Shiny Objects

The base outline is complete! Whew! Now working on the more granular scene outline. For this I need details.

Toured the downtown area again yesterday, this time studying the architecture of the old brick buildings (looking for a place a killer could hide victims…)

Between finding a few intriguing spots, different stories kept jumping into my brain. There is so much to write about in Nashville. Every Nashville resident I’ve met has a unique reason for being in town. Their stories could keep me busy for years.

If I were writing a Nashville food guide, I’d include the $6 recession special from Roberts Western World-fried bologna sandwich with chips, beer, and moon pie, and the enormous fish and chips at Fleet Street for only $7.50. And I can’t forget the catfish tacos at The Row.

Yes, the food can be calorie laden, but there’s a workout element to visiting Nashville. I’m tracking my steps each day and they’re always above 10,000.

We’re staying in Midtown, about a mile walk to Downtown. Downhill.

Downtown Nashville sits against the winding Cumberland River. Spend a day eating and drinking through the many restaurants, then face an uphill climb back home. Add to that the many multi-level restaurant/bars that host a different live band on each floor—including the roof.

50 steps up to a rooftop bar and live band, 22 down into an English pub—that’s a lot for a woman who usually sits in front of a keyboard all day…

Good walking shoes are critical. I often see women in Midtown wearing sneakers with cowboy boots tucked under their arms.

Many people in Downtown wear boots. For the young bachelorette and birthday party groups, white boots are very popular this year. I haven’t had the nerve to wear my plain brown pair yet. Maybe we’ll Uber that day…

Enough shiny objects. Back to work.