dual personalities

Nashville. as you know, is a very swinging place and always fun to visit. We stayed downtown this weekend so we could walk everywhere.

Friday afternoon we staked out good seats at a bar in sight of the river and people watched. We were amazed by the huge amount of bachelorette parties, i.e. groups of young women in matching tank tops sporting some cute bachelorette-themed saying, short shorts and cowboy boots. Ahem. (There were also large groups of young men–not wearing matching shirts.) The main attraction looked alarmingly like someone we know:

From there we moved on to the Wildhorse Saloon, which although huge, is not so loud and intense.

The crowd is more middle-aged and the line-dancing lessons are a spectacle in themselves.

The next day we walked around town and over the river for a good view of the city.

We checked out the Johnny Cash Museum and were very impressed.

We had lunch at the Ryman…

…and generally had a lot of fun reacquainting ourselves with Music City. Eventually we had to go back to our hotel to get gussied up for the wedding.

We did not look like this for long, as it was pretty warm in the airplane hangar in hipster East Nashville where the wedding reception was held.

Don’t worry, we stayed hydrated.

The parents of the groom had rented an RV, which was parked out back to be used by a select few to cool off, which we did.

Despite the heat, it was so much fun! And the bride and groom were lovely…

Thankfully, the OM did not burn down the house, but held the fort while we were gone and rested up. We made it home in time to enjoy our usual Sunday night barbecue with the wee babes and their parents.

Little Miss Lottie is so focused! She loves her vintage figures…

The wee laddie not so much…he is a wind-up toy!

Well, I definitely needed a day to recover, but no way, José!

Have a good week!