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Travel Nashville: Side-saddle Fashion at Cheekwood and beyond
“It’s all about the gear,” someone said as I shopped for, well … riding clothing at The Royal Winter Fair in Toronto last fall. Granted, I can’t get enough horse embossed hoodies, jackets, coats, bags and boots. There’s something classic about equestrian style and, thanks to the tights-as-pants trend, it’s easy to pull off in […]
Travel Nashville, TN: Belle Meade; Belle Mare
Belle Meade Plantation features a silver inkwell made from real horse hooves. Yes, that was my reaction, too. But these are not any horse hooves. These earned a special place in former owner General Jackson’s Nashville plantation study. Clearly, a horse-hoof inkwell is not an ideal desk accessory. But this one dates back 100 years […]
Travel, Nashville, Tennessee: Wet Wilderness Ride with Lucy the Tennessee Walking Horse
And it’s muddy alright. It’s been storming three days straight in Nashville and the tornado siren has gone off twice today, I’m told. During some strange twist of fate, I’m riding in the window of rain reprieve. It’s stopped for the time being, and there’s only wind infrequently blowing.
