list no. 44 : nashville

There will be photos, once I can recover from the complete exhaustion of mind and body otherwise known as jet lag. 

1. I've lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco and NYC, all known as hairy places to drive.
2. Nashville is the scariest place I've ever been behind the wheel, including Italy and Boston.
3. In a 5 minute period, I saw a GIANT UPS truck decide to make a u-turn on a major interstate highway because he was in a traffic jam.
4. Next up, the dude hightailing it in REVERSE, ON THE SHOULDER, of the same interstate highway. 
5. And did I mention that this was also near 3 major interstate highway exchanges? Yeah.
6. There are signs on the bars that say, 'no concealed weapons allowed' and I  wonder, is a person allowed to walk in brandishing their piece? 
7. Moonshine isn't something you read about in historical fiction. There's a bar called Bootleggers Inn that is the only bar, (reputedly), that serves said hootch, in fruity flavors, to disguise the fact that you're probably consuming battery acid.
8. That shit is strong. And makes you think that getting a tattoo is a good idea.
9. Good thing the tattoo parlor was too far to walk and we had no car. 
10. Country music is played in every bar and on most corners on Broadway.
11. I discovered that I really like Bluegrass music, although it could have been influenced by no. 7
12. I ate some sort of potato every meal, most of the time it was mashed or smashed and always full of butter.
13. East Nashville is really cool. 
14. We ate in this restaurant twice, it was that good.
15. Traveling is good for a change of perspective, but truly, there's no place like home.