Bachelorette Party- Nashville!

Labor Day Weekend 2010
Nashville, TN

What do you do when one of your best friends gets married? Throw a destination bachelorette party!!! After  my AMAZING New Orleans bachelorette madness... the bar was set high. We started the weekend by coming from all over to the bachelorette's house in Atlanta. We spent a fairly quiet night drinking wine and catching up.

Then we made the lovely drive through the mountains to Nashville, TN. We stayed at the Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Nashville. It was nice and the best location we could find. Still a bit of a sketchy walk to Broadway but I didn't see anything better.

We spent the first day walking around the city. Then it was time to head out to party! We dressed up in the traditional bachelorette ridiculousness and had dinner at the Wild Horse Saloon. I would definitely recommend this. They have live entertainment, dancing, and good food at reasonable prices. We really enjoyed it as a start to our night.

From there we went to Big Bang Dueling Pianos. So much fun!!! It is interactive and a great experience!

There were several bars that we had high hopes for that turned out to be duds... Decades had a lot of potential but was EMPTY when we got there. Graham Central was just sketchy. Coyote Ugly was nothing like the movie, it was just, well...ugly.

My favorite bar of the trip was definitely Tootsie's!!! In fact, we stopped at Tootsie's three separate times during our short trip. It is a traditional HonkyTonk. The small place is PACKED from wall to wall. The talent on the stage was incredible every time we went in.

There was another honky tonk a few door down from Tootsies where we met Charles and Dave from LADY ANTEBELLUM!!! They were so nice and humble. Just two guys standing at the bar drinkin' whiskey.

We made the drive to Arrington Vineyards. It is owned by Kix Brooks (from Brooks & Dunn). The drive was scary one-way lanes going through rock around curves. But, the property was absolutely breathtaking. We bought a couple of bottles of wine and some cheese and drank and ate on the porch while we waited for the wine tasting. The wine tasting was not too impressive. They only allowed you to taste a few. But, overall it was a great experience. If we went back, we would bring a picnic and a blanket or chairs.

I really loved Nashville and I'm excited to go back one day with the hubby!!!