Three days in Nashville

Biscuit Love, Gulch

“The bonuts. Expect twenty minutes in line and take them.”

Country Music Hall of Fame

“Two hours and worth it even if you do not think you care.”

Lunch at Arnold's Country Kitchen

“Meat and three, cafeteria line, closes at 2:45. Go early.”

Hatch Show Print

“Twenty minutes and you will leave with a poster.”

Dinner at Rolf and Daughters

“Pasta. Book ahead, it is small.”

Station Inn

“Bluegrass in a cinder block room. Cash at the door. The real reason to come.”

The Russell

“A converted church in East Nashville. Quiet and odd in a good way.”

Breakfast at Barista Parlor

Centennial Park and the Parthenon

“A full-scale replica. Yes, really. Twenty minutes.”

Lunch at Prince's Hot Chicken

“Start at medium. Medium is hot.”

Walk East Nashville

“Five Points. Record shops and nobody in a cowboy hat.”

Broadway honky-tonks

“Walked it, did not stay. Not what we came for.”

Dinner at Butcher & Bee

The Russell

Breakfast at Monell's

“Communal tables, family style, you will talk to strangers.”

Ryman Auditorium

“The backstage tour, forty minutes. Better than the Opry House.”

Lunch at Hattie B's

Third Man Records

“Small. Fifteen minutes unless you buy vinyl, then an hour.”