LE TOUR DE NASHVILLE

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go on a tour of Nashville and The Ryman Auditorium with other Nashville bloggers. It was such a fun way to spend a Sunday morning and afternoon (although it seemed a little early to be dowtown!) and it was great to meet other bloggers in the area.

Gray Line Tours TN gave us a great tour - both of the Ryman and throughout the city. It's a great and very informative way to see the city and I highly recommend it to anyone who comes to Nashville and wants to do a little sight seeing. Our walking tour guide was fantastic and gave such an in depth history lesson (not in a bad way!) of the Ryman Auditorium. There's so much history behind the once-home of the Grand Ole Opry that I was completely oblivious to! After that we went on a trolley tour, making several stops that you can hop on and off at - The Farmer's Market, Marathon Village, The Parthenon, Music Row, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and The Ryman. We naturally had to stop a time or two for a photo opportunity!

Huge thank you to Gray Line Tours for hosting us, and Zipporah, the amazingly talented photographer who captured all the moments I just shared with you!

LIFE LATELY

Today is November 11... how did that even happen? I swear it was the beginning of October just yesterday. The fall is absolutely flying by and it's seriously going to be Christmas before we know it. In the meantime, I'm just enjoying these beautiful fall days we've been regularly having in Nashville. Those super blue sky, bright red, orange, and yellow leaves, 56 degree kind of days. It's so lovely. 

I've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus because work hit busy season and I honestly didn't have the brain power or energy to devote what I needed to this lovely little blog of mine. This past week - and weekend - was a great one though, so I have no choice but to share!

Here's what's happened: It was CMA Awards week in Nashville, so I went to a singer/songwriter event on Tuesday which was really, really cool. These guys - and girl - have written hits for Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood... the list goes on. I also got to meet Brett Eldredge at a private little concert with People Magazine. Also really, really cool. Wednesday I went to the CMA Awards and it was ah-mazing. Taylor Swift's stripped down version of Red was one of my favorite performances of the night. Keith & Miranda and Carrie also were fabulous.

This weekend I went out Friday night, which was fun, and then laid low and watched football Saturday. Yesterday I had a very Sunday Funday. Bloggers in Blog Nashville were able to go on a tour of Nashville and a get a backstage tour of the Ryman Auditorium through Gray Line tours.  More on that to come - but it was so fun meeting other Nashville bloggers! Then Sunday night I finally made it out to Cheekwood for the Bruce Munro light exhibit. The lights were so beautiful and it's amazing how much time and detail must have gone into creating each display. I'm so glad I got to see it - just in time before it closes!

Hope you all had great weekends as well - Happy Monday!