And Then We Ended Up At Another Concert In Tennessee

I chose an ice cream bar Bow Tie o’ the Day for our first foray into downtown Nashville. We were touristing in the guts of the city, and I asked Suzanne if there was anything special she wanted to do while we were there. She wanted to go to the symphony.

There’s a plethora of music to be had in Nashville, as we all know. Leave it to Suzanne to have read something about the Nashville Symphony throwing Beethoven a birthday party when we were in town, by performing some of his works. So the first thing we did was score a couple of tickets for a symphonic performance later in the week. For the life of me, I don’t know what got into Suzanne because I can’t drag her to the symphony at home. But we set foot in Nashville for 15 seconds, and suddenly Suzanne was symphony-hungry.

For our evening at the Nashville Symphony, I donned a paw print Bow Tie o’ the Day. It seems I was missing Skitter beyond all reason that day. I knew darn well she was happy being spoiled with a week-long sleeping party at our house with Suzanne’s sister, Marjorie. Still, I missed her, and I knew she would have enjoyed the symphony. Skitter is a devoted listener to all kinds of music, and Beethoven is right up there on Skitter’s List O’ Astounding Composers—right up there with Philip Glass and Lawrence Welk.

Illumination

We vacationed in Nashville for the express purpose of attending a LUMINEERS concert. Their tour schedule didn’t show any indications they would be playing in Salt Lake City, so we decided we’d head somewhere else they were playing. We figured we’d see them at their Nashville stop. Plans were made. Flights were scheduled. A car was rented.

And then… About two weeks before our trip, it was announced that the LUMINEERS would be playing in Salt Lake City in August. Were we upset we were about to spend a bunch o’ bucks on our trip to see them in Nashville, when we can see them here in a few months? Heck, no! It just means we can can see them twice.

Wood spectacles Bow Tie o’ the Day had a fantastic night checking out the concert. Seeing the LUMINEERS twice still won’t be enough for us.