Wednesday, September 17, 2014

East Nashville







East Nashville


East Nashville is a great location that has history as well as some new modern stops. The Five Points area has bars along with restaurants like Five Points Pizza.

This area has some cool vintage shops along with small boutiques that offer new clothing as well.

The Hip Zipper


The Hip Zipper is a store that is totally vintage and offers clothes, accessories, and jewelry. The store offers men's and women's clothing.


 




















The Idea Hatchery

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The Idea Hatchery or The Shops at 1108 Woodland is a small group of businesses all together in East Nashville.

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This group of businesses includes clothing boutiques, a book store, a gallery, and many more. Definitely worth a stop to see all of the interesting stores grouped together.


Fanny's is a really cool music store with instruments and lessons available and they also have vintage clothing.

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Displaying image.jpegI Dream of Weenie is a food truck located right off the corner of Woodland featuring hot dogs! The setup is really cool and they stayed busy all day.


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West End

West End


The West End area of Nashville has boutiques like Boutique Bella and POSH, but the real gem of this area is UAL.


UAL is a store in West End that has designer pieces marked down up to 90% off. The garments are all brand new, they are just considered overstocks or excess which is why they are able to offer them at such a great price to their customers. They started in Mississippi and now have 5 locations and have just launched an online store.

Hillsboro Village

Hillsboro Village


Hillsboro Village is located on 21st Ave S here in Nashville and the streets are lined with shops, restaurants, coffee shops, and more.

This area is full of lots of different shops sure to capture the interest of everyone. If you have a few hours to kill this is the place to come and walk through everything.

Pangea


Pangea is a store that sells just about anything you can think of. The feeling when you walk in is very distinct; earthy and eclectic.


They have a women's clothes section towards the back of the store, tons of jewelry displays through out the store, and home decor.
















Other stores include Posh, Festivity, BookMan/BookWoman, and Retropolitan.

The Pancake Pantry



The Pancake Pantry is a wildly popular restaurant in Hillsboro Village known for its pancakes and on Saturday mornings people literally wait in lines on the street just to get inside and eat the legendary pancakes.







Opry Mills Mall

Opry Mills Mall


Opry Mills Mall is the biggest mall in Nashville offering more than 200 stores along with several restaurants and a movie theater.

Along with the food court, you can stop and eat at Chili's, TGIFriday's, Chuy's, Dave and Buster's and many more.

The mall is one big loop and has a high end area with Michael Kors, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF FIFTH, Coach, and more.


The mall also offers specialty stores like Victoria's Secret, Under Armour, and Aldo.


Trendy stores for young adults and fashion enthusiasts like Forever 21 and H&M are also there along with others such as Rue 21 and Tilly's.

 

The mall's website has a full list of every store and restaurant in the mall.

Right next door to the mall is The Gaylord Opryland Hotel which you can appreciate whether you are a country music fan or not.

The Gulch

The Gulch


The Gulch is located minutes away from downtown Nashville and has lots of great shopping, entertainment, and living opportunities. The Gulch is an up and coming area of Nashville has a lot of promise of things to come. The price points are higher but the quality of the area, products, and food are well worth it.

Urban Outfitters


Urban Outfitters is a great spot to shop for trendy, fashion loving people. The store offers men's and women's clothing and accessories as well as an apartment section with lots of artwork, rugs, bedding, and more.




Watermark


Watermark is one of the biggest restaurants in The Gulch area and features classic southern food with their own creative and unique spin on the dishes. 

The restaurant is available for private events and also has wine tastings.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Local Honey

Local Honey



Local Honey is a one of a kind boutique located in Nashville near Belmont University. This store takes old and vintage clothes and "refurbishes" them by adding their own creative designs to the garments and selling them as new. 

The store features men's and women's clothes along with accessories. Some of the jewelry is even handcrafted by local artists here in Nashville.

What is so fascinating about this store is they take something old and turn it into something new and unique. One of the perks is that shopping here you are practically guaranteed to have a fantastic new garment that nobody else will have. 

The merchandise all varies with different styles that can suit anybody: pure vintage, grunge, punk, preppy, or any other kind of label you can think of.



This boutique is growing in popularity every day and it's no wonder why.

They also recently added a hair salon upstairs to gain new customers and offer something new to returning customers.


Green Hills Mall


Green Hills Mall



The Green Hills Mall has several stores to shop along with restaurants to dine in, including The Cheesecake Factory.

BCBG MAXAZRIA



BCBG MAXAZRIA is a designer brand for the modern woman who wants to be trendy and stylish while still being classy and sophisticated. This brand is well known through out the world and extremely popular.

Free People



Free People is a store for anybody who loves vintage, eclectic, boho, and the festival looks. This store features many different collections combining all of these things into fabulous clothes that stand for freedom, beauty, and love. Free People was originally a brand with Urban Outfitters and eventually the two separated into their own unique brands.

Other stores in the Green Hills Mall include Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, Tory Burch, Absolution, and Coach.