Hey Friends of Nashville and surrounding areas! I'm looking for an officiant pretty last minute. The individual who we had lined up for the wedding on October 12th in Murfreesboro has just informed us tonight that he can't make it. Unforseen circumstances; shit happens. He was very apologetic about it and there was nothing else we could say.

I'm looking for someone who is familiar with performing a civil ceremony, i.e. secular/non-religious, and could do it in English and Spanish. I know that some of the Tennessee laws have changed in the last few years regarding who is legally allowed to perform these services. To my understanding, the State no longer recognizes ceremonies performed by individuals ordained through internet "churches".

Any thoughts or advice?

I can't be the only one. I swear any time I'm watching some game, the commercials are just a constant barrage of Serra trucks and Zander insurance. The last few commercial breaks were just 3-4 back to back Zander commercials.

I'm sure we all love Eddie George, but I'm very much over it. Is there nobody else locally paying to advertise?

Can I get my baby vaccinated if he's suddenly antivax? We moved here from Europe and he's American. 2 months ago he insisted on getting the baby all the vaccines that she didn't get in Europe. Now, he's suddenly against vaccines. Says vaccines are very dangerous for babies. I don't want my baby to get sick and die because his conservative coworkers convinced him this way of thinking is normal. Please help. He suddenly became full on Trump supporter. He was just a regular non political, well traveled guy before.

RIP

Hey all!

I've been wanting to get back into kickboxing and wanted to see if anyone had some personal recommendations? I'm in the Belle Meade area so wanting something relatively close. I loved the group class type kickboxing where everyone could go at their own pace.

Thank you!

This sounds kinda dumb, but I WFH and visit my local Starbucks from time to time. I'm not a big coffee drinker, and Starbucks undeniably has a great rewards system and good iced teas.

Is there anywhere more local (around Green Hills preferably) that I could post up to work?

Sitting outside, it's nice.

Is Bowies just.. gone? That used to be my favorite little watering hole. I loved getting to take guests visiting the city down there because it was the best little grungy bar off Broadway (that’s my opinion pls be nice). I hadn’t been in a few years and decided to go a few weeks ago, and now the sign is gone and there’s a lot of construction going on inside with none of the original decorations.

Did I miss something??

What are the best gyms in Nashville area? Carbon Performance in the Nations is out of their mind with current pricing. I’m a previous Carbon member at the Franklin location and looking for something similar. Maybe a Golds or something like it.

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. It's the bedrock of our judicial system. The court of public opinion works differently, however. That court can be fast, harsh, and sometimes plain wrong. Having said all of that, is this place going to take a short-term or long-term hit?

Don’t say you weren’t warned! We were below the sight line from NOAA last time as well.

Stay up to date on the delightfully archaic website SpaceWeather: Www.spaceweather.com

I've lived in other cities that had startups in the internet/phone/cable space so thought I'd ask. Google didn't yield anything in the 30 seconds I could tell.

Probably preaching to the choir here but am at my wit's end with both Comcast and AT&T in terms of quality of product and quality of service. Exploring other options. Haven't ruled out Starlink but may need phones too.

A few weeks ago I made a post asking for advice on where to stay in East Nash since the Urban Cowboy canceled our reservation last minute. We ended up staying at The Russ*ll (admin keeps thinking this word is s*ll and keeps removing my post) and had a great experience. I thought I would share our insight as well as some other things we enjoyed around town for anyone who may be looking for ideas.

The Russ*ll:

Pros:

• very quiet, tucked away off a few blocks from Gallatin/Main st.
• the design is beautiful (it's a lot nicer in person than the images on their website, especially the rooms. Their website makes them look more garish than they actually are
• We loved the no-contact approach. There is no staff or front desk present, its like a airbnb hotel
• The room was very small (we had a deluxe King) but had everything we needed, especially liked the dyson hair dryer, very large shower and white noise machine
• Has its own parking area so parking was never an issue
• We also like the ethos behind the folks that own it and the ways they want to contribute to the community

Cons:

• Next time we stay we will choose the top floor, we were on the first floor and every night the folks above us came home around 2am and would not stop walking around. I'm a very light sleeper so this was a big issue for me each night
• The bed itself was comfortable but the pillows were so lumpy they seemed ancient and needed replacing.

Coffee:
We loved both Elegy in Germantown and in East Nash (Grimeys is an awesome record shop just a block away). Our favorite though was Weak Coffee. A small little pop up located in a cool drum shop. Awesome coffee and definitely a place for the locals. Very neighborly and warm, inviting. Lots of covered outdoor seating.

Food:

• Cafe Roze for lunch, super creative dishes and nice neighborhoody vibe.
• Redheaded Stranger for lunch, more greasy spoon indulgence but delicious. Great laid back vibe.
• Audrey for dinner, delicious celebration of southern/appalacian cuisine that didn’t feel stuffy or pretentious.
• Bastion, wow this place is super special. Very small and intimate, perfect for a special date. Some of the most creative dishes I've ever had and even though it was many courses I didn't leave feeling like an absulute glutton. The staff was notably very friendly and helpful.

Additionally we enjoyed a stroll through Shelby Bottoms Nature Park and had a beautiful experience at a show at The Ryman! Overall it was a memorable first trip to Nashville, cant wait to return!

• Edited to remove SB’s name. Sheesh. I was sharing our experience of the meal not the chef’s character or business practices.

Schedule has a ticket lottery link

https://thesavannahbananas.com/schedule/#

I just got an email, all you people who wanted it will get it. That's the second let down together with Iceland Air....damn.

Oh well. https://www.aerlingus.com/html/en-IE/home.html

I've never needed one before, and most of my googling brings up dog sitter stuff but I need someone to come feed my cats wet food and scoop litter. I'm not sure where to start, is there an app that isn't dog specific? Some known local agency that people love? Recommend me your pet sitter options please!

Has anyone else noticed this smell here? Smelled kinda like mothballs but worse. Was there a spill there or something?

Give me your favorite KID FRIENDLY places to eat near the zoo!!

I’ve got some work boots I want to get resoled. Anybody have any recommendation of places that do good work and have pretty fast turnarounds? The second part isn’t as important, I just need them to be sturdy and good quality. Being a local business is also preferred. Thanks in advance!

Moved from Nashville (where I grew up) to Los Angeles over 31 years ago and still pissed that I have to stop and think before pronouncing "Lafayette" the correct way instead of the stupid, incorrect way the street is pronounced.

And Demonbreun to you too!

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2024/09/12/hemp-businesses-sue-tennessee-emergency-regulations/75174055007/

Does anyone have any personal experience buying a wedding dress around Nashville? I don’t have a crazy huge budget and a lot of the ones googles giving me are very high end designers. Any advice or experiences, places to go or places for sure not to go, etc. thank you!

Already tried to search this subreddit for info and didn’t find much. Long story short, we are very unhappy with our current daycare and hoping to make a change (potentially to Guidepost Montessori). We toured guidepost right after they had been acquired by the guidepost chain and it seemed great but now I’m researching more and it seems like some of the guidepost schools are terrible (though very little online about the Nashville one in particular). I’m hoping someone on here has firsthand experience with this school either good or bad so that we can understand what we would be signing up for if we moved our toddler there. Thanks!

Quick question: is there a Brewers fans bar in Nashville? I want to watch the playoff game tonight in a bar. No football. Just Baseball with sound. Any ideas? Thanks.