the last pdub, or gratuitous photos of the cat.

the week before we moved we planned a final pdub celebration. it was a tradition that started in november 2008, when i first reunited with courtney and met brandon, and we decided to watch "the office" {how old school!}, order pizza and drink wine.

attendees have come and gone, we've moved more than once and we now make our own pizza, but it's still pdub.

vickie wasn't home yet. so i get a, "take an artsy shot of this - like vickie would!"

baker returning a plate of courtney's that he may or may not have had for... three years? c had not forgotten.

drinking and cooking at the same time is a recipe for success.

anyone else want to sing "friends forever" by vitamin c with me right now? 

look who made it! and no, i didn't encourage that face. i doubt anyone has had to encourage v to "make a crazy face!"

and pizza was made!

and wine was drank. 

and cats were pet.

it was a successful pdub.

this post makes me laugh and cry at the same time. i really miss my friends.

last of nash: yazoo brewery tour.

i don't care if this was a month ago and i now live on the other side of the country: the yazoo tour was one of the coolest things i ever did in nashville.

it was on the we-must-do-this-before-we-move list, so it was crossed off our very last weekend in tennessee. and, brandon came with us!

these are dehydrated hops. one of the most interesting things about yazoo is that they partner with so many other businesses in town. so when they're done using a bunch of ingredients they pass them along. like, after yeast is done making the beer... yeasty...  they give it to local bakeries. or after the grain is used they give it to local farmers. drunk cows? i had to ask baker all these details, it's hard to remember after a few weeks. {plus, they totally give out generous samples on the tour, so that doesn't help my memory either.}

gigantic beer makers!

bottling. the labels on all of yazoo's beers are hand drawn by the owner/founder's wife.

 

and then, after your super-worth-it $7 tour, you end up in the tap room, where you can drink to your heart's content.

i know i should be drinking coors light, but i can't deny that i could go for a dos perros right now. 

please come to colorado, yazoo!

last of nash: mas tacos.

you all. i'm just going to go ahead and tell you like it is: mas tacos is in one of the sketchiest neighborhood in nashville.

i know all the cool kids are going there, but still, you needed to be in the loop on this fact.

however, it is also muy delicioso.

cute inside, right? it's basically a one-room garage with limited seating. get there early. we saw a line forming out the door after we ordered. the tacos are mas in demand!

la menu.

spicy cheese corn? there was a name for this. it was good, but too much cheese. {i KNOW, i have never in my life said "too much cheese." someone mark this date in infamy.}

 

fish taco. holy. guacamole! the best of my life.

so, remember: if you are going to mas tacos: 1. look at the menu beforehand and learn the fancy names for things. {i am sure they don't call that "cheese corn".} 2. know that you are traveling to the deep east nash and lock your doors accordingly. 3. don't eat for a day prior so you can stuff yourself with some of the best mexican food in the whole city.

now go, grasshopper, and order the fish taco.

last of nash: turnip truck.

this is the first in a series of posts aout things i did right before i left nashville. i actually had this one all written, but then was busy piling our stuff out by the trash can that wouldn't fit in the uhaul. {which our neighbor ended up taking most of! #environmental} all of the below still rings true. especially the part about missing ben and needing a denver bff. applications now available.

i LOVE the turnip truck.

they have a salad bar {score! since when did salad bars go the way of the dinosaur?}, a hot bar, a soup bar, a deli, and the best zucchini bread i have ever had.

plus, they are also a healthy/hipster/all-natural store!

i always eat off the veg side, even when i wasn't a vegetarian, because they make delish veggies. also, that eggplant parm was killer.

full disclosure: turnip truck was the one and only time i've ever eaten brussels sprouts. sick. so i knew that if my beloved turnip truck couldn't make me like them i really hated them.

ben is also always about the veg at tt.

awe, my friend ben. SO sad to see our regular lunches come to an end. and, he's never lived in denver so i have no idea where i'll get all my food recommendations from.

anyone in denver looking for a best friend? i'm totally available.