Today was an awesome, relaxing, scattershot, and all-around fun day. We got up late and toured some more of the hotel, especially Delta. Despite my photos from the previous post, this was actually our first time seeing it in daylight.
John suggested that we drive out to Loveless Cade, which thrilled me to no end. I'd hoped to go there during our summer trip, but we ended up going to The Pharmacy instead (fair trade-off, to be sure). We hoped it wouldn't be too crowded, but no such luck. This was New Year's weekend, after all.
The Loveless was originally a motel (the original sign still says so). The motel rooms have all been converted into quaint little shops. Between those and the two gift shops, there's plenty to look around. I nearly bought a shirt, but didn't find one I liked. I did buy some bacon-flavored popcorn (interesting) and some buscuit mix and preserves to take home. Looking forward to making some biscuits of my own.
After an hour wait (which wasn't too bad), we finally got a table. Luckily, the service was quick and the food was good. Especially the biscuits, of course. They're smaller than typical Southern biscuits, but melt in your mouth. Good old southern cooking.
Our original plan was to go to the Parthenon, but since we were nearby, John wanted to take us to McKay, a used books games, movies and more warehouse. We'd been to a couple of Edward McKay's (to which John thinks this is loosely related), but those are tiny compared to this place. It was GINOURMOUS! We ended up spending too much time and money there (Madison was the big spender), so when we finally left, it was too late to go to the Parthenon.
We had dinner at Tin Angel, further proof that Nashville does actually have some fantastic restaurants. There's just none near Opryland. The food was excellent and the atmosphere perfect. I'd go back in a heartbeat. John says this is now his new favorite restaurant besides Bobby Flay's Bar Americain in New York City. Lucky him. It's a lot closer.
After dinner, John gave us a real treat. Something his new girlfriend, Katie, had shown him. We drove to the top of Love Park, near Vanderbilt, perhaps the highest point in Nashville. It has the most incredible view of downtown after dark. Just amazing! And the perfect way to end our evening out.
Afterwards, we drove downtown to see what was going on. As expected, it was busy and crowded. So, we dropped John off and headed back to hotel. Before we went in, we made sure to stop and see the large Natvity outside the hotel, which was up for it's very last night. Just beautiful, and the perfect way to end our evening out.
Happy New Year!
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