which is where 70% of American thoroughbred horses can track back their lineage. (Think Seabiscuit and Barbaro.) The house and tour were both pretty neat, and we learned a good deal about the "Queen of Tennessee Plantations" and its owners. They used to have a train stop right off of their property for guests! We ended our stay there at the gift shop (of course), where Mom stocked up on her new favorite candy: Colts Bolts.
Later Mom and I visited our cousins, the Finneys. We gathered up Terry and went out with Jay, Jennifer, and Jonathon. They took us to a lovely "meat n' three" (but really it was a meat and two) for dinner. A joint named Pucketts at Leiper's Fork, which doubles as a deli, restaurant, and small-time grocery store. I ate pork loin wrapped in bacon. I didn't eat the bacon, but the pork was very good. Best of all was stuffed squash and the blackberry pie. While we ate, three singers/songwriters played. We had a great time, and even Terry was happy that we had obligated her to hang out with relatives that she had never met.
Other Stuff To Know:
1. Mom and I searched for iced coffee. We found a coffee stand at the convention center and ordered some. Guess how much? $4.99 for 16 ounces! No way, mister. We took back our order and eventually found a Starbucks.
2. The Finneys have fast cars and a fantastically funny little family of shih tzus.
3. Terry went to the Parthenon and saw a 42 foot golden statue of Athena.
4. I saw the largest Christian store ever. It was larger than a big CVS.
**I'm having trouble attaching pictures at this point in time. Blogger.com is having some technical difficulties. I'll try to get up yesterday's pictures by tonight.**
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