Weekend in Smashville

CC and I decided we would spend a long weekend together in Nashville this past weekend.  For once I was driving to the airport to pick him up.  :)  We were able to get to the hotel and check in and still make the game.  It was so good to see him!  I miss him so much when we are apart.


We stopped in the team store to look at the merchandise with the new color scheme.  CC bought me a new t-shirt that was pretty cute and then I posed with the stuffed Gnash outside the store for a photo op before grabbing a beer and heading to our seats.

Isn't Gnash adorable?

Not a conventional photo but at least you can see the detail !

The game was great. VERY exciting! We had a wonderful time.  Beating Detroit always gets a person in a party mood so after the game we decided to take a walk down Broadway and over to a place called The Stage.  I'm not sure the name of the band but they were really good.  The place was packed with happy hockey people!  :)


After a few beers there we decided to head back to the hotel.  It had been a long day for the both of us between all of the driving and traveling by air.


The next day we got up and headed over to Noshville for a tasty breakfast.  They have wonderful food!  (Try the corned beef hash, it's wonderful)!  After that we went shopping.  First, a little something for us (Hustler Hollywood. Don't be a hater), Target and the snooty mall (not sure of the name).  We managed to purchase stuff for us, stuff for the work crowd at Target and CC bought me a very nice sweater at the snooty mall.  CC can only do so much of the shopping thing and to be quite honest I was done really with Christmas so we decided to take in a movie.  We went to see Sherlock Homes, A Game of Shadows.  I love a great matinee.  Popcorn is mandatory! :)


After the movie we headed back to the hotel to unwind a bit before heading out to dinner with Coy and Julie.  They booked reservations at The Palm. It was a steakhouse directly across the street from The Bridgestone.  The food was good and plentiful and the company was great as always.  The evening past fast and before we knew it, it was time to go home.  Not before dessert though..  They have homemade donuts at The Palm served with a chocolate and a raspberry sauce.  They were delicious and too rich to finish.  For once, we actually had a doggie bag!  


Saturday was here before we knew it.  We had a lazy morning and then took off for the Germantown Cafe.  They have the best french onion soup I have ever had.  We both had a bowl of the steaming cheesy soup and split a reuben.  The soup was actually quite filling and I barely was able to eat a few bites of the reuben which was excellent as well.


After brunch, we retired to the hotel to just relax and enjoy each other's company until it was time to go to the game.  We left early to grab a bite to eat and had appetizers and beer at a bar called Bailey's on Broadway.  We had a couple of beers and an appetizer to get us primed for some hockey.  I had decided I wanted to sit in the Cell Block.  (WAY up in the rafters, generally a very rowdy section).  It was really different watching a game from that point of view.  We won!  YAY!  Afterwards we headed home, very pleased with yet another Predator win.


Before I knew it, it was Sunday and time to take my CC back to the airport.  I hate all of the goodbyes we keep having to say to each other.  I can't wait for the day when we can finally be together forever.  We both make do with what we have, knowing it is temporary but as Tom Petty says, "...waiting is the hardest part".