M in Nashville
I was in Nashville, TN over the Memorial day holiday. It was my, more or less, annual sheepshead reunion.
Gerry Berg, Glen Kruser and Rocky Kellman were there also (picture taken by a stranger using Glen's camera)
Between card playing we did tourist stuff. One touristy thing we did is visit the Ryman Auditorium (second image). This building was constructed with the intent of being used for preaching against drinking, gambling, etc. . However, as time went on, it was used for other purposes. Notably, from about 1955 to about 1974 (when it was called the home of the Grand Ole Opry) and then again after restoration in the mid 1990s, it was a venue at which many famous country singers performed there. There is a museum there as well the devices used for putting on entertainment.
We also saw Andrew Jackson's plantation, the Hermitage and the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center (that's where the group image is from).
When I got off the plane in Nashville about 1pm on May 27, I found the call button for the Radisson hotel didn't work and the regular front desk phone didn't work. Thus I couldn't get a van to the hotel, at least not from Radisson. After some thinking about this, I called Holiday Inn Express and asked to bum a ride to the Radisson since they were just across the street. They agreed. I told my story to the front desk at the Radisson and they were astounded - there had been a telephone foul up that they didn't know about. They gave me a discount on the room.
All in all, a successful and fun trip.
