We love answering bride e-mails! Here’s one we got recently:

“Hi Ashley! I am getting married in Nashville on May 29th, 2010. Everyone will be from out-of-town and I have been surfing the web to find fun things for them to do in Nashville. There is so much to do in Nashville, that I don’t know what to pick for them to do. Could you suggest ten fun things for out-of-town guests to do in Nashville? Thanks so much!”

We couldn’t think of a better (or more fun) list to make and reached out to our loyal Twitter and Facebook friends who helped us create the following 10 activities to suggest for wedding guests looking for things to do in Nashville.

#1: Loveless Cafe & Motel

Probably THE Nashville institution, the Loveless Cafe is famous for its down-home, Southern, Nashville charm.  They are known best for their delicious biscuits and fantastic food that will leave you satisfied and happy after your meal.  Though still called a motel, it no longer serves as a place to unpack and stay in but instead now features retail shops selling art and great knick knacks to take home.  Loveless Cafe’s preserves are wonderful items you can include in your out-of-town gift bags too!

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It’s official, I love it.  It’s the best “job” I’ve had in years and I love that I still get to be involved in the wedding community.  Ashley is inspiring to work with, her energy and creativity are admirable and I hope to go far and grow with her and this site.

ABG is a wonderful resource for brides and even those of you who are in the event business – it links to some of the best vendors in town and is chock full of ideas.  Hope you can check it out some time, and if you know any brides, I hope you send them our way!

Friday was day 1 of the Priscilla of Boston Platinum Collection trunk show.  This wasn’t an ordinary trunk show – the designer of the Platinum Collection himself, Mr. Kenneth Pool was here too!  I was quite in awe of his presence, and I tried my best not to girm so after politely shaking hands and exchanging a delightful conversation with him, I let him have his space and moved on to get some pictures of the beautiful people and the beautiful gowns.

Stephanie from The Bride Room with some delicious cupcakes from local bakery, B.Jackson’s.

Pretty pretty pretty pretty!!!

Stephanie, Charlotte Poling (boutique owner) and their models who donned these gowns so well.

Gorgeous

Here I am with my gorgeous date and Kenneth Pool.  Thank you to local photographer Erica (hope I spelled your name right) for snapping this pic for us.

This was my favorite gown by far.

For more pictures and a wonderfully detailed recap of the evening, visit my date’s blog The Thirty-Something Bride.  Like her, I was giddy to be in the same room as Kenneth Pool – it’s rare to interact with someone so talented and so genuinely nice.  I think the only other time I had this opportunity was when I met Romona Keveza at another trunk show.  Mr. Poole has an enviable resume, working with phenomenal talent (Vera Wang, Amsale just to name a couple) and when he listed Yves Saint Laurent as one of his favorite designers I was SOLD.

He entertained a fun Q&A session where I threw in one of my own queries.  He answered VERY diplomatically (hats off) but I really wish I had pulled him aside and asked him for an honest, off-the-record answer to my curiosity.  Oh well!  And by my description of the evening, I’m certainly not doing the man justice. Luckily, Louise did just that in her recap so definitely check her out after you’re done looking at the rest of my pictures from the evening.

View the full Platinum Collection from Priscilla of Boston at their website.

*le sigh*

I love weddings.

I’ll keep you all updated on this when I’m given the “ok” to make an official announcement but let’s just say it’s in a realm I enjoy being a part of and I’m glad I won’t have to leave behind soon.

For now, here’s a gorgeous wedding blog I found this morning – Green Wedding Shoes.  Yes, I love weddings I think you already knew that but what I love even more about this blog are the images. They’re all so dreamy and vintage, such an inspiration and exactly how I wish I could capture all of the photographs I take.

This one made me laugh.

And oh, oh oh this is just exquisite!

I can’t wait to go through all the archived posts and see what other eye candy I come across.  Hope you enjoy it too!

One of those friends is The Thirty-Something Bride – she and I hit it off soon after learning each others’ names.  When she got engaged last year, she came to me and asked if I would help her plan and coordinate her wedding.  “Honored” doesn’t even come close to how I felt when she asked.

On October 11th, I got to witness her say “I do” to her Candyman (that’s her online moniker for him) and be a part of the whole day as their coordinator.

The TSB blogged all through her planning process (you have to see this to believe how great a job she did) and just this week the photographers Jonathon Campbell Photography and Kristen Steele Photography put their pictures up for viewing.

It was a gorgeous day, a beautiful and fun-filled wedding with so many personal touches… I was lucky to be part of it.