Douglas Corner

On July 18, 2013, I was thoroughly countrified.   I went to Douglas Corner to see one of our writers celebrating 20 years of writing with another writer.  It was obvious how well respected they both were since so many other writers came on stage to fete them. 

Here is where I saw the performance. 

Pumping gas.

I pumped gas all by myself for the first time on July 17, 2013.  

Ok, so a friend came with me. 

Around Music Row

Some people from the office take mid morning walks.  I try to join them and check out the sites. 

Cute yellow building. 

Statues of horses. Can't remember which company this is...

Hahaha.  That's all the pictures I've taken on the walks.  Will take more soon. 

Morning coffee walk.

What I see when I walk to get coffee at a local coffee shop.  Yes, walk.  You can take the girl out of NYC but you can't take NYC out of the girl. 

That's Owen Bradley!

Going back to the office and Owen Bradley from a different angle. 

The barista kinda knows my order but sometimes gets it wrong.  I don't have the heart to complain.  :)

The past few days....

On Saturday, I went to a Jane Austen book club tea.  I hadn't read the Jane Austen book, Mansfield Park, but I was very honored to have been invited to join a lovely group of ladies for the afternoon. Thank you, Jan!!!!

I went to Target after.  I am good at going to Target. :)

On Sunday, I went to Old Navy and got a couple of shirts.  After that, I went into work for a couple of hours.  

Today, I got to work and saw this.  

A flock of flamingos!!  It turns out it's charity thing and you pay a "fee" for it to be removed from the front of your building. 

I also took a detour home to go to an Asian market. Not quite like NYC, but there were staples and basic items.  

:)

Going further everyday...

Yesterday, I stayed home and took it easy. Watched movies, read a bit and organized stuff. Today, I decided I was going to explore a bit. So...  I went to Cheekwood Art & Gardens.  

This is the house/museum.  Well...  Behind all the trees.  I thought I took a better picture.  

Saw Andy Warhol's portrait of Jamie Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth's portrait of Andy Warhol. No pictures allowed in the museum so go online to see them?  Or...  Come visit me!! I got a membership with a plus one. :)

This is the Japanese Garden. One of the reasons I ended up getting a membership.  Seems like a place I would really like to go back to.   

There was a stage at the end of the bamboo grove and the wood smelled like Japan.   

This is also where a mosquito bit my cheek.  

Cheekwood is about 5 minutes away.  Super convenient and there are night time hours with a special light exhibit going on.  I definitely want to go see that. 

After Cheekwood, I was thinking I really wanted to go see where Whole Foods was, so I did.  (I just wrote that using my Forrest Gump voice.)

The going was fine but the parking was a bit iffy.  I parked a bit too close to the other car and kept thinking I was going to hit it.   I didn't.  I was able to correct things before reaching the critical place of scratching cars. :)

Eh, I'll get used to it.  I'm not the first new driver and I won't be the last.  Oh!  Someone honked at me because I was obeying the 4 way stop sign rules.  You know I almost got my New Yorker attitude out but I didn't.  I just kept going my way.  Basically, honk if you want.  If I'm going the speed limit and doing the right thing, you can honk all you want.  

It really is different driving here, compared to NYC.  If there are pedestrian crossing, you're going 10 miles an hour.  Otherwise, not too many bikes, barely any people and no yellow cabs. :)

Ok... I'm doing some laundry so will be back later. 

Independence Day.

How appropriate that my official first full day of living in Nashville is the 4th of July.    I had my very first taste of "Independence" as well.  I drove all by myself!!  Ha!  I drove a total of 3.7 miles to the grocery store and back.  Yes, not far but for me, an exhilarating and unbelievable journey. 

Still getting acclimated but it's going to be interesting.  

Here are some pictures looking left and straight ahead from my bedroom. 

And the car I'm driving. 

I would show you the lemon that tried to hide from me under the car but I'm mad at right now.  It's not fun to try to get a lemon from under the car in the pouring rain.