Meanwhile, today's forbidden link to New Orleans Magazine takes us to Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville folks will be quick to remind you that the city is about more than country music. It is an intellectual center, the home of Vanderbilt University and the Frist museum. The Parthenon, a full-scale recreation of the Greek temple, underscores Nashville’s claim to being the “Athens of the South.” There is also justification in Nashville being called “Music City.” It is a recording industry for far more than just country.
Longtime readers of the Yellow Blog will recall that Nashville was where I was forced to "summer" in Aug-Sep 2005 while New Orleans was being drained of Federal Flood waters. It's also the site of my mother's recent unfortunate surgical misadventures (Mom's doing okay, btw... still on blood thinners... gonna keep an eye on it). Needless to say the "Athens of the South" is not among my favorite spots.
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