Tis the season! (at Sur la Table)
Shopping
Grimeys Records: One of America’s Best Record Stores
One of America’s best record stores (at Grimey’s New & Preloved Music)
The Mall at Green Hills, Nashville
The Mall at Green Hills is amazing! I wish we had a mall like this in Memphis! (at Nordstrom eBar)
The eBar at Nordtsrom, Green Hills, Nashville
Wow, Nordstrom has their own coffee bar! (at Nordstrom eBar)
Enjoying an Evening at Bridge Street in Huntsville, AL
Bridge Street, in far west Huntsville,Alabama is a new shopping development with a lake, plenty of restaurants and shops, and a new, tall Westin hotel. Connor’s Steak and Seafood is a particularly good place for a steak dinner, and the nearby Cafe 153 is a great place for an after-dinner latte or espresso. Lighting and live musicians on weekends make Bridge Street a fun destination.Â
Valet Boutique, Huntsville AL
I was disappointed to learn that Kreativ Sole had closed, but Huntsville has a new upscale hip-hop boutique called Valet Boutique (@ValetBoutique) that has a full array of urban wear for the discerning customer. Visit them at http://valetboutique.blogspot.com/, like them at http://www.facebook.com/valetboutique or follow them at https://twitter.com/ValetBoutique.
Huntsville’s Lowes Mill: An Art Community
Lowes’ Mill in Southwest Huntsville is a former cotton-textile mill that dates from around the beginning of the 20th Century. After a stint as a Genesco Shoe factory, it closed, and has since been turned into a unique gallery of artists’ studios, galleries and shops. I had driven out there Saturday to visit Vertical House Records, but unfortunately they had closed at 5 PM.Â
