Comments on: Blogger Soiree http://litablog.org/2006/10/blogger-soiree/ Library and Information Technology Association Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Genny http://litablog.org/2006/10/blogger-soiree/comment-page-1/#comment-25162 Genny Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:36:41 +0000 http://litablog.org/2006/10/28/blogger-soiree/#comment-25162 Hey, did you notice how feature-rich the Flying Saucer web site is?! You can retrieve a list of beers by name, by type, or by brewer. Now I know exactly which India pale ales are available. I might have guessed Zoe picked this place based on their fine information organization skills! :D Hey, did you notice how feature-rich the Flying Saucer web site is?! You can retrieve a list of beers by name, by type, or by brewer. Now I know exactly which India pale ales are available. I might have guessed Zoe picked this place based on their fine information organization skills! :D

]]> By: AaronDobbs http://litablog.org/2006/10/blogger-soiree/comment-page-1/#comment-25159 AaronDobbs Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:22:14 +0000 http://litablog.org/2006/10/28/blogger-soiree/#comment-25159 Remember, the walk to the Flying Saucer is <i>downhill</i>. The "best" (i.e. most visually interesting) walking route (imho, as a former downtown Nashville office grunt) is down Capitol Blvd (the street to the East of the hotel - meaning turn Right out the hotel's front door), then right on Church St, then left on 7th Ave, then right on Broadway, to the street immedeately after the Frist Museum (9th?). Flying saucer is on teh right in the waay back of the building. Why is this the most visually interesting you ask? On Capitol Blvd down the hill you see the main entrance to Nashville Public Library, a beautiful - yet inefficiently laid out for staffing, edifice; turn around and you see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Capitol_Building" rel="nofollow">Tennessee State Capitol</a>, a beautiful mid 1800's Ionic edifice. At the bottom of Capitol Blvd, there is a small park on the left side of the street with an interesting mural involving the side of a building and puzzle pieces. 7th Ave less visually inspiring, but at the cornerof Broadway, on the left, is one of the local high schools. On Broadway, <a href="http://www.fristcenter.org/" rel="nofollow">the Frist Center for the Visual Arts</a> is an old US Post Office renovated into a fabulous museum. As you turn left just past the Frist, the 100+ year old railroad station ,<a href="http://nashville.citysearch.com/profile/9318128/nashville_tn/union_station_nashville_a_historic_wyndham_hotel.html" rel="nofollow">Union Station hotel</a>, is on your right. YMMV, but it's a beautiful looking day out there today. (looks breezy, too) Remember, the walk to the Flying Saucer is downhill. The “best” (i.e. most visually interesting) walking route (imho, as a former downtown Nashville office grunt) is down Capitol Blvd (the street to the East of the hotel – meaning turn Right out the hotel’s front door), then right on Church St, then left on 7th Ave, then right on Broadway, to the street immedeately after the Frist Museum (9th?). Flying saucer is on teh right in the waay back of the building.

Why is this the most visually interesting you ask?

On Capitol Blvd down the hill you see the main entrance to Nashville Public Library, a beautiful – yet inefficiently laid out for staffing, edifice; turn around and you see the Tennessee State Capitol, a beautiful mid 1800′s Ionic edifice.

At the bottom of Capitol Blvd, there is a small park on the left side of the street with an interesting mural involving the side of a building and puzzle pieces.

7th Ave less visually inspiring, but at the cornerof Broadway, on the left, is one of the local high schools.

On Broadway, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts is an old US Post Office renovated into a fabulous museum.

As you turn left just past the Frist, the 100+ year old railroad station ,Union Station hotel, is on your right.

YMMV, but it’s a beautiful looking day out there today. (looks breezy, too)

]]> By: zoe http://litablog.org/2006/10/blogger-soiree/comment-page-1/#comment-25155 zoe Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:56:48 +0000 http://litablog.org/2006/10/28/blogger-soiree/#comment-25155 In case you want to join us after the group leaves, The Flying Saucer in Nashville is located at 111 10th Avenue South. Please join us there. If you want to check it out ahead of time, take a look at http://www.beerknurd.com In case you want to join us after the group leaves, The Flying Saucer in Nashville is located at 111 10th Avenue South. Please join us there. If you want to check it out ahead of time, take a look at http://www.beerknurd.com

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