I’ve never met an independent bookstore I didn’t like, but visiting ones in other cities makes me appreciate the magic we have here in Nashville.
Out, About: You don’t need a drink in Nashville to have fun!
That’s the beauty of a barcade and all the other variations of bars with activities: The main attraction isn’t the alcohol.
Out, About: This is Halloween
There is a lot happening around town. So what I really want to spotlight — or rather, lantern light — is one of the lesser-known events this Saturday.
Out, About: Where to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day and beyond
The week before Columbus Day, sometime in early elementary school, I came home and started to proudly recite the poem I’d just learned: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean bl–” My mom cut me off.
Out, About: Ice, ice, baby. Hockey’s (almost) back!
Yes, I am from Florida, which famously has no winter. But I am the biggest hockey fan. Well, second biggest.
Out, About: Much ado about… something
Every summer, I look forward to Summer Shakespeare with a nostalgia that’s not exactly my own. I’m not sure if you can inherit wistfulness or if it’s a learned trait, but mine is certainly my mother’s.
Out, About: Swing your partner round and round
I successfully avoided line dancing, square dancing or any kind of boot scooting for four years in Nashville — until last weekend.
Out, About: An unexpected way to battle this heat
Curling — yes, the one you take an odd fascination with every Winter Olympics before forgetting about its existence for four years — is right here in West Nashville.
Out, About: Fun at the fair(s)
The Tennessee State Fair opened last night in Lebanon, and I can practically smell the funnel cakes from my desk in Metrocenter.









