Belmont University lies well within the city limits of Nashville, Tennessee. It’s surrounded by typical Nashville gritty streets and old two-story brick facades, but somehow, the big brick buildings create a sanctuary the city’s dirt can’t penetrate.
Category: Nashville
The Centennial Park and the Parthenon
Nashville’s Centennial Park was originally a farm site and plays an important part in the city’s history.
Haunting Belle Meade
Belle Meade is an old plantation south of Nashville, Tennessee. Some say the place is haunted. For the past few days, that’s definitely been true, and I know because I’ve been the one haunting it.
Death to Wall Street: Coffee at Eighth and Roast
Eighth and Roast, a coffee shop on 8th Street in Nashville, TN that roasts and grinds its own beans, was teeming with hipsters complaining about their music careers when I walked in Thursday morning. I had honestly never seen so many people wearing flannel shirts in one place. Most seats were full but I managed one at the end of a long table, eavesdropped, and sipped my latte. It was worth venturing twenty minutes from home for, but I wished it tasted a tiny bit creamier.
Outside, a man on a bicycle pulled up to the door. He was old and looked a bit homeless, but as I watched him longer, I realized he was probably just wearing older clothes and riding his bike by choice. After ordering he came around to a seat next to me, one of the only empty ones.