A week ago today I arrived back in Rochester after twelve-and-a-half hours in the car. Road tripping to and from Nashville isn’t bad; not having a working air conditioning system in the car when it’s 100+ degrees with the heat index is pretty awful. But I survived it! I took two days to drive down, resting and relaxing for the first night in beautiful (?) Louisville, Kentucky. Where it was already very, very hot. When I arrived in Brentwood on Sunday, Uncle Steve already had an eight-pound brisket cooking in his new smoker. Chris, Mike, Leisl, and I all helped him to eat it that night (picture above is of the boys waiting for their dad to start serving), and then Dan and Sarah wandered back from Bonnaroo to help finish it off.
On Monday, I had dinner with Cindy, who I hadn’t seen in eight years. We had a delicious Mexican dinner at Rose Pepper’s in East Nashville. On Tuesday, I hauled it up to Springfield to have Mexican (what’s up with that?) with John, Sandra, and Crystal.
Tuesday night was Creole (finally, not Mexican!) with Steve in Brentwood. (As you can see, the majority of my time was planned around eating!) On Wednesday, I had brunch with Michelle, Brent, Suttree, and Oliver in Goodlettsville…
…and then I drove over to Murfreesboro to have dinner with Liz, Miss Charlotte, and Chad. Best time of the trip: Charlotte whispering in my ear, “I love you, Wendy!”
On Thursday, I spent a lovely afternoon with Linda, Deanna, and Zane on Coronado Court…
…then met Ran for a Thai dinner and an evening of great conversation.
Friday was Dalts reunion day! I spent the afternoon with my two favorite transplanted New Yorkers (or would that be transplanted Nashvillians?), Chris and Leigh Anna. We ate yummy pizza at Michelangelo’s (sad I didn’t know about this place when I lived there!), and then drove out to East Nashville to meet some old Dalts friends, including Derrick, Josh, Tracy, and Brad.
Drove straight home on Saturday, and have been recuperating ever since. There are more pictures (mostly outtakes from the ones shown here!) in the Nashville 2010 album here. The next adventure: Fourth of July weekend with Mandy in DC!
