Best of Nashville 2010

East Nashville's Annual Tomato ArtFest is normally held the 2nd week of August and this annual event offers a really unique day of festivities and entirely way to much tomato related fun.

Within hours of the realizing that the Flood of Nashville was turning into a major diaster, the folks over at Hands on Nashville went to hard work to mobilize the entire community. With their help, the food, supplies and massive amounts of volunteers came in fast to help those in need.

Most will say the smooth taste of Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey comes from the local iron free waters and hard sugar maple charcoal filtering but once you've visited Lynchburg you will know that there's another very special ingredient in every bottle of this smooth southern whiskey

Glass works by world-famous Dale Chihuly, the most acclaimed glass artist of our time transformed Cheekwood Museum and Botanical Gardens into a wonderland of colors. This dramatic Chihuly exhibit, displayed indoors as well as out, offered a spectacular display of color and plenty of unique art forms around every corner.

As the economy continued to take a nose-dive, the super folks of the Indigo Hotel bravely endured the downward spiral to open up yet another hotel in Nashville. But the major highlight is that they actually chose to renovate one of Nashville's historic downtown buildings to welcome their new guests

There's no mistaking the massive amount of flood damage that was done, this past May, to the Bellevue Community. But they pulled together and even though there is still damage, thier spirit is on-going inspiration and a tribute to Tennesseans across the state.

After the massive flooding in May, there's no doubt that the re-opening of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Resort, just in time for all of their Christmas Festivites, was an extra special present for locals and visitors alike.

Yes, the Tennessee State Fairgrounds made my list for the second year in a row and Yes, most everyday folks are still asking why our local government has decided that it's in Nashville's best interest to cease operations of the fairgrounds...after over 100 years? The saga continues...

Nashville now has a total of five monthly Art Crawl styled events including three Art Crawls, one Art Stroll, and one Social. Three of the Art Crawls are held the first week of every month, and the Social in the second week, and the Art Stroll is held on the last Saturday of the month.

The Fontanel Mansion & Farm, is located minutes from Downtown Nashville, in quaint Whites Creek Neighborhood. The Mansion is not just a home tour nor is it just a museum - it's really an entire complex filled with numerous and varying things to see and do. Fontanel has the mansion, a farmhouse restaurant, a very impressive outdoor music venue, a studio, and plenty of great walking trails.