Christy's Bachelorette Party in Nashville

This past weekend I headed to Nashville for Christy Reimann's bachelorette party. I took Emma to the doctor early Friday morning (still has an ear infection. Just can't kick it poor thing) then headed out for the weekend. Elizabeth and I rode together and we got into town at lunch time and met up with Carrie, Christy, Meghan, and Caroline for lunch at Marche. It was delicious! Good brunch type food and mimosas. We then left to head to the house. 

We rented an AirBNB house in the 12 South area. The house was so cute and we each had somewhere to sleep comfortably. There were 11 of us on Friday night and then 10 on Saturday. Caroline had a wedding Saturday night so she just came for the first night. 

We had welcome drinks at the house Friday before going out to dinner at Cabanas. Cabanas is the epitome of a bachelorette party dinner place. We had a huge booth where we could play our own music and they even sell bachelorette boxes with decorations for the table. We had a great time! We then went out for some dancing afterwards! 

Saturday we woke up and headed out to Flipside for brunch. OMG was it fantastic! It was such cute decor inside as well. The tator tot nachos to start were delicious and they have a 2-1 for mimosas, bloody mary's, and bellinis. So fun! 

From lunch we went back to the house for a minute before heading to Arrington Vineyards. It poured with rain ALL day on Saturday but we made the most of it. Worked out great and we had our own little private area at the vineyard where we also did her lingerie shower. The wine was good. On a pretty day it would be so nice to post up with a picnic for the afternoon. Highly recommend it! 

After the vineyards we went back to the house for dinner. We had a taco bar at the house. We left for the honky tonk bars around 10 for more dancing. The live music in Nashville is such a fun time. The bands at both places we went to were so different and played different genres of music. It was a late night but I know the bachelorette enjoyed herself! 

Sunday we had a farewell breakfast at the house before hitting the road. Boy was the ride home an adventure! There was a really bad accident on I-75 S which must have happened not long before we got there because we just SAT. Finally we weasled our way off the closest exit (found a bathroom and some food!) and used back roads to get around to another entrance onto the interstate. What should have been a 3 3/4 hour trip took us 6.5 hours. I was SO glad to get home. I was pooped and really just wanted some time with Emma before she needed to go to bed. We left Nashville at 10am central (so 11 am eastern) and I walked in my door at 5:30pm. LONG day! Thank you Elizabeth for driving and braving the rain and traffic. 

We had a great weekend and can't wait for June 17th in Athens to celebrate the marriage of Andrew and Christy!

Audrey's Bach in Nashville

One of my best friends, Audrey, is getting married on April 25th and so we went to Nashville this weekend to celebrate her bachelorette party. I took Friday off so I headed up Thursday night to start the festivities. Thursday night it was just three of us so we got to enjoy a catch up session over Newks takeout and wine at our hotel. It was just what I needed! I miss Audrey so much now that she lives in Kansas City! 

Friday morning, we just got up and took our time getting ready because there was a car load of girls arriving around lunch time. We dropped off all our stuff at the house before heading to Tavern for lunch. It was a great spot because we got to sit on their covered porch and enjoy great food and great drinks. After a long lunch and a few more girls arriving, we headed back to the house to hang out and get ready for the night. The last car load arrived around 8:30 and then we headed to dinner at The Local Taco! After some yummy tacos we went out to South for drinks and dancing (it's owned by the same owner as The Ivy in Buckhead). The DJ played great music and we had the best time!! 

Saturday was such a fun day filled with lots of Nashville exploring and as usual eating. We started our day off at Urban Grub for brunch. It was such a cool place where we got our own private room that was a round table with a fire out in the middle. Such a great idea and awesome way for all 13 of us to talk to each other. 

After brunch we headed to Tootsies on Broadway for an afternoon on the rooftop listening to live music. Tootsies is awesome with live bands on all four floors. It was a beautiful day outside so we headed to the top. 

We spent the whole afternoon here enjoying the live country music and beautiful weather before heading back to the house for the lingerie shower and to get ready for another night out on the town. 

We had some fun at the house before heading to Sambuca for dinner. I am so thankful for whoever recommended this place for dinner. It was a tapas restaurant with a live band. Such a cool atmosphere with delicious food and drinks and such a fun place for a dinner with a bunch of girls. I wish we had a place like this in Atlanta. I highly recommend you go whenever in Nashville! 

From dinner we headed to Acme then Paradise Park. We had a great night filled with lots of laughs, dancing and love. It was so wonderful getting to see so much of Audrey and spend time with my friends from college. I can't wait for the wedding! Nashville was good to us and can't wait to go back!!