Well it looks like our newest celebrity neighbor is none other than Jessica Simpson.

Jessica really wants to release a country album and she isn't just whistling 'Dixie' this time. She has been in Tennessee writing music with John Rich from country duo Big and Rich and is going to live there for a while." Source

It's a small world after all...

The Drachenburg Folklore Festival is a Renaissance / Fantasy / Folkloric styled event that will be held in Jamison Hall at the Factory (230 Franklin Road) in Franklin, Tennessee.

Details below...

I think this is the same place that Martha Stewart raved about on her TV show a few months ago. Obviously, she was talking about the NYC location, but she sure got my hopes up when I saw they were building one right here in Cool Springs!

For the record, this is the only Tossed restaurant in Tennessee.

Unfortunately, I don't think Jim & I got the full experience or something. Based on our first visit to Tossed in Cool Springs, we'd rate their salads as only so-so. Here's why...

Around here (Franklin & Nashville, TN), there are a fair number of professional certified designers available to us. In case you're interested, the going rate for design services seems to be this:

• Free one-hour consultation


• $50 per hour thereafter


• Free one-hour presentation of the design ideas

Of course, each place is different, that's just what I've been finding most often in the process of designing our kitchen & bathrooms inside our log home.