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While we teeter between the chill of January winter and the excitement of spring, we hope you’ll be inspired to take a moment to come together with the people in your life. The ones in your home and on your street. In your neighborhood and your community. “Love local” means your local businesses, those in your community. It also celebrates the love of friends, parents, siblings, even neighbors and elderly aunts. But it also means loving what's near; those under your own roof included. So plan that family game night, grab some snacks and have a movie night. We’ve always believed what we can do together is so much more than what we can do apart. And we continue to see that demonstrated through the many stories told in these pages month after month. Thanks for letting us be a part of the life you’re building, whatever that may look like. Our hope is that we inspire you to love it just a bit more than you did before. American writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard stated, "The love we give away is the only love we keep." May you all give and receive lots of love this month!
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Loving Food's Healing Connections
Local Author Of 'My Pinewood Kitchen Cook Book' Champions Customized, Clean Meals
Sparking Happy Vibes
The Happy Social Club Designer Creates Popular, Cheerful Jewelry And Apparel
Impressions of Imperfection
Nashville artist Ed Nash gleans inspiration from the beauty found in imperfection.
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1 - 7 : Southern Oak Annual Holiday Party 1: Tobin Cornelius, Christy Thornton, Carole Ford, Sarah Cornelius. 2: Matt Tomayko, Frank Poling, Robert Bosse. 3: Philip and Kaitlyn Benavides, Carol and Bill Crump. 4: Justine Moreau, Patrick Poling, Kay Pfeiffer. 5: Lila Gray, Awndria Baker, Kevin Livingston, Nick Pylinski. 6: The Wilkinson Family. 7: Andrea Baker, John and Charlene Pratt. Photography by Sophie Brock.
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Travel back in time to the enchanting 1920s, where secrets are whispered, jazz flows like liquid gold, and every step you take helps make a difference for kids in need in our community. When: Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 7:00pm Where: Clementine Hall, Nashville
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16th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition On Display The 16th annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition has returned to the Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave., with selected works on display through March 3. Various mediums are represented, including drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture and digital media. More than 600 pieces from public, private and home-schooled students were submitted for consideration by a three-judge panel based on "originality, technical skill and emergence of a personal vision or voice." 'Crossing the Street' by Nolensville High School student Annabelle Mullenix was awarded 'Best of Show.'
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Soles4Souls, was founded in 2006 when a group of shoe industry executives who donated shoes to survivors of a 2004 tsunami, then to survivors of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, saw firsthand the profound impact their contributions had made. Programs such as 4Relief continue to be one of the organization's three
Seeking sources of new shoes donated by manufacturers, as well as gently used shoes from community or school drives is an ongoing effort. 2020 saw considerable donations received through customers of DSW, and Zappos, as well as a generous donation of $1 million from Caleres. Donations are used to provide shoes
focuses. In 2022, 32 containers of new shoes and clothing were served to 242,000 Ukrainian refugees. Now with more than 1,800 partners, Soles4Souls is able to provide clothing and shoes to those in crisis domestically or internationally. In 2015, donating shoes to entrepreneurship initiatives, known as their 4Opportunity Program through a vetting process to select nonprofit organizations as partners in developing countries, has a proven economic impact of creating jobs, by helping people start and grow businesses that sell donated shoes and clothing. Now, one in four global entrepreneurs have been able to purchase a home from selling these shoes. “We’re looking at a long-term solution to poverty,” shares Nashville resident Tiffany Turner, vice president of outreach for Soles4Souls. Tiffany pleads, “Please clean out your closet. You’d be surprised at what people would want and how people can repurpose and reuse things.”
