Day 151 Jan. 1
Listening to: Blue Tango
Thought for the day: MMXI makes 2011 look important.

This New Year’s Eve will be one I won’t forget. The friendship was invaluable, food was good, music was beautiful, laughter was plentiful, and downtown Nashville was in TOTAL PARTY CHAOS.

First up after a wonderful dinner, we ventured into the heart of downtown Nashville to attend a concert by Nashville Symphony to commemorate the reopening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center since the May floods. The energy was so positive in the building. I wish I could have bottled it and brought it home with me.

After the concert, we brought in the New Year inside the symphony hall. The environment was reserved and very respectful. That was not the case outside.

Fortunately for us, we had earned the loyalty of a cab driver earlier in the night. He was at our beck and call (shout out to Music City Cab). When our cab driver came to pick us up at the symphony hall, we had to pass through an almost riotous crowd of people looking for cabs and/or a ride. At one point, a crowd of cabless peeps mobbed our cab begging for a ride. It was like something out of a horror film. NASHVILLE IS CAB DELINQUENT!!!! On top of it all, the number of people trying to get a ride with the Sheriff’s Department Sober Ride program was unbelievable. Thankfully people try to do what is right by not drinking and driving, but boy oh boy, I have some sympathy for the volunteers who worked the program last night. Despite it all, we made it back to the hotel with a tale to tell.