The other day I had some time before going to counseling and found myself downtown at the library and near the restaurant that serves my favorite thing to eat in all of Nashville. So I decided to take advantage of both and read my books that were on hold at Puckett's. I went a little after the rush hour and the crowd was dwindling.
I like to try and go to restaurants after these hours of busyness because it's then that I get to people watch those who are worth observing. You see the man in the corner reading the paper and sipping his third cup of coffee. I am able to see what section he is interested in and wonder what he does with the information he absorbs. I witness the true camaraderie or tension between staff as they all gather behind the bar to talk since their customers have lessened their demands. I am able to really take in the essence of the restaurant.
Pucketts is one of my favorites to do this in because it is downtown and has some of the best skillet apple pie to people watch over. There is another location in Franklin, but that one isn't right off the corner of the library and the true state of Nashville's citizens. Many of the homeless in Nashville spend their days in these two spots either inside or on the corner. I like this location because it tells me the truth of some people's misfortune and it also gives me a taste of diversity in a way that Franklin tries to avoid most days.
I love going to places that touch my favorite things in life , but also adds a sobering twist to the experience. I enjoy people watching more than most other things in life. People are my experience and so to wonder and sometimes create relationship with passerby's is really fun for me. Call me crazy or call me unique either way it is these ways that I learn. Well, I am just a bamboo shoot growing a mile a minute; catch you on the next mile!!
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