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The end of summer/beginning of fall is just an incredible time of year in Nashville. I was driving to lunch yesterday with a friend from work and we had the windows of my car down and the world just looked different. Everything was clearer, brighter, yet not so bright that you couldn’t