I LIVE for the weekends! (doesn’t everyone?)
Bailey, Becca, and I bought our tickets to see Rent at the
Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville months ago, so needless to say we
have been looking forward to this weekend for a while. Then, Carl decided to come up and found some
more activities for us!
Our first destination Saturday was Two Boots Pizza. Carl found four restaurants and told us to
choose which one we wanted. The first
one we choose was called The Wild Cow, as we assumed it was burgers. After Becca googled it and determined it was
a vegan restaurant we quickly vetoed that and played it safe with the
pizza. It was definitely a good choice! Carl and I split a full pie, half “The Kracken”
(sliced sausage and jalapeƱos) and half “The Dude” (bacon cheeseburger). SO
good!
Then we drove over to Marathon Music Works. We were going to check out the American
Pickers shop but the line extended much too far out the door for any of us to
stand in it so we casually strolled around the building before heading into Corsair Distillery and Taproom for a tour. The
tour was pretty short, just one large room where they do all their brewing and
distilling. Then, we were escorted to
their bar where we got to taste one beer, three whiskeys (I think), and a
gin. Now I am not a whiskey drinker, and
I am certainly not a beer drinker so I was a little apprehensive about the tasting
but Carl reminded me that it was an adventure so I opened up to trying them all
(yes, even the beer). The beer was an
IPA (which means nothing to me) and it wasn’t horrible. I wouldn’t choose to drink it but it wasn’t
as beery (yes, that is a technical term) as the other beer I have tried. The
first two whiskeys weren’t bad either, and the gin tasted like cucumbers.
We wandered throughout the little shops in MMW before Carl
took us to the TPAC Theater for RENT! It was AMAZING! Mark sounded exactly like Mark from the Broadway
production. I wasn’t very impressed with
Mimi or Roger. They were kinda blegh
(also a technically theater term I believe). Very little power and just as
little chemistry between the actors.
Angel however was SPECTACULAR! It was definitely worth the $50.
We headed back to Clarksville afterward and Carl and I went
to The Tilted Kilt to eat. He made sure
to remind me as we entered the establishment, “Remember, you wanted to come
here.” My first thought was, “I think
someone forgot to tell these girls that the skanky Halloween costumes aren’t
supposed to come out until next weekend…”
Unfortunately, the food let us down too.
Carl’s fish and chips looked good, but he said it was a little
soggy. I got Shepard’s pie which was
good but tasted more like vegetable infused hamburger gravy than Shepard’s pie.
From there, BED TIME! It was a long (but fun) day!