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In more ways than just the economy, I’m afraid. The temperatures are going to start dropping. I’m starting to add more insulation in the garage ceiling (it’s part of the basement-we’ve got bedrooms over the garage) and we’re getting prices for replacing the garage doors with insulated ones.

Suddenly, I feel like I should be driving an Oldsmobile and smoking cigarillos while listening to classical music and drinking a martini.  I should have full skirts and pearls.

I should at least be driving up and down the streets of my neighborhood seeing if I can make other people’s garage doors open and shut with my remote.

Pie in the Sky Pizza is coming to midtown, with plans to renovate the former Longhorn Steakhouse at 110 Lyle Ave.

Copper Kettle Cafe & Catering, the beloved meat-and-three on Granny White, is opening a second store in SoBro. Owners Lana and Jon Robb, who co-founded the restaurant six years ago, are renovating the building that formerly housed Sole Mio.

The restaurant group that includes the The Corner Pub in midtown and Alley Pub and Dalton's in Bellevue is adding two new nameplates. The Corner Pub in the Woods opened May 9 at 8058 Highway 100, and the owners are in the process of renovating the former Box Seat in Green Hills into a family-friendly smokehouse-style restaurant slated to open July 1.

Last week's Nashville Scene included this review of Lime, an upscale "Latin fusion" restaurant at 1904 Broadway. Raving about the food, the Scene noted rumblings of poor service that have been repeated elsewhere:After two consistently excellent meals in the newly opened Lime, we’re looking forward to the summer months, when the garage doors rise and the sleek cocktail crowd pours onto the patios

Andrew:

Attention fans of tequila, margaritas, and southwestern tapas: Agave Tequila Lounge is open, and as of my most recent visit, things seem to be in full swing.

I'll admit, I was a little skeptical when I first heard about Agave. Not because I didn't like the concept - indeed, I've been eager for something other than Las Palmas-style, semi-crappy Mexican food in Nashville. But I was a little put off for that same reason, worried that however strong the i