Day 14: “That just be what it be”

While Gabrielle was taking a vacation from our road trip, we took the opportunity to create a change of pace. The theme of the day 14: FOOD.
After sleeping in (which made Randi happy), we tried to find the Gulch, which is an up and coming commercial and residential area in Nashville. It was decided that Gulch must stand for Green Urban Living Community Housing, but it was later discovered that gulch is just another fancy word for ravine. (Nashville, if you are interested in using our acronym, leave a comment on the blog and we will let you use it for a reasonable fee)
We didn’t find the Gulch, but we did find Whiskey Kitchen, which was the culinary find of the trip! As Randi said “I can’t decide if I want a salad, a wrap, it a pizza. After ordering our food “with no regrets” we selfishly eyeballed other food, secretly wishing we had two stomachs.

After a heartfelt rendition of I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables over bread pudding that never got ordered, we continued to the Country Music Hall of Fame, where we created costumes for country music stars, discovered that Bakersfield CA was home to country music, and that Chet Atkins looks like Prince Charles.

On our way to Broadway, we passed the old train station that is now a swanky hotel,

Dick’s Restaurant, which is famous for their staff’s rudeness ( yes that’s their gimmick), and tons of bars, boot shops and live country music.

We also made an attempt to continue our “Capital Tour” by going to the the Nashville Capital building, which was under renovation and where camping is not permitted. (sorry folks, there will be no Occupy Nashville)
There was an opportunity to reenact a statue for Walsh, which I seized.

We culminated the awesome day with some Domino’s Pizza (thanks to Katie’s new app), some Mean Girls watching (we almost gave in to True Blood but decided against it, despite the remote’s insistence that we do).
All in all, a fantabulous day!
Laterz baby 🙂
Casually kissing cowboys

Day 13: You Ain’t Nothing But a Bearcat

Sorry about the delayed entry, I’m Doin’ The Best I Can.

So yesterday, we woke up Down By The Riverside (actually, the grand Mississippi, which flows right by Memphis). We had a lot of plans before moving on to Nashville, first and foremost being to see the March of the Peabody ducks. We walked over to the Peabody Hotel into a lobby lined with tourists getting ready for the ducks to walk the red carpet. For those who don’t know, the Peabody hotel has ducks that hang out in the lobby fountain during the day. At night, they have their own room in the hotel so every day they take the elevator down to the lobby. We happened to catch the show from the balcony and in what seemed to be a Change of Habit, the ducks didn’t march so much as run the red carpet to the fountain.
Running Peabody Ducks

Then, we went over to the National Civil Right ls Museum at the Lorraine Hotel, to see the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

Then, we began our Elvis part of the trip. We started by going to Sun Studios, the tiny label where big names like Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis got their start. We had a great tour guide who told us about the history of the studio and then took us into the actual studio space, where people still record. He even allowed us to take pictures with the same microphone that those former artists used. We even set up our own band shot, which is so embarrassing I’m not sure I’ll put it up.

Alright, Okay, You Win, so here we have for one night only:
On Lead Guitar: Suavest of the Seas
Our Lead singer: Casually Kissing Cowboys
Upright Bass: The Gringo Gaucho
And on Drums: Techtalkin’ and Walkin’

Farther Along, we drove past the Heartbreak Hotel over to that Mansion Over The Hilltop, Graceland, in order to see where one of the legends of rock and roll lived his life. I never knew much about The King, but I learned a lot from his house (and the audio tour that went with it).
Living room:

Billiard room:

Jungle room:

Stables:

We found that the day was getting late; it’s Funny How Time Slips Away. We got on the road to Nashville and arrived in the early evening where we saw another double rainbow (to add to our Pocketful of Rainbows). Of course we had to check out the local music scene so we headed over to Music Row (for tomorrow you better Look Out Broadway) and had the unique experience of being some of the oldest people in the bar while being the youngest-looking.

Day 14 sees our very own Gringo Gaucho take a vacation from her vacation as she leaves us for Colorado and the rest of us try to find the motivation to leave the hotel room (good news, it happens!). Anyways, I Got a Lot of Livin’ to Do so until next time
-Techtalkin’ and walkin’

P.S. Managed to insert 11 Elvis songs into the post, have fun identifying 😉

P.S.S. The title of the post comes from a parody song by Rufus Thomas, which he wrote in response to Big Mama Thornton’s Hound dog, which of course was popularized by Elvis in 1956.