Our day started off at home when we were debating what to make for
breakfast. After much dilemma, and nothing in my apartment sounding all
that enjoyable, we decided to head to Nashville early. Excited to check a
restaurant off my Nashville bucket list, Carl navigated us to The Perch
Downtown where we arrived right as it opened. The Perch has a vast menu
of both sweet and savory crepes, as well as some other dishes like Belgian waffles
and omelets. Carl had only had sweet crepes before, so we scanned the
savory list, unsure of which to choose. I had my eye on a chicken and
spinach crepe with balsamic vinegar and feta cheese, but Carl couldn't decide.
He asked the cashier what she recommended which led to his order of a
crepe with chorizo sausage, salsa verde, cheese, and eggs.
My crepe was
delicious! Carl's....wasn't that wonderful. If we were to go again, we decided
we would order one savory crepe to share, followed by a sweet one. The
lady did offer Carl a free Americano, which he said was fantastic. I am not a
coffee fan so my opinion was moot.
We then headed off
to our intended destination of the day- the Adventure Science Center! It was
definitely more kid-oriented than adult, but since we are both children at
heart, we had fun anyway. It cost just under 20 bucks for Carl to get in (including
the planetarium show), and was free for me since I am a teacher in Tennessee,
though I still had to pay $6 to see the planetarium show. If you're not
going with kids, it's probably not worth the money for the ticket, but since I
got in free it wasn't too bad of a deal.
The top floor of
the Adventure Science Center was basically just a little play tower that looked
out over Nashville. It was elementary school child-sized, but we squeezed
up into it anyway. If I were to go back I would wear sweats and leave my
purse behind! Man was that hard to climb through in jeans and a sweater.
There was a shape game on the top floor as well, which Carl challenged me
to. The point of the game was to see how many shapes you could put
through the correctly shaped holes in a certain amount of seconds (I told you-we
are children). We tied the first time
and he cheated the second!
The second floor
was much more fun. While still kid-oriented, it was very interactive for
both kids and adults alike. We played a game with a dad and his son (us
against them) in which we had to "shoot" the "germs" in the
various bodily systems. Carl and I won of course, I think I even shot
more "germs" than him! We also attempted the Dance, Dance,
Revolution game, which kicked both our butts. My feet do not move as
quickly as they did in middle school. The game that made me laugh the
most was one that you had to relax to win. It was a two player game in
which we had to put headband type things on our heads. It scanned your
brain waves which made a ball move. Whoever the ball moved to was the
loser. I won the first time (shockingly), but Carl beat me the second
round.
Our last activity
at the science center was the planetarium show. The show was produced by
the planetarium and was about the complete solar eclipse that is due to appear
in Nashville on August 21, 2017. The production was actually pretty good,
and worth the $6 I think. It was about 30 minutes and I was intrigued the
whole time. The bottom floor was more outer space oriented. Space
is my favorite aspect of science, so I wish they would have had more
interactive things on that floor. It was neat regardless.
It was nearly 1 by
the time we left the science center, so we were hungry again. We headed
down to 12 South for some burgers at Burger UP! I had the Woodstock
burger and Carl had the Mr. Lewis Patty Melt. Carl's was better than mine
was, and while they were both good, my expectations had been let down. The
homemade fries however were wonderful! The perfect amount of potato and salt, I
would go back and just get an order of fries. Carl commented on the
people around us and how the area seemed to be the hipster area of Nashville.
I responded by telling him that it was definitely the trendy part of
town, and how I would never fit in there. This was followed by the table
next to us discussing how good the black bean burger with quinoa
was.......#notmyburger!!
Although I wanted
to continue devouring the fries, we saved some space for one last stop before
we headed home- Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream! The weather was sunny and beautiful,
so we walked down the street, dropped our leftovers off in the car, and
strolled down to the ice cream shop. Jeni's was another place on my
Nashville bucket list I had been meaning to cross off for a while. We
both tested a couple of flavors before choosing- I had the Wildberry Lavender
and Brown Butter Almond Brittle and Carl had the Wildberry Lavender and Ndali
Estate Vanilla Bean. It was soft and sweet and everything I ever needed
in an ice cream dish.
The ice cream had
done us in and we were in dire need of a nap. It was definitely a
successful day in Nashville!
