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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Music City...Here We Come!
Today I'm trying to learn more about Nashville. So to get started, I clicked here to check some things out. And frankly, it makes me want to go even more on the mission trip, but also STAY for a vacation! Of course, we won't have much time for site seeing since we'll be busy from morning until night doing the Lord's work, but a girl can dream, right?
From what I've read about Nashville--especially my favorite quote from an earlier blog entry: "This ain't no country club baby, this is Nashville" (you can read that post here)--it sounds like the ethos of Music City is an awful lot like Pittsburgh, the city of Steel. Pittsburgh, though quickly becoming a technological hub, historically has been been a blue-collar, mill town with a hard-working attitude and a gritty outlook to go with it.
The "down-to-earthness" that frequently accompanies country music appears to color the local scene of Nashville as well. The Lonely Plant website (where the quote above is from) describes it this way: "It [Nashville] also has friendly people, a lively university community, excellent fried chicken and an unrivaled assortment of tacky souvenirs." See? Couldn't that phrase describe Pittsburgh too? (Of course, one must substitute pierogies for fried chicken.)
I THINK Nashville is gonna feel a little bit like home for those of us who have been city-dwellers. We'll know for sure on the Thursday night of our trip...that's the day we quit early and hit the town! Westminster Church, where we'll be staying, has provided us with a list of handy places, including some "safe" honky-tonks!
Can't wait to post pictures of THAT night! :0)
From what I've read about Nashville--especially my favorite quote from an earlier blog entry: "This ain't no country club baby, this is Nashville" (you can read that post here)--it sounds like the ethos of Music City is an awful lot like Pittsburgh, the city of Steel. Pittsburgh, though quickly becoming a technological hub, historically has been been a blue-collar, mill town with a hard-working attitude and a gritty outlook to go with it.
The "down-to-earthness" that frequently accompanies country music appears to color the local scene of Nashville as well. The Lonely Plant website (where the quote above is from) describes it this way: "It [Nashville] also has friendly people, a lively university community, excellent fried chicken and an unrivaled assortment of tacky souvenirs." See? Couldn't that phrase describe Pittsburgh too? (Of course, one must substitute pierogies for fried chicken.)
I THINK Nashville is gonna feel a little bit like home for those of us who have been city-dwellers. We'll know for sure on the Thursday night of our trip...that's the day we quit early and hit the town! Westminster Church, where we'll be staying, has provided us with a list of handy places, including some "safe" honky-tonks!
Can't wait to post pictures of THAT night! :0)
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