Sound appetizing to you?

I'm just checking...

We went to the Cheesecake Factory in Green Hills (near Nashville) for the first time a few weeks ago.

It was sooooo good that both Jim and I were craving cheesecake for days! So much so, that we searched the local grocery stores for some decent pre-made cheesecakes.

Our Search For Good Cheesecake... Locally

We ended up getting one from Publix. It was very small, but very rich -- with a chocolate crumb crust (my favorite). It was a good substitute for "the real thing" from the Cheesecake Factory, and it satisfied our craving for cheesecake for about a week.

A couple weeks later, we found a delicious pre-made (not frozen) cheesecake from Costco. It had the chocolate crumb crust and a full-size Oreo cookie for each of the pre-cut slices in this 12-inch round cheesecake. It was $13.99 from Costco, and it lasted well over 2 weeks in our house!

Anyhoo...
We went back to the Cheesecake Factory to get a taste of "the real thing" again tonight. It was a Tuesday at 7PM, and Jim's parents were in town.

This time, there was only a 10-minute wait!

I love, Love LOVE Royal Thai in Cool Springs!

I know there are several in the Nashville area, but I've only been to the one in Cool Springs.

Here's why we are "regulars" there...

We went to Basil's for the first time last night.

For the record, we kind of consider ourselves "experts" on Americanized Thai cuisine these days. We eat out at a Thai restaurant up to 3 times each week! (No joke.)

I'll post a review of the other Thai restaurants soon, but for now, Basil's is the only Thai food I can think about... it was soooooooo tasty!

Looking for somewhere to dine in Franklin, Tennessee?

Following are the best restaurants with the tastiest menus in town -- in our opinion.

(...includes the Cool Springs area.)

We moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2001 from Pensacola, Florida. We rented a big house on the Williamson/Davidson county line that was actually in the town of Brentwood. Lived there for a year until we finished building our new house.

Our new home is located in Franklin, Tennessee.

It was built by Ryan Homes in "record time" (only 72 days!), and we've been really happy with all aspects of our first home together. It's the "Harpeth" plan (... I know when I was looking at new houses, it always helped to know which floor plan I was looking at.)

Photos of our Home Building Process