Nashville
 

Planning a trip there later this year. Tell me what there is to do there!

Get hammered and enjoy live music at every bar.

Bang Priscilla Presley

Parthenon
Country Music Hall of Fame
Johnny Cash Museum
Music Row
Smoky Mountains
Day trip to Memphis

Re-injure Marcus Mariotta
Wear a cowboy hat without owning a horse
Listen to some of the worst music known to mankind
Return home thankful you don't live there...

Enjoy some hot chicken, Princes is the best
Take in a minor league baseball game at the new Nashville Sounds stadium, it's close to downtown
Marvel at the endless traffic problems we have here in Nashville
Price a few homes in gentrified neighborhoods and wonder why would anyone pay $400,000 to live there??
Get hit up for spare change (and they will get upset if you offer too little money) by the homeless in Downtown Nashville while you enjoy the scene

White Castle!

Lots of great farm to table restaurants. The biscuit is great for breakfast. Music is awesome, i had more fund at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday than i did later at night at the venues. Still fairly crowded, musicians are great, and it is easier to hear them.

Hattie B's -- others swear by Prince's (and a few others) but for Nashville Hot Chicken, Hattie B's is my go to.

Apart from that - bar district, drink and have a good time. It's a blast down there.

It's a 1 / 1A type of thing between Hattie B's & Prince's. Either way you're gonna get some good food.

And if you come down on July 4th you can experience the glory that is....

http://hot-chicken.com/festival/#.WNWHWVXyuM8

Jack's

Now let me issue a warning - I like spicy food. I can handle a pretty substantial amount of it.

Do NOT get the 'shut the cluck up' or whatever they'd call it at Prince's. It is friggen agony. Hot is good, damn hot is damn good if you're wanting something pretty stout that day. But shut the cluck up is just absurd. It's red. It's actually !@#$ing red. The way they make that stuff is to take some hot grease from the fryer, mix in some garlic powder and brown sugar, then add as much cayenne as needed to hit the respective heat level.

They add so much that it isn't a sauce they put on but more of a paste. And again - so much cayenne it turns the entire bird bright red. I ate it on a dare and it really was brutal.

Now I'd imagine there's a person or two that can eat that shit without a hiccup, but those people died inside years ago; their GI tracts were long ago incinerated. If you're a normal human being, do not eat that stuff.

Take a viagra so the cowgirls have something to hang their hats on.

Johnny Cash museum.

If you're into the Grand Ole Opry, it's there too, but it's evolved to cater to modern country acts. If you're into the old time country religion instead, there's a show developed by former Grand Ole Opry folks called Music City Roots.