Wednesday Morning Run-Down

• Just spent two days in Baltimore with Tally Wilgis and some incredible leaders planning a citywide initiative. Unprecedented collaboration among churches.
• If you didn't catch the Emmy Awards opener with Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Glee, it's worth a Google. He proved pretty much anyone can write a Glee episode.
• "Professional wrestling is the longest running drama on TV because people love a good story about primal fear." ~ paraphrasing of Blake Snyder in his book Save the Cat
• My friend Vince Antonnuci is hosting a church planting lab in Las Vegas on Oct 18-20 called Vault. Have at it.
• I'm continually impressed with the Tumblr blog platform... and the creativity of those who use it.
• I caNNOt believe my boys are due back in school next week. Summer is a cold-hearted lover.
• The one good thing about winter in Virginia Beach is the empty oceanfront Starbucks where I hold office.
• Anyone avoid Southwest like I do? You never get a good seat and the passengers who beat you make it horribly awkward to find one of the remaining middle seats.
• Still waiting for Squareup to offer a more robust solution to processing credit cards. $700/week limit? Innerfence?
• The Dream Year website was scheduled to launch to-DAY. It very well still could... Also dying to show the short film, but I think it all needs to launch together.
• Confused about why twitter feeds would be private. Isn't there e-mail for that? Am I complaining a lot this week?
• The 'How He Loves' mash-up for STORY is getting mashed-up THIS week. Hologram is finishing up. The souvenir programs are on the press... and on and on.
• Manufacture your own products.
• Gotta love a good metal stencil for doodling.
• Always get a kick out of the ideas on Kickstarter.
• Looking for a chance to use Stilt Show
• One of my Dream Year participants, Josh Brickey, successfully used photo marketing to generate over a thousand relationships. Fascinating.
• I'm looking for a nice meeting spot in downtown Nashville to hold a Dream Year weekend (open to anyone) this January. An interesting but comfortable location near hotels for out-of-towners. Any suggestions?

Comments

[Mike Lovato]

Check out a restaurant called The Standard or the Frist Center (art museum). The Standard's in this old house (I think the only house left standing in downtown Nashville). I also believe every menu item has bacon in it. Not sure if they have a meeting room, but it's a cool place.

Frist Center may have a meeting room too.

[gail]

Last month Jason and I stayed at
Hotel Indigo Nashville - West End and i was totally impressed with the style of the hotel. trendy meets not gaudy. perfect.
Also, if you go to Nashville, you MUST go to Prince's Hot Chicken. You will wait a LONG time for your food and it is in the "wrong side of town" but it is an absolute MUST.

[Ben Arment]

thanks for the Nash tips. Hope they keep coming...

[Eric]

Gabby's burgers and fries. Incredible. (Incredible story as well.)

http://gabbysburgersandfries.com/

[Ben Arment]

to clarify... i'm looking for meeting locations

[Curtis Simmons]

Ben, for your meeting check out this hotel, it's a beautifully restored train depot.

http://www.unionstationhotelnashville.com/

[Terrace Crawford]

Theres always Rocketown. =)

I use to be in contact with the manager there... but haven't spoken with him in a while.

Then again, theres Smitty's house.

//TC//

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