An Experience with Southern Hospitality

Every time I go back to Nashville, I always go get fried chicken fingers from McDougal's. Not only do they have the best chicken fingers you will ever eat, but they also are extremely nice and hospitable. When I was in high school I would go with my friends a couple of time and it soon became our favorite spot. When we ordered our food, the cashier was really nice and chatted with us a little bit. After just a couple times the employees knew us by name making us feel like regulars. Pretty soon Ricky, our usual cashier, was giving us our drinks for free. Up until that time I hadn't experienced southern hospitality like that so I would always end up leaving what I would spend on the drink as an additional tip. Also, they had free ice cream with each order.

What I thought was great about their southern hospitality, was how short of a time it was before they started giving us a discount and just how nice they were when I went there for the first time. They are right by Vanderbilt University and are a college hang out spot, which in my experience don't tend to have that much southern hospitality, but this place and their employees were really nice from the beginning. Whenever I go back to Nashville I will always eat at and support McDougal's Chicken.

Music City, Cashville, Nashville

I was born in San Francisco but I consider Nashville to be where I'm from. I moved to Memphis when I was 1 and to Nashville when I was 4, so Nashville is the only place I really remember. Nashville is a place without a doubt, according to Walker Percy. Just about everyone knows of Nashville because of all the country music that is recorded there. It is home to the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, and the only full-scale replica of the Parthenon. There are many famous people that live in Nashville and you see them around the city all the time. For how well it's known, Nashville isn't that big. There are only about 1.5 million in the city and surrounding area. Nashville has a lot to offer, especially music-wise, and is not too crowded. Nashville is home to the Titans (football) and the Predators (Hockey), so there is a fairly decent sport scene as well. Nashville is sometimes called Music City (obviously for all the music there) or Cashville (for Johnny Cash). Also, Nashville hosts the Country Music Association Awards (CMA Awards).