Nashville Happenings

So we get this funny little local paper for the neighborhoods near ours in this area of Nashville that I always look forward to reading because of the funny things that it has in it. Some of my favorite things about this paper is the guilt-people-into-doing-things-they-should-on-their-own section and the Social Pages. The guilt section is where they post photos of something that people are doing that they shouldn't. Last week there was a photo of a branch hanging over the road that could fall at any moment and kill or seriously maim an unsuspecting pedestrian, with the address of said tree branch. This week the article was followed up by a photo of the corrected dangerous branch. Nice, eh? I just hope our address and photo don't ever show up in the paper! Now that we fixed our nasty mailbox, though, we should be okay and not a huge eyesore to the neighborhood. The Social Pages section is 3 to 7 pages long and has pictures and descriptions of different social events and parties around the neighborhood. It's really interesting to read.

The front of Big Kenny's house - the "Chateau de Amore" as noted on the plaque by the gates. Pretty incredible, eh?

Hands down, though, my favorite section is the "Ticked Off" section "where freedom of speech is alive & well!" (that's their real tag line). This is where Nashvillians can vent their frustrations about whatever suits their fancy including the quality of films produced these days, what terrible drivers there are around the city, traffic lights, etc. So last week someone wrote in about how awful and tacky it is that Big Kenny of the country music group Big & Rich (you know the song "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy"...) parks his tour bus in his front yard. This week the conversations was followed up by a few more notes in "Ticked Off!" about some people liking it or not minding it, and others hating on it. So of course, we had to check it out!

"Big Kenny's Love Everybody Traveling Musical Medicine Show" bus in his front yard.

This afternoon after our midwife appointment, Rob, Grace and I set out to find Big Kenny's. It's only a couple minutes from our house, but we weren't sure exactly where the house was. It was really easy to find, and really I didn't think that the "Love Everybody" tour bus was too tacky since it was mostly hidden behind the wall that encloses his property.

I just don't know if I'd like to look out my window into my front yard and see my big 'ole face smiling back at me! (Sorry for the picture lopsidedness...we were driving by being really inconspicuous!)

While we're talking about star-sightings, the other day we saw Shane Tallant, the host from HGTV's Designed to Sell, in our Target that we regularly shop at! It was a very exciting moment for a very mundane day. There are lots more stars and famous people who live in this area, so you never know who we'll find next!