for homeless children through the newly launched initiative, 4EveryKid. Soles4Souls has since served more than 200,000 children in the United States experiencing homelessness during the past three years, in cities of all sizes. The 4EveryKid program had become a primary focus. Last year, locally, this program served 10,000-plus children in Middleton, Tennessee, experiencing homelessness, including communities in and around Davidson County.” Just two weeks ago, the organization delivered 200 new coats, socks, shoes, and more, to Clarksville for distribution through Nashville VOAD, for victims of the recent tornadoes. "It takes $20 to provide a new pair of shoes for a child experiencing homelessness in the United States. To own brand name shoes helps a child feel accepted, like they belong, and more confident which often translates into better school performance,” notes Tiffany. Local, fun events like Tiffany’s annual ‘Christmas with Tif and Lee’ benefit
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show raised more than $20,000 for the nonprofit, over the past three years. In addition to grants, Sony Music organized a shoe giveaway and surprise concert with country trio Restless Road at H. G. Hill Middle School in Nashville last November. Soles4Souls is set to announce an upcoming, exciting event; one of their largest fundraising events in Nashville to date: ‘Soles & Secrets.' The party is planned for 7 p.m., April 11 at Clementine Hall to raise money for new sneakers for middle Tennessee children experiencing homelessness. Tickets are $100 per person. The funfilled theme, complete with flappers, a speakeasy, aerialists, jazz music and food bites from local restaurants to keep attendees on their feet. Rod Arnold, chief marketing officer adds, “The event will be a full 1920s experience.” Soles4Souls.org
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L OV I NG FO OD ' S H E A L I NG C ON N E C T IONS
Local Author Of 'My Pinewood Kitchen' Cookbook Champions Customized, Clean Meals
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Learning self-care through food preparation is vitally essential, espouses a local wellness chef, farmer, cookbook creator, wife, mother of two daughters and someone born with rare, life-threatening ulcers in her intestines. When Sugartree resident Mee McCormick then faced debilitating digestive disease as a young adult, she overcame her life challenge by becoming a wellness chef and inclusive food expert. For 20-plus years, she's researched and evolved recipes into delicious, gut-friendly equivalents. "There's not one way to wellness. It works best to individualize food plans, and to keep altering the way we eat, according to our life stages and health conditions. We can enable food to help take care of ourselves," assures Mee, who relocated with her family to Sugartree during May 2023. She says she adores the "secret gem of a community," starting with being gifted flowers, cheese straws and other welcoming items on her porch after arrival. "It's a special neighborhood, which is becoming a melting pot of established Southerners, traditions, progressive younger folks, art, architecture and young transplanted families. Everyone's sweet, and I love the mix of it all; Belle Meade and Green Hills is like a good food recipe." Mee's grassroots reputation for promoting wellness through better food choices led her to be a guest TV chef on more than 60 different morning shows across the country. "Through the shows' audience reach, I found out there are a million Mees in the world, suffering from food-related health problems. I did segments about whole foods, and discovered the world was listening," she recalls. She says at one point her autoimmune triggers and precarious dance with food left her really ill at only 98 pounds. "My doctors were afraid my ulcers were going to rupture, which would have killed me.
I couldn't even survive a biopsy at that time. I ultimately got lucky by connecting with a master macrobiotic food counselor and Nashville chef, Virginia Harper, who taught me how to prepare food correctly for my digestive health on my own, using natural foods, whole grains, legumes and sea vegetables," she recalls. For seven years, Mee owned and operated The Pinewood Kitchen & Mercantile in Pinewood, Tennessee. Her cooking was shaped by her culinary degree from The New School Of Cooking in Los Angeles, along with her vast studies of macrobiotic diets. She says while in culinary school, she learned tremendously helpful information about protein and fats, even though she couldn't taste what they prepared, given her personal celiac disease, Crohn's and rheumatoid arthritis. "I learned to make ingredient substitutions without sacrificing flavor," she states. Pinewood is an unincorporated town, just 50 minutes west of Nashville, along the scenic and winding Highway 48. Mee and her husband, Lee McCormick, transformed a circa 1920s general store/gas station into a comforting, nourishing eatery. The menu offered farm-fresh Southern food, infused with Mee’s healthful, hyper farm-totable approach, with much of what food was served grown and raised by the McCormicks just down the road from the restaurant. In the early 1990s, Lee and his stepfather, A.D. Davis (an original founder of Winn Dixie, “The Beef People” grocery chain), purchased Pinewood Farms. It then became a cattle ranch, humanely raising grass-fed and grass-finished livestock, as well as pasture- and wood-raised hogs and a 10-acre biodynamic vegetable farm "Pinewood was a beautiful experience. I wanted to bring clean produce to Nashville. Many customers CONTINUED >
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would bring me lists of what they could and could not eat, and I'd make them custom-made plates of food. During COVID, our business increased by 600 percent. I learned to look at food in a less judgmental way, and it changed me," says the woman who got inspired to get well with food. However, after a series of major damaging floods, the McCormicks closed the restaurant and sold the main house on the property. Mee says they still have quarter horses, cattle, pigs, honey bees and wild mushrooms in the woods on their remaining property there.
