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Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth With 6 Kid-Friendly Spots
A saving grace for my kids and I during this summer has been going to get a sweet treat on a whim, just because we all need a little pick me up these days. Not only does it give us a change of scenery, everyone is more than willing to hop in the car and…
World-Class Luxury Farm Resort Southall Awaits Franklin Visitors This Winter
Something’s growing just a few miles from downtown Franklin. Many years in the making, a vision is coming to life, where a collection of world-class talent has been carefully sculpting 325 acres on Carter’s Creek Pike into Southall Farm & Inn, a luxury farm-based resort honoring the land and the generations of people who have depended…
The Best Rentals To Book In Franklin This Fall
A weekend away from home is good for the soul, and fall is the best time of year to make it happen. When the air starts to cool and the leaves start to turn, Franklin turns into a wonderland of color to be explored. Along with your autumn adventures around our idyllic small town, plan…
Kimbro’s Pickin’ Parlor: The Best House Party in Franklin, Tennessee
For more than a century, downtown Franklin’s southern fringe was a working-class neighborhood. Beyond the grand homes were the shotgun houses, and just past them were the railroad depot, coal yard, and ice house. This is Will Jordan’s stomping grounds. The son of legendary preservationists Rudy and Peter Jordan—largely responsible for the preserved Main Street…
11 ways to enjoy the great outdoors in #FranklinTN!
Winter, it’s been real. I can’t say it’s been fun. If you’re like me, come April I’m itching to get out of the house and feel the sun on my face. It might have a little something to do with the fact that being trapped inside with two little ones for a few months ain’t…
5 Spots To See The Best Holiday Lights in Franklin, Tennessee
Christmas in Franklin is simply magical. Lights twinkle in storefronts, oversized ornaments hang in trees, and the usual warmth that resounds from Franklin locals is amplified with a nod of holiday cheer. The streets hum with the chatter of friends and families—there are no strangers in our town. For my family, every December, we pick…
20 Reasons to Love Fall in Franklin
The quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald that says, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall,” certainly rings true amidst the streets of downtown Franklin. Every year as the hot, muggy days of summer begin to fade into cooler, shorter days, the new energy of Autumn is palpable. We are fortunate…
12 Surprising Facts About Franklin, Tennessee That Will Amaze You
[Featured Image: Franklin’s Main Street, ca. 1925. Photo courtesy of Rick Warwick and the Historical Society of Williamson County.] The turn of the calendar to 2024 is a milestone for Franklin and Williamson County: both are celebrating 225th birthdays this year. A lot has changed since 1799, when among the first new laws passed was…
Chef Tyler Brown is making Southall as tasty as it is sustainable & luxurious
Standing over a 19th-century millstone and in the shadows of a 21st-century hydroponic greenhouse, Chef Tyler Brown can’t believe the moment is this close. Seven years ago, Brown stepped away from the helm of one of Nashville’s premier kitchens. As executive chef at the Hermitage Hotel’s Capitol Grille for nearly a decade, he’d been a…
10 Amazing Things to Do in Charming Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee
Small-town America may seem like a dream of years past. There’s no way that you could stumble across an idyllic, charming town with a slower pace of life, always-friendly locals, peaceful evenings around a firepit, and impromptu musical numbers by world-class musicians…right? I tell nay-sayers to take a little trip over to Leiper’s Fork. I first…