Polar Bears

Monday is here again.  Although my Saturday was incredibly productive... laundry, hang out with Lisa, dinner, shopping*, coffee**, nap, 80s dance party***... My Sunday was a complete waste.  Oh well, there is always next Sunday right?

For this outfit, I feel like I was channeling Rachel from Glee.  The sweater?  If you went to Urban Outfitters at all over the Christmas season, you probably saw it.  I was smart and asked for it for Christmas.... and I love it.  It is great because it looks more sophisticated than you think.  I know I know, I'm 26 years old and wearing an animal sweater?  But really, unless you really look at it, you don't even realize its a polar bear... with claws. 

Sweater: Urban Outfitters
Dress (work as a skirt): courtesy of Kristin of Leproust (miss her)
Tights: We Love Colors in Navy
Shoes: Target

*My favorite place to shop, Local Honey had a grand re-opening/shop-warming party on Saturday night.  Tons of fun and killer cocktails made with Hawaiian Punch.
**Well actually it was hot chocolate.
***I don't typically go to 80s dance parties... just got invited to one.  It was also a goth night too.  Talk about people watching.  Wow!  I wore the outfit above and claimed I was New Wave 80s grunge?

First Day Jitters and Weekend

What is this?  Me in weekend wear!  Me on a weekend?!  Sam and I checked out the Edgehill Artisan Fair this weekend.  We saw many friends, jewelery, and artists.  We also got to check out this pizza shop tucked into the buildings.  The cool thing about the whole Edgehill area is that it used to be a giant dry cleaning company.  Ya know when the say, "We'll need to send this out..."...  that type of place.

I literally did not feel like I was in Nashville.  I felt transported to Italy and that was a great feeling!

Starting the new job this morning.  I am a bundle of nerves and did not sleep well at all.  I'm sure it will be fine, so I'm not worried just excited and nervous.  I do need to wrap this up because I have to jump in the shower.

Cardigan: Anthropologie
Tank: Thrifted, Buffalo Exchange (Denver)
Jeans: Thrifted, JCrew, Buffalo Exchange (Austin)
Shoes: TJ Maxx, Banana Republic

Nashville Life: Charlie Bob's

I have some how misplaced my transfer cord for my camera, which means I will have to wait and upload outfit photos later.  Which stinks because I was really excited!  However, I quickly remembered that I had some photos on my phone from when Sam and I went on an adventure.  Sam and I love trying out new restaurants and places in Nashville.  One of the things I love about Sam is that although he hates mushrooms, that is his only picky food peeve... otherwise he is incredibly adventurous.  A friend of his who honestly had never let us down as far as eateries go, suggested Charlie Bob's on Dickerson Pike as a place with great soul food and burgers.

Brief interjection: Nashville has more soul food joints than probably in the entire state of Texas.  There are so many amazing places that offer fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, corn bread and lots of sweet tea.  Charlie Bob's is just one of them, but they did have something that set them apart from the rest: real roast beef gravy. 

Sam ordered a "meat n two".  What the hell is a meat n two?  Don't worry, even though I have lived in the south my WHOLE life, it wasn't until I moved to Nashville that I heard this phrase.  It basically refers to a "meat" and "two" sides.  So for example, roast beef, with mac and cheese and green beans is a meat n two.  There are entire restaraunts that only serve "meat n #".  I say number because you can get however many sides you want if you pay for them.  I ordered a cheeseburger and sweet potato fries.  The food was amazing.

Charlie Bob's used to be an old drive-in on the very east side of town.  I am pretty sure that unless you have lived in Nashville your whole life, you may not have heard of it.  This place is definitely not on the path to anywhere close to where Sam and I live, but just a short drive from where our houses are in East Nashville.  Nashville has a lot of history and this place definitely represents that. 

Charlie Bob's is located at 1330 Dickerson Pike in Nashville, TN.  They are open Monday-Saturday serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

In the Navy

After several days of not washing my hair properly, I relented and finally just took a good healthy clean shower.  Oh it felt great, even though it was only 3 minutes long.  This is one of my FAVORITE dresses.  It is the easiest thing to wear and as you can see, I look pretty chic without any accessories.  Although its a blank canvas, it is one of those canvases that stands on its own.  I also wasn't sure where my necklaces were (don't worry I found them).

Special note, these shots were taken at a place that during the flood was steps away from being under water.  You can see a little bit of the outline of the downtown skyline in the background.  Dang it!  I love NASHVILLE!  The neighborhood I am in called Germantown and it is Nashville's oldest neighborhoods.  Founded by German immigrants, it is now one happenin' place!

Navy shirt dress: Gap
Gray Flip Flops: Borrowed from my friend Melissa.

Thanks to my dear sweet friend Melissa for taking these shots for me!  She did such a great job!

Wish I Could Say Its Getting Better

Quick update.  The flood waters are bad.  I saw my first view of the river today and it brought tears to my eyes.  Downtown is...  just...  bad.  Its flooded!  My roommate and I had to evacuate our house because the smell of stagnant water in our ducts is so bad it was making us both sick.  However, our landlords do not even have a place to call home right now because their house was flooded by the Harpeth River.  Please continue to pray, think of, and donate to Nashville.  Last heard, we have had 10 deaths so far. 

So its not all gloom, I do have an outfit post.  Which, I'll be honest is really difficult to put up or to even care right now... but I'll put it up anyways.

Don't be fooled by my cheerful expression.  These were definitely from last Thursday. 

Black blouse: given to me by a friend, Old Navy
Black Belt: Target
Army Green Shorts: Old Navy
Black suede flats: Old Navy
Assorted bracelets: wooden - street market in mexico, leather cuff - modcloth

The Water Keeps Rising

It was incredibly eerie going to sleep last night knowing that in the morning you would wake up and finally be able to see a glimpse of the tremendous flood damage that happened to your city.  I am not going to say much about the floods in Nashville other than its much much worse than it looks on TV.  There are probably thousands of people who have lost their homes to the flood waters and who will not be able to go back to their homes to assess the damage for days.  The Cumberland River flows through downtown and is now flowing into ancient buildings along the river.  I could not peel myself away from the television yesterday because the aerial shots of the heavily flooded areas were just so devastating.  It doesn't seem real.  There were people being rescued by boat not even two miles from my house.

I am fine.  Mine and my roommates house is fine.  My boyfriend's house is fine, and all but one of my coworkers houses are fine.  We are fine, but there are thousands of others who are not.  If you believe in the power of prayer (and I do), please pray for our city.  Nashville has never experienced flooding like this EVER.

An acquaintance of mine put together this beautiful video.  Please take the time to watch it:



Rachel at MouseVox is selling her vintage to raise money for the flood victims.  If you can please donate to the Red Cross. 

I'm off to go start cleaning out the basement at my office.  It had 5 inches of water in it yesterday, no telling where its at now.  

Guest Post on Nashvillest

Okay, this is my big news.  Yesterday afternoon Morgan from Nashvillest asked me to write up a little blog post about the Naked Without Us festival.  I am so honored to even be considered to do a guest post on any blog, let alone my go-to for Nashville news and information. 

Please check out the post and if you live in Nashville and are not following this blog... then I don't really know what you are thinking.  You should be!

Thanks again to Morgan and Christy for letting me write for them!