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"I hope to set up a kitchen on a portion of our Pinewood farmland and teach cooking classes there by this spring," she announces. Mee also authored two cookbooks: My Kitchen Cure and My Pinewood Kitchen: A Southern Culinary Cure, and has a third one slated to publish during 2024: The JUICIE Bits. She says her first self-published book was very successful and led to her current publishing deal with publishing house, HCI-Health Communications. Mee's business endeavor for 2024 is a new chef consulting business regarding inclusive kitchen environments through which she'll guide individual clients and hospitality groups into new menus, beneficial grocery lists and kitchen set ups for successful health and personal journeys. In her own kitchen, Mee's been dedicated to cooking for the health and wellbeing of Lee, as he battles cancer. "Kitchens are the hearts of our lives, and we'll be establishing how to create ones inclusive of everyone's dietary needs, meaning all dietary concerns are covered," she explains. "Together, we'll do the dance with food that we do, and tackle how to keep ourselves well. It's a wonderful way to regain a sense of empowerment."
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Spark ing Happy V ibes The Happy Social Club Designer Creates Popular, Cheerful Jewelry And Apparel that resonate with peaceful, peppy mindsets. She creates custom, curated color formulas to hand-dye sweatshirts, hoodies, T-shirts, trucker hats, caps and smiley face beanies. She also offers handpoured, artisan-made candles with light, clean scents, done in collaboration with the local Gabriel David company. And, she handles the majority of her own product photography. Collections within Elizabeth's brand include THSC, Happy Here Nashville, Happy Vibes, Happy Era and Happy Girl, Happy Mama, Happy XOXO and Feelin' Happy. She says she gets help from family members here and there, especially her mother, along with assistance from a local embroidery company as well as a printing business. "We like to say our items reflect 'A Feeling We All Want to be a Part of,'" she states, with a broad smile. Her collections can be viewed and secured from her website and pop-up shops as announced on her Instagram, as well as select retailers in and out of Nashville.
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How helpful and successful can wearing items intentionally designed to elicit good moods be? A particular one-woman show knows. Local designer Elizabeth Holt, founder of The Happy Social Club, started thinking about what makes people smile during 2020 when the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I wanted to bring joy and happiness to others, to show people there was hope, and it was through happy bracelets and necklaces," recalls The Cosmetic Market key holder/makeup artist. Due to her passion for designing, Elizabeth says she listened to her internal urge to create something to embrace positivity. Based on her theater and dance college degree, she remembers channeling her desires regarding the concept of building an encouraging community. "Someone starting a new business endeavor has to believe in themselves and keep believing. You have to believe in your brand, stay focused on your goals and just keep going," she explains. She now provides a variety of handmade necklaces and bracelets with messages
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I M PR ESSIONS OF I M PER FECTION Nashville Artist Ed Nash Gleans Inspiration From Beaut y Found In Imperfection.
Respected abstract artist Ed Nash moved to Tennessee from Letchwood Garden City, England, with his wife in 2008, settling in the lovely community of Inglewood. With an education in fine arts, Ed didn’t consider the pursuit as a career, citing making a living as an artist was unrealistic. As a compromise, he fulfilled part of that passion as a fine art consultant, selling PostImpressionist works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Today, his sought-after work fills the spaces of his 6,000-square-foot Ed Nash Fine Art Studio in Nashville. Belle Meade Lifestyle caught up to Ed regarding his plans for this new year.
Q. HOW DID YOU MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM DEALER TO PAINTING SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE BODY OF WORK?
“I recognized that people wanted newer, more modern pieces. Initially, I tried to work
with different artists which proved to be difficult, so that was when I decided to start painting myself. I began including my art with antique selections, and people instantly chose mine. By 2013 I started selling just my own. Herb Kelleher’s reference to, “What is safe and what is dangerous,” resonated with me. I believed that it was really safe to stay doing what I was doing, but one day I woke up and realized that what I was doing was really dangerous, because I hadn’t fulfilled what I really wanted to do in life. I was told time and again that artists can’t be financially successful. One of the goals that I set was to buy a Porsche 911. Two years ago I reached that goal, bought one, then wrapped it with one of my paintings to make a statement to all of the doubters.”
