Since we spent most of our second day thrift and vintage shopping, I don’t have too much to tell. I’m in the middle of working on the vintage/thrift review, so I want to wait to talk about that stuff in my next post.
We started our day at Noshville New York style deli which was totally delicious and pretty reasonably priced. I imagine if you live in Nashville this is probably one of the only places to get a stuff like bagel and lox.
After lunch were stuffed, so we decided to walk off our full stomachs a bit by wandering around on Broadway. We hit a few little shops there and then piled back in the car for some serious thrifting. After we exhausted our sale finding abilities, we headed down to the touristy end of Broadway. While there are a lot of stores selling chintzy key chains and junk, there are few really cool shops mixed in. Definitely check out the Hatch Print Show, a serious old school letterpress print shop.
I wish I’d had the money to buy this amazing print!
After we left Hatch Print I saw these signs posted on a small bookstore. After I read these I decided that this wasn’t the kind of business owner I particularly wanted to support. Who thinks that people will want to even come in if you’re that unwelcoming? We also saw a hot dog stand along there that sold $5 flip flops. Mmmmm, meat and discount footwear.
So we kept walking and I saw this very friendly handsome cab driver with his pup! I was having super dog withdraw by then, so I had to stop to give some pets and get some licks.
Eventually we wandered into a little record shop (not Ernest Tubb Records), and it was vinyl as far as the eye could see! I initially went in because they had a poster in the window that I wanted, and luckily they had more for sale.
They're all cassette tapes!!
This is the poster that drew me in. I had to buy it for my brother, since it pretty much describes his outlook on life.
We exhausted the tourist strip pretty quickly and didn’t have any plans until later, so we decided to go do some putt-putting. I had never heard of indoor putt-putt before and really thought that my boyfriend had made it up when he asked if there were any. Of course as soon as he Googled it one popped up in the nearest shopping mall. Not only was it indoor, it was black light putt putt!!
It was a cheap waste of time and we had fun. Later we grabbed some grub at the awful waffle (Waffle House) before we departed for the bar. We don’t have a Waffle House near us really, so it was a wonderful treat. I could eat it everyday.
That night there was a dance party of sorts going on at one of the hip bars in East Nashville at The Five Spot. I was bummed to find put there was a $5 door charge, but once I was in I decided it was worth it. There a live band playing some great songs to dance to and just like everywhere in Nashville, everyone there was so hospitable and sociable! There was a really welcoming vibe there which was really perfect for a dance party. Jacob was really stoked to find out that they served Yeung Ling there since it’s his favorite beer and you can’t get it in Ohio or Kentucky for some reason. The cranberry and vodka I ordered basically came in a small barrel and was quite delicious. I can’t believe I forgot to take pictures while I was there, although I have a feeling the drinks played a part in that. I dug up this picture, and although I think is from New Years, but the vibe was honestly pretty similar when I was there.
It was the perfect end to the weekend, like a cherry on the top of our Nashville experience. And more than anything else made me consider moving to Nashville a little. We crashed that night with some awesome friends of friends and departed pretty early the next day. All in all a great vacation, and an even better escape from reality!
i had so much fun in east nashville when i visited for the first time a few months back and had the most awesome food at the family wash and boy did we get some great thrifting done that weekend.