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Lynnette Walczak

We moved from Florida to Tennessee in 2001. All signs point to the fact that we will probably retire here -- by choice. We L O V E Nashville! Our favorite places to live are just south of the City -- we've had houses in Brentwood, Franklin, and Spring Hill. And we have properties in Leipers Fork, Cookeville, and Lewisburg. This site is where I share my best tips for moving your family to Nashville and/or visiting Nashville for the first time -- with the ultimate goal of helping you find fun things to do in Williamson County and Davidson County. When I'm not out & about enjoying the Nashville area, you'll find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites). To date, I’ve written over 500 articles on this site! Many of them have upwards of 100K shares.

Franklin Tennessee is a city filled with parks! There are city parks. And there are county parks. When you add them all up, there are PLENTY of places to enjoy the great outdoors in one of the many parks located in Franklin, TN. In all, there are nearly 30 parks within the confines of the city.

A sprayground or spray park is a water playground consisting of a multiple groups of spray features or water fountain surrounded by a kid-friendly playing surface. Some are interactive -- sprays can be activated by users touching a button which begins a computerized water sequence. Here are Nashville's spray parks...

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Here are the top 10 cities with speed traps in the United States. Nashville Tennessee ranks 5th on the list. See why here...

I really like this album. I especially enjoy listening to it when I'm on long drives... like with the top down on the Jeep! Here's my review, favorite songs from the CD, and some little-known facts about Johnny Reid and his newest album, 'Kicking Stones'.

Penn Station East Coast Subs is in the Bellevue area. While it's not all that close to Franklin, we've always felt it was worth the drive just to enjoy their Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches. That is, until we discovered Fat Mo's right here in Franklin and we discovered that their Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches are pretty good, too! Here's our review of both places.

Hi-Way 50 Drive-In is a single screen drive-in movie theater that shows double-features in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Here's our review of the Hiway 50 Drive-in.

Keep Tennessee Beautiful group and Tennessee Department of Transportation recently launched StopLitter -- a new Tennessee Litter Prevention Campaign to provide education and awareness to Tennesseans. Here's what you can do to report people who litter in Tennessee.

Have you seen the new 'Nashville is the new L.A.' t-shirts yet??? We've started seeing more and more of these fun shirts around Nashville. Now, Jim and I are each getting one!

There's a new park in town! Franklin, Tennessee gets a new park, managed by Williamson County Parks & Rec and built adjacent to the Natchez Trace Parkway, near Highway 96. Here are first photos of the build process.