Thursday – Travel Day
Traveled from Columbus to Nashville (via Atlanta) today. On my first flight, I sat next to one of my long time engineer friends from Columbus, Tom. It was nice to catch up.
In Atlanta I ran into an Ops Producer, Will. Always so nice to see people I know while traveling. Reminds me I am not the only one out there ‘living the dream’.
Once in Nashville, I headed to Café Rakka. It’s a DDD place that a bunch of the crew went to last year. I didn’t go because it was a Friday night and it was quite a ways away. I prefer sleep on Friday nights.
It’s a Mediterranean place. The chef makes each plate from scratch. So it does take a while. He also uses all fresh herbs and spices.
I had a special – filet mignon kabobs with salad, rice, vegetables and hummus.
The kabobs were fabulous!
The hummus was kind of disappointing. It was ok, but I have had better.
After eating, I headed to hotel.
Got checked in and took a nap.
In the evening, I met up with Steve and Thomas. We went to a Mexican place that I went to last year. It was crazy loud in there. But the food was good.
Friday – Set Day
Got up early. Had a great sleep!
Went down for breakfast a little after 7. Sat with John and chatted about the week. Michael joined us and shared one of his fascinating stories of when he was a runner for ABC.
For lunch we went to Rotier’s.
It’s a local place that is known for it’s burgers.
Shortly after we got back to the truck, we lost power for a while. That ended up putting me behind schedule. So the rest of the day was a thrash.
In the evening, I just ordered room service and got caught up on email.
Saturday
Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt
The game was our quickest one yet. Shockingly enough, Vanderbilt came very close to shutting out Ole Miss.
In the evening, I went to Pie In The Sky with Steve and Mike.
I ate way too much and spent the rest of the evening in my room. I was miserable.
Sunday - Travel Day
Instead of racing home early this morning, I met up with some friends. TG lives in Nashville and MB, her fiancée was visiting for the weekend. So I met them for breakfast.
We planned to meet at The Pancake Pantry.
When I got there, there was easily 75 people in line. So I texted them to see if they wanted to try somewhere else.
We ended up meeting at Athens Family Restaurant.
I didn’t realize it, until I saw the logo on the wall, but it’s a DDD place.
Afterwards, we went to TG’s apartment so I could meet their new dog, Joplyn. Joplyn was orphaned after the tornadoes that ripped thru Joplin in May, so they adopted her. She is a very sweet dog.
I didn’t get home until Sunday night, but I got to catch up with friends… something I so rarely get to do.
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