When Duke and I are traveling in Europe we often start the day with croissants and coffee. So this morning, since we are traveling in the United States and we thought we should have the equivalent North American experience. We went to Parlor Doughnuts and had a couple of really really good doughnuts and coffee.
This afternoon we went to Parnassus Books. It’s a bookstore owned by one of my favorite authors, Ann Patchet. We spent a wonderful hour browsing. We bought four books, including two autographed by Patchett. I love bookstores! And Parnassus was wonderful.
For dinner we went to a barbecue place that Allison recommended, Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint.
Tonight we went to show at the Grand Ole Opry. The show was celebrating the 25th anniversary of Pam Tillis being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. We had great fun. Besides Pam Tillis other artists included Vince Gill, Russell Dickerson, Lorrie Morgan and Suzy Bogguss.
After we returned to the hotel we went out to listen to a couple of bands on Broadway..
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I just read Bel Canto. Marvelous!! I went to Parnassus last year and met Ann Patchett.
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lucky you!!! She is out of townnright now so we missed her.
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Parnassus Books is a real gem. Next time you’re there, you must try Fox’s Donut Den right around the corner. You can’t miss the old neon sign and giant donut out front.
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Thank you so much for letting me know about Fox’s Donut Den. We will definitely go there next time!
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