Music City

Well, here I am, in Nashville, TN.

I’ve had a decent meal and two decidedly mediocre ones, though lunch today seems promising. As always, keep the suggestions coming. There are 2 starbucks, but not nearly enough. It’s funny how much I hated them when they first appeared in New York, and now they’re the only consistent symbol of civilization I can name in the country.

So far, I can tell you that if you’re stranded in downtown Nashville, Merchant’s is a safe bet. And, somehow, there are NO cute boys hanging around the American Apparel, which makes me wonder: if there is an American Apparel, and there are no hot guys in it, is it still there?

Happy Halloween, by the way! I used to give great spooky-themed dinner parties on halloween. We’d make pumpkin soup and carve Jack O Lanterns and I’d make some weird cookie, like the typically moribund *ossi dei morti*, the bones of the dead. It’s a crunchy meringue cookie that’s bound with almond flour and partly dipped in chocolate. It looks like a dried bone. Sicilian people are crazy, but the cookies are great.

Hope you’re having a good Holiday.