Q. WHO WERE YOUR EARLY INSPIRATIONS?
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frequently to paint. I get some inspiration from the green trees and beautiful reflections from the water. It reminds me of work by Monet, one of two of my biggest inspirations, Gerhard Richter being the other.”
Q. WHEN DO YOU KNOW THAT A PIECE OF WORK IS COMPLETE?
“With abstract paintings I’m looking at composition. I ask myself, Is it evoking the right energy? Does it speak for itself? I’ll set it in the gallery area and live with it for a couple of days to look at it as the viewer, not the artist, and if I feel like it balances on my eye, then it’s time to let it out to the world.”
Q. DO YOU FEEL A CONNECTION TO YOUR WORK?
“The paintings reflect my emotions and who I am. When people come to the studio, they feel the energy, they see the process, where the frames are made, works in progress, the subtleties. At the studio, people have the opportunity to meet the artist.”
Q. WHAT INSPIRES YOUR WORK?
“I find inspiration everywhere, in nature primarily. I notice cracks in the road, decayed wood, beaten up dumpster, or a bridge. I’m really interested in the aesthetic called Wabi-Sabi,
which is a Japanese philosophy referring to beauty through imperfection, beauty through decay, beauty through the process. Looking at the evolution of time on an object. There are elements of that in all of us as human beings. There’s beauty through the process and there’s beauty in the brokenness. And sometimes the struggles that we face in life don’t turn out to be the most beautiful. I didn’t set out to draw parallels, but in doing that it helps me understand life. I feel like sometimes I understand life a little bit more through art than the other way around.” Ed has commissioned pieces for entities such as Lamborghini, the Conrad Hotel, Barron’s Bank, the Hilton, Netflix, including features in Milieu, Sophisticated Living, East Nashvillian, Nashville Arts, Southern Home and more. Ed has made countless charitable donations of his work for organizations such as Rally on the Runway, End Slavery Tennessee and for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Ed reveals that a third book is in the works, with a focus on interiors. As a growing brand, the artist released a beautiful new fashion line of clothing and accessories displaying imprints of his work. Ed’s artwork was exhibited at this year’s The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville during January. CONTINUED >
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1. THEME FOR 2024 BL ACK H ISTORY MON T H This year's theme is "African Americans and the Arts" spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had on visual arts, music and cultural movements. Each year's theme is set by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, an organization founded in 1915 by Dr. Carter Woodson, the famed African American historian known as the Father of Black History. Since 1926, during the second week in February, Americans observed contributions to history from African Americans. The week is symbolic in that it was the same week of the birthdays of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave and prominent abolitionist movement activist.
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R&B legend and “Godmother of Soul” Patti LaBelle graces the stage to perform with the symphony's members. Tickets available on NashvilleSymphony.org
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6. UNITED STR EET TOURS This Civil Rights Walking Tour of Nashville offers a fascinating journey through the rich history of the Civil Rights Movement in the heart of Music City by exploring the city’s pivotal role in the pursuit for equality and inclusion.
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Materials exhibited in The Civil Rights Room of the Library contain various forms of information pertaining to Nashville’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Jazz AM is a monthly program that entertains and educates kids and families in a fun, interactive setting; this program on Feb. 3 is about Miles Davis. For schedules, email info@nashvillejazz.org.
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Reservations For Two Dreamy destinations for couples looking to get away.
Finding a life partner just might be easier than finding someone you can travel with. Pace, patience and priorities all matter when organizing itineraries, straddling time zones and navigating new places. Do you like languid mornings with room service, wide sandy beaches and white-glove service? Or, do you prefer watching the sunrise in hiking boots, launching into eye-opening excursions and digging to find that hidden gem of a restaurant that serves local food to locals? When the stars align, both partners have an affinity for generally the same kind of vacation, or are willing to compromise. Enjoying travel with your mate is the icing on the (wedding) cake. Here are a few ideas for fabulously romantic getaways. Bon Voyage!
Traveling can be as stressful as it is sublime. Exhausting as it is inspiring. Traveling as a couple requires additional planning and communication with a healthy dose of patience. Much like marriage! But, waking up in a faraway place, exploring unknown terrain together, and leaving your routine and all its trappings behind can be therapeutic. You both can take on new roles and release tired habits.
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Write new vows over lunch or take a random nap because you can.
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Share planning and talk about your goals for the trip. Do you want to completely unplug or will one of you need excellent wifi to call into a few meetings?
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If you’re parents, consider setting boundaries for texting and phone calls so you can put the phone away and immerse in one another. Let the kids know you will be checking your phone at a certain time each day (and stick to that). Let the grandparents or caregivers handle the day to day drama.
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Take turns charting a course for the day. On day one, you check museum opening times, get the timed tickets and find a nearby spot for a healthy lunch. On day two, you sit back and let your partner call the Uber and source out the perfect shopping district, walking distance to a park. Enjoy the ride, either way.
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Four Seasons Bora Bora FourSeasons.com/BoraBora
Privacy and so much blue water. Bora Bora, French Polynesia At the Four Seasons Bora Bora, bucket list overwater bungalows line a glassy lagoon, inviting early-morning swims off your own private dock with a bright breakfast table set on your patio overlooking Mount Otemanu. The morning air is like silk, with a lithe breeze promising more of the same. Later, meander down the shady paths of the resort to the Te Mahana Spa. With breathtaking lagoon and Pacific Ocean views from twin infinity pools, the treatment begins with local juices and fruit, a foot massage, and then continues with rebalancing rituals starring indigenous ingredients like skin-smoothing, Tahitian black pearl powder and detoxifying algae sourced from the ocean. A full body scrub, massage, and hour-long soak in a coconut bath will leave you thankful and grounded. You can connect with the underwater world by snorkeling with a resident marine biologist and leave a legacy by grafting coral to repopulate the sun bleached lagoon. Dinners at the Four Seasons Bora Bora offer the ultimate date night experience, and a private moonlit swim is the perfect nightcap.
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The Willows The Pendry
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Park City, Utah Create a perfect romantic getaway at Pendry Park City, a contemporary mountain enclave bringing the mastery of Utah’s awe-inspiring landscape to new heights. The ski-in/ski-out resort is nestled in the center of Canyons Village, with slopeside modernist design, luxury service and thoughtful amenities, ideal for a couple’s escape. Rejuvenate the body with Spa Pendry for a couples massage and enjoy the herbal steam room, relaxation spaces, complimentary refreshments, state-of-the-art fitness center and access to the hotel rooftop pool and whirlpool, with stunning views of the mountains.
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Originally a millionaire’s private luxury hideaway, the Italianate style mansions were built side-by-side. The seclusion, though just blocks from the Palm Springs village, is intoxicating. Rooms include oversized tiled showers, priceless antique pieces and a turndown service to make you feel like the royalty you are. Situated at the base of rugged Mt. San Jacinto with views of the Coachella Valley, The Willows is a perfect base for exploring the Palm Springs mid-century architecture of Hollywood titans or hiking the Andreas or Big Morongo Canyons or nearby Joshua Tree. Open September through May.
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Waynesville, North Carolina Perched at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, The Swag is a property where history, storytelling and a deep respect for nature are a priority. Breakfast is served in front of a roaring fire or overlooking the 250-acre property and Cataloochee Valley. Lunch (ordered the night before) is served in a backpack for hiking, to-go bag for a private picnic or in the lodge’s dining room. Dinner is a social affair, with hors d’oeuvres and a welcome from the inn owners or managers and a toast to those celebrating milestones, followed by a four- or five-course meal from a kitchen teeming with local talent and award-winning chefs.
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1. Arts Create heart ornaments to hang on a Valentine’s Day tree. The ornaments can be used as clue cards for a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt. Participants find their picture on the tree and hunt for a hidden treasure.
2. Sweets A home-based holiday is made complete with a dessert table. Whether made from scratch or store bought, a collection of decorated confections is as beautiful as the treats are delectable to eat.
3. Sentiments Poetry is a most personal way to express your heart. No need to be intimidated by haiku, a short form of Japanese poetry. While there are several variations of the form, a traditional place to begin is with a seasonal word that divides 17 syllables into three lines of five/ seven/five. Simple and sweet.
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