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Win A Trip To Nashville in the American Pickers Super Fan Sweepstakes

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American PickersHistory Channel is currently running the American Pickers Super Fan Sweepstakes where one winner and a guest will win a trip to Nashville, Tennessee!

The prize includes airfare, a two night hotel stay, meet and greet with Mike Wolfe (the star of American Pickers) and more.

Kim, Lucas and I visited Nashville almost 7 years back. We really enjoyed the city and I’ve been wanting to visit again so I’d love to win this prize. Continue reading Win A Trip To Nashville in the American Pickers Super Fan Sweepstakes →

Man Arrested With 60 Pounds of Marijuana At Airport, Febreze Didn’t Work

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A man flew into Nashville International Airport with almost 60 pounds of marijuana in his luggage and was quickly caught.

He flew in from Los Angeles on an unnamed airline. Besides the large quantity of marijuana, the passenger, Jose Medina Ayala also had over $2,700 in cash on him. Continue reading Man Arrested With 60 Pounds of Marijuana At Airport, Febreze Didn’t Work →

Win A Spring Break Trip for 2 to Nashville!

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Southwest is giving away a trip for two to Nashville, Tennessee which includes airfare, a two-night hotel stay and entry to many of the top attractions in the city.

Kim, Lucas and I visited the city at the end of 2012. We really enjoyed our time there due to the fun sights and great food and would love to visit again.

Let’s take a closer look at the sweepstakes. Continue reading Win A Spring Break Trip for 2 to Nashville! →

Win A Trip for 2 to Music City from Southwest

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Southwest Vacations is giving you the chance to win a trip for 2 to Music City aka Nashville, Tennessee!

The prize includes airfare, hotel stay and many extras. Kim, Lucas and I visited Nashville at the end of 2012 and had a great time. Even though we aren’t country music fans, we still really enjoyed the related sites.

I’d definitely love to visit Nashville again in the future. Here are the details about the sweepstakes. Continue reading Win A Trip for 2 to Music City from Southwest →

Win A Trip to Nashville For the CMA’s

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In this month’s sweepstakes, Southwest is giving away a trip for two to Nashville to attend the Country Music Awards, have a meet & greet with Miranda Lambert and more!

While I can’t say that I am a country music fan, I certainly can appreciate it. Back in late 2012, we spent a few days in Nashville. I really enjoyed exploring the city and hearing live country music at one of the famous Honky Tonk bars.

Nashville is the kind of city that has lots to offer- great food, history, museums… you get the idea. Continue reading Win A Trip to Nashville For the CMA’s →

Win A Trip To Nashville- Lucky Brand’s Johnny Cash Sweepstakes

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Lucky Brand is sponsoring the Johnny Cash Sweepstakes where one lucky winner will win a trip to Nashville along with many extras like a VIP Tour of the Cash Museum with John Carter Cash.

The sweepstakes runs for 2 weeks and there are also 2 weekly prizes.

Kim, Lucas and I visited Nashville in late 2012 and had a very nice time. I’d definitely recommend a visit even if you aren’t a country music fan (we’re not).  I would like to visit again some day so I would love to win this prize.

Continue reading Win A Trip To Nashville- Lucky Brand’s Johnny Cash Sweepstakes →

Flashback Friday: Our First Time Flying Southwest Airlines- I’m Impressed

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FlashbackFriLast week’s Flashback post was related to Southwest Airlines so I figured it was best to follow up with one about our first time flying with them.

Many people would rather not step foot on Southwest but Kim and I feel quite differently about the airline. We find them to be a bit quirky and different in the way that things are done… and we like that!

Since writing about our first trip on Southwest, we’ve flown with them 3-4 more times. We’ve had positive experiences and find them to be a great option for domestic flights.

Here is the post:

  • Our First Time Flying Southwest Airlines- I’m Impressed

This post was originally published on January 14, 2013

Flashback Friday: The Oddest Checked Luggage I’ve Ever Seen

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FlashbackFriA couple of weeks back I posted about a museum featuring medical oddities and this week I want to share a different kind of odd post from the past for Flashback Friday.

I can’t recall seeing anything odd ever get checked at the airport up til our trip to Louisville and Nashville last December. At the counter next to ours, a man was trying to check two 50 pound dumbbells!

Here is the post:

  • The Oddest Checked Luggage I’ve Ever Seen

This post was originally published on December 29, 2012 Continue reading Flashback Friday: The Oddest Checked Luggage I’ve Ever Seen →

An Incredible Breakfast: Pancake Pantry- Nashville

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During our trip to Nashville we read about a place for breakfast that we had to try.
The Pancake Pantry sounded pretty amazing due to offering 23 varieties of pancakes. A couple of the options are pretty typical but the bulk of the options are really interesting and somewhat odd. All I know is that once we looked over the menu, it was not easy to make a decision on what to order. Oh the problems we face at times…

We made two attempts to eat at the Pancake Pantry and ended up eating there on day 4 of our trip. We drove by the previous morning but didn’t bother to wait due to the ridiculously long line.
However, we were determined to eat there so we arrived a bit earlier the following day and still waited on line about a half hour.

The wait didn’t end up being too bad since everyone on line seemed to be in a good mood and patiently waited to get inside. We spoke to various group of locals and the consensus was that the pancakes were well worth the wait.

Besides pancakes, the menu was full of all of the regular breakfast items like eggs, waffles, french toast and hash browns. Many of these items sounded great but I couldn’t go to a place called Pancake Pantry and not order pancakes!

We looked over the menu for a while and had some hard decisions to make. A few options caught our attention. We both usually like chocolate chip pancakes but at the Pancake Pantry we both had to go with options that were a bit more unique.

To help with our decision we decided to check out what Adam Richman had while visiting P.P. for his show Man vs. Food. It just so happened that the pancakes Kim planned to order were one of the varieties that Adam had during his visit.

So what did we order?

Santa Fe Cornmeal Pancakes

I went with the Santa Fe Cornmeal Pancakes aka the Village Smithy. The order of pancakes are made up of three stone-ground cornmeal pancakes with chunks of bacon, cheddar cheese and roasted green chilies cooked inside. It’s served with hot maple syrup, hot picante salsa and sour cream.

The pancakes were really odd but also really good. The dish seemed like a great Tex-Mex creation subbing out a taco shell or tortilla with pancakes. All of the flavors seemed to work really well together. The pancakes and syrup were sweet, while the chilies and salsa added just a bit of heat. I’d definitely recommend this dish to anyone planning a visit to Nashville.

Kim decided to order the Sweet Potato Pancakes. They are made with real sweet potatoes in a fluffy batter, sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Cinnamon cream syrup and butter was also added.

Once Kim tasted her pancakes she knew that she made the right choice. She loved the pancakes due to the fluffy texture and the sweet (but not overly sweet) flavor. A favorite part of the dish was the cinnamon cream syrup which added a lot of flavor.

I’d definitely recommend a visit to Pancake Pantry if you plan to visit Nashville. Just remember to show up early and expect a bit of a wait.

Find out more about Pancake Pantry by visiting their website here.

Review: Peanut Butter GooGoo Cluster + Winner Announced

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Last week I wrote about GooGoo Clusters, a Yummy Regional Sweet. In the post I ran a giveaway of a Collector’s Tin of Assorted GooGoo Clusters. I also mentioned how I was looking forward to trying out a GooGoo flavor that I could not find anywhere in Nashville- Peanut Butter.

When I wrote GooGoo Cluster, they were kind enough to offer to send me some of the peanut butter variety and also offered a GooGoo Cluster Commector’s Tin for me to give away to one of my readers.

My Peanut Butter GooGoo Stash

I was really looking forward to trying the Peanut Butter GooGoo Cluster and couldn’t wait to tear the box open when they arrived. I was sent a box of 12 PB GooGoos. This seemed like a generous amount for Kim and I to sample. (At the time of this review, we had not finished the box of GooGoos yet.)

I immediately noticed that the Peanut Butter variety seemed much smaller than the Original.
I checked the packages and saw that the PB was 1.5 oz and the Original was 1.75 oz.

The Peanut Butter GooGoo came out in 1991 and is a real treat- “Peanut Butter fans have celebrated the piquant combination of peanut butter, peanuts and real milk chocolate for two decades.”

Check out the thick layer of Peanut Butter

A review of the Peanut Butter GooGoo Cluster:
Kim and I are huge fans of peanut butter fans so we were really looking forward to trying out the PB GooGoo.

From the moment you take a bite, you can taste the thick and rich peanut butter which takes up a huge portion of the cluster. The milk chocolate also stands out and goes really well with the peanut butter, making for a great taste. Although there was a fair amount of peanuts on top of the cluster, I felt they weren’t as noticeable as in the Original variety.
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I also felt like the Peanut Butter GooGoo seemed a bit small. When eating an Original Cluster, it feels heavy and filling while the PB doesn’t feel so substantial. With that being said, both Clusters are still incredible and make for a tasty snack.
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If I was to compare it to another peanut butter candy, a good comparison would be Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I think that the PB GooGoo is much better than a Reese’s. All of the ingredients in the GooGoo are better than those mundane PB cups. The peanut butter seems to be tastier and the chocolate is richer in the GooGoo. The peanuts on top add a nice texture and add a bit more flavor.
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If I had to choose  between an Original or Peanut ButterGooGooCluster, that would be a harder decision. Overall, the Original stands out more to me, with all of the layers of flavor working better together. If I was looking for more of a peanut butter taste, then I’d go with the PB GooGoo. Either way, you can’t go wrong!

I want to thank GooGoo Cluster for sponsoring the Collector’s Tin Giveaway and everyone that entered. A couple of ways to enter were by following me on Twitter and Facebook. If you don’t currently follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you can do so by clicking the links above.

Kim and I have had a chance to enjoy a Yummy Regional Sweet and now it’s time for one of you to get to do the same!

And the winner is… Amy W. (no relation to Michael W., many last names begin with W!)
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