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As part of my unabashed love for Ithaca, I’ll begin posting on a series of reasons to live here. I’m not being paid by the Chamber of Commerce. I may have some selfish motives such as convincing family and friends to join us here, but mostly it’s just a chance to post places and things we experience and love in the area.
Reason #1 – Buttermilk Falls State Park & Lake Treman: After work tonight, Rachel, Russert and I drove 5 minutes up the Ithaca’s South Hill, entered Buttermilk Falls State Park, and stumbled on Lake Treman. In the picture with Russ looking over the ledge, you can see a beaver he’s checking out in the water.
I guess it’s the 21st century when you’re communicating pregnancy announcements via weblog. We’ve been keeping it pretty quiet, but at this point we’re excited to share the news. According to the plastic dial in the OBGYN office, Rachel and I will be entering the world of parenthood on November 3rd, 2009.
We won’t know gender for a few weeks, but we do know that all the signs point to a healthy baby. We’ve seen our little fella’ squirm on a black and white screen, we heard the heartbeat on Tuesday, and last night Rachel felt a little flutter in her belly. It’s all starting to feel very real at this point. So I thought I would send a quick note to our future child….
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Dear [Insert Future Name Here] Ash- If this blog is still live 6 years from now when you’re reading, know that this is the day we told the world you were on the way. If this blog is still live 15 years from now, you’re probably deathly embarrassed that it exists. If it’s still around 30 years from now, you’re as old as I was when I wrote this entry.
But as I write this today, you’re just the size of an apple with a heart beating 150 times per minute inside Rachel’s belly, and we’re both really excited to meet you.
Oh, and if by chance we haven’t introduced you to him yet, that’s Steve Martin in the picture up top from the movie Parenthood. We plan to use that movie as a parenting guide, so you’ll have to let us know how that turns out.
See you soon..
When we weren’t running 26 miles, we were eating in Nashville. A few thoughts on the places we visited:
1) Arnold’s Country Kitchen- This famous Meat and Three cafeteria was low on ambiance but high on southern comfort food. Especially the Collard Greens, Chicken Fried Steak & Fried Green Tomatoes.
2) Rotier’s Restaurant – French bread burgers and milkshakes in a classic family owned shop since 1945. I opted for the grilled cheeseburger which is basically a grilled cheese with burger meat, along with a chocolate milkshake. Amazing.
3) Layla’s Bluegrass Inn – On the music strip on Broadway, this became our bar and music venue of choice. We came back twice to hear the bluegrass band Jypsi.
4) The Loveless Cafe – 20 minutes outside of Nasvhille, on Highway 100, this motel and country kitchen is famous for biscuits & gravy breakfast and smoked BBQ pork for dinner. We came for breakfast, but after seeing the BBQ out back, I wish we had been around for dinner. They make fresh jam preserves to go with biscuits for breakfast. And the gravy was a pretty nice addition to all of our meals.
5) Yazoo Brewery – This was where we celebrated with a flight of beer after the marathon. I was still trying not to pass out from the heat of the marathon, so it was a little hard to appreciate the beer, but I think the consensus favorite of our group was the Pale Ale & Dos Perros. They had a great little tasting room and a backyard patio in what appeared to be an old warehouse or factory.
6) City House – Our favorite restaurant of the trip (although Rotiers burgers put up a good fight). Thanks to a local tipoff from Cousin Judy, we went here after the Yazoo brewery. City House is a southern Italian kitchen with an outstanding menu of brick oven pizza, meat dishes, a few pastas and fish selections. So good.
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