I guess we didn't really celebrate it. We really have no reason to. But my parents were visiting from Birmingham, and we did have a perfect day, and this is how it went:
First of all, we got up and had breakfast at the Loveless Cafe. Are you in Nashville? Have you ever been? If not, GO. Right now, as a matter of fact. Buy jars of homemade peach and blackberry preserves while you are there.
After rambling down the Natchez Trace parkway for a while and circling the grounds of Iroquois Steeplechase a few times, we made our way downtown to SQFT gallery for a brunch opening of prints by Shawn Stucky. Yeah, and I finally got to meet (and sip mimosas with!) Kathleen of Cake+Pie Creative. What a sweetie. What a cutie.
After that we trekked over the hill of the capitol building to the Farmer's Market where we filled our basket with big, beefy tomatoes that.....well.....just didn't seem possible for this early in the season.
Another thing about Nashville...have you ever been to Yazoo's tasting room? I would tell you to go, now, too...but it's only open a few hours a week. It's tucked away in a little corner of the aging Marathon Village warehouse...a cool, family-friendly atmosphere where you can sample handcrafted beer and snack on farm-raised Tennessee cheeses, big loaves of bread with chutney, and spiced pecans. We love it.
So, believe it or not, we went home and cooked some MORE while the boys napped. We actually made an entire, 30 minute, Rachael Ray meal, a definate first for me. We made her Polenta egg cups with balsamic-roasted grapes and sausages. Forgive me for this, but...yum-o.
Anyway, after dinner we went to Green Hills and saw Amazing Grace and basically cried ourselves to sleep. Well, I did anyway.
We're not Irish at all.
You have to click thse images so they get big and you can see how lush and verdant this place is. And pretty. Anyway, I'll post pictures from the other wedding tomorrow. I'm kind of being a recluse this week in order to redesign my website and promote the cupcake delivery service. I'll post it for you guys soon so you can give me your opinions...oh how I appreciate them.
