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Time off in Tennessee...

7/15/2019

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After a physically & emotionally-draining last few days in ABQ... I needed to get away to recharge before my move to Austin. My parents had just bought a house in Tennessee a few months back which seemed to be the perfect place to "unwind" for a few days.
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Downtown Nashville, TN
MOM & DAD'S NEW HOME: Last spring (2018), my parents decided after spending nearly their entire lives in California, it was time for a change. Dad worked for California Highway Patrol and was anchored to the state for +20 years. He retired in 2011... and once Mom joined him on "permanent vacation", they packed up their stuff, sold the house & hit the road with just a Ford truck & a 31-ft trailer in tow. They roamed the country in search of a good retirement home... stopping in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi & the Carolinas. They spent close to a year living in that trailer before eventually deciding on Tennessee, buying a home just outside of Nashville. Mom got her farm house... and Dad got his land. All were happy.
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME: I took a couple days to just sleep & catch up with my parents. But we did a little bit of adventuring once I recouped. We spent an afternoon in downtown Nashville visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame. I'm a BIG Garth Brooks & Dolly Parton fan... so the museum was right up this country gal's alley. (NOTE: a bit pricey with tickets running about $25/person... but worth seeing at least once). We also stopped for drinks & apps at Florida Georgia Line's bar right off Broadway.
ARRINGTON VINEYARDS: Of course, it wouldn't be vacation without good food & drink. My sister tipped us off to a really neat winery down the road from the house. So we spent an evening at Arrington Vineyards -- a winery owned by Kix Brooks (one half the famous "Brooks& Dunn" country duo). It was beautiful! We did a wine tasting at the bar & bought a bottle of their Chardonnay to share. They have a HUGE grassy field between the tasting house & the vineyards where everyone is welcome to bring their own food and lawn chairs. In typical Currie-fashion, we forgot our snacks... but we did remember the lawn chairs! The wine was good... the weather was perfect... we all agreed that we would be back in the future.
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Arrington Vineyards | Arrington, TN
THE BEST OF FRANKLIN: we also spent a day eating our way through Franklin, TN. Mom found a famous restaurant called "55 South". (We didn't realize it then but it was actually featured on 'Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives' -- a Currie family favorite on Food Network.) I ordered the 'HOT Chicken Sandwich' -- when in Tennessee... 
We also made a quick stop at a "Biscuit Love" -- a restaurant known for anything & everything biscuit. We had heard that their "Bonuts" were one of their popular items -- so we snagged a table and put in an order to-go. These did NOT disappoint. Fried biscuit-dough covered in cinnamon+sugar & served with a blueberry compote + lemon mascarpone (kind of like a cream cheese). Another place that will be seeing the Currie family again...
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Biscuit Love | Franklin, TN
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"Bonuts" -- fried biscuit dough covered in cinnamon+sugar, served with a blueberry compote & lemon mascarpone
After a 6-day stretch of good food & daily naps, it's back to Texas this afternoon (TUE). An apartment full of boxes needing to be unpacked awaits me. I'll definitely miss morning coffee with Dad in the backyard & talking about ways to decorate the new house with Mom... but we're already in the stages of planning where & who gets to host Thanksgiving this year... so I'll see them again soon.

​Until then... it's back to TEXAS.

-- KC
15 Comments
Carlos Hurtado
7/16/2019 09:32:30 am

I wish you the best in your new journey.
Godspeed!!!

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Dennis T
7/16/2019 11:04:51 am

So glad you got some time off for yourself. You deserve after putting up with us Burqueneans. I hope that got some rest before your big day down in in Austin.

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Art St.George
7/16/2019 11:21:22 am

You're probably too young to know the answer and may not want to disclose it personally, but where is your dream job as Chief Meteorologist?

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Ali Vaisvil
7/16/2019 11:29:30 am

Check out the Old Friends Sanctuary in Mt Joliet TN a truly magical place that rescues senior dogs!

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Wilson Balckie
7/16/2019 11:53:44 am

Love the blog and will definitely be reading more of the life of Kristen Currie. Glad to see you had time to visit ur mom and dad. We all need time to wind down for a change.

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Mel kee
7/16/2019 12:19:12 pm

Hey will still don’t have KRQE...i think you have to come back and give us a shout out,...when we get it back of course.

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Cindy Hillsey
7/16/2019 03:22:52 pm

Love following your adventures! You are a role model for women. Great things await you. :-)

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Art St.George
7/16/2019 03:56:52 pm

Didn't mean to unsubscribe in case you reply to my comment

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ANDY LOVER
7/16/2019 10:17:39 pm

HELLO CURRIE LOVER. YOUR MY TOP FAN. WANNA MEET

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Steve
7/17/2019 04:50:20 am

Awesome, tell your dad thanks for his service in law enforcement community

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Tom Wilcoxen
7/17/2019 05:31:45 am

This sounds like a great trip. Something else we have in common. We both went to CU and I was 25 years on the Colorado State Patrol, and have some relatives on CHP. Very happy for you parents and their new home. Hope you got the needed rest...

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james etherington
7/17/2019 06:54:35 am

golly I am gona really miss you on the weather
watched you all your time in alb
your very good
not fond of new guy later good luck

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Michael
7/22/2019 10:56:52 am

im sure gonna miss you here in t or c every morning, you were a ray of sunshine with my morning coffee. I think youre a what you see is what you get person and I always liked what i saw. I would always tell my wife "lets see how beautifull the weather is today" Best of luck, youre on your way to greatness
love ya
Michael

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Michelle willis
7/25/2019 08:05:41 am

I’m so sad your gone but so glad I found this blog! I can still see you beautiful face❤️ Your such a strong women! So proud of all you accomplishments!!!

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Yvonne
9/1/2019 07:00:25 am

My husband just thought the world of you. We would always joke and say ‘there’s your girlfriend!’ When you left he told me ‘my girlfriend left!’ Good kick to you. You were great reporting the weather. Good luck in TX. We always lose the good ones to bigger markets.

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