Sunday, March 7, 2010

Birthday: Nashville Style

Marisa, Josh and I have March birthdays. We have planned for months now to do something special this year for our B-days. So with a few tips on where to eat and places to see we headed to Nashville. We started out with some shopping at Opry Mills and then lunch at yummy San Antonio Taco Company. We then walked around downtown checking out some places for our dinner. We stopped by the Hatch Show Print. It is so cool!This is where classic concert posters have been made and are STILL being made. Elvis, B.B. King, Dave Matthews Band, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, etc...you must check it out!The boys wanted to cheese it up at the Wildhorse Saloon. This is where line dancing, live music, and ALL the tourist in the Nashville area are found.








Our next stop was GiGi's Cup Cakes....We must eat cake!

Marisa got a wedding cake cupcake.

Josh went with the chocolate and Andrew went with the lemon.

I went with the Bailey's Irish Creme cupcake. I am sort of a St. Patty's baby!

All we needed was some good ole' 2% milk to wash it down.


After Gigi's we then freshened up and were ready to get some dinner. After much indecision and research we decided to eat at Merchants Restaurant and Grille. It is a historic building built in the late 1800's. It was once a pharmacy, an ice cream shop, a hotel, and a "honky tonk". Now it is a two story restaurant where you can go to fine dining on the second floor and with a more casual atmosphere on the first floor. We were not feeling so "swanky", so we dined on the first floor. Andrew and I got a juicy prime rib, mashed potatoes, and a side of vegetables. Mar got a grilled chicken salad and Josh got a rib-eye. Yummy, yummy!


Mar and Josh

Drew and Me!

To finish up the night we took a horse drawn carriage ride around downtown Nashville.


I had a great birthday weekend with some pretty amazing friends. I have never laughed so much in my life!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Woo hoo!! Couldn't of asked for a better birthday weekend!! You did great summing it up :)