west side

The word BORING is not a word you can use to describe Cross Point Nashville.  This weekend is a perfect example of how many amazing (and maybe weird) things can happen on the west side of Nashville.

it's a bad time to be homeless if you're looking to avoid getting your ass kicked or outright smoked....

In Cali...

The legend of The Pharaohs starts at Crane Junior College on the West side of Chicago. Under the tutelage of James Mack a student band is formed- The Jazzmen- which in 1962 wins the best band category at Chicago’s annual Harvest Moon Festival. The band featured a front-line of Charles Handy (trumpet) Louis [...]

and the town of Smyrna wants to share.

1st Annual Boat Day / 3 Annual Water-fest

July 12, 2008 from 9:00AM til 1:00PM at Stewart Creek Recreational Area (West side of Weakly Lane - Just north of the Smyrna town limits - adjacent to the boat ramp on the Corps or Engineers' property.)

This event is free of charge and open to the public.

Most of the people I deal with are at least pushing 50, if not already past it, and given this nation's track record for treatment of the elderly, it doesn't seem likely that we'll be offering much in the way of assistance to them as they struggle to eke out the remainder of their existence...

Remember my recent post about how the $5 tips are now more often merely $2 tips? Here's a Fox News story that caught my eye.

As Consumers Get Squeezed, Tips Get Smaller

Remember my recent post about how the $5 tips are now more often merely $2 tips? Here's a Fox News story that caught my eye.

As Consumers Get Squeezed, Tips Get Smaller

From the west side, my political boyfriend, Rep. Steve Cohen, voted no. The congressman, Rep. John Tanner,  that I can cast a vote for voted yes.

Here's a look at traffic on West Holland Street going toward South Cannon Boulevard at mid-morning one day last week. I was stopped near West Depot Street (the one that goes behind the buildings on the west side of the square). This is proof that Shelbyville needs another bridge crossing Duck River. There was talk a few years ago of possibly building one near the Lewis Avenue intersection...

Newscoma, in bringing the news of Hilary Clinton’s Tennessee Steering Committee, wonders who among the Presidential contenders are serious about giving voice to the voiceless and going after the rural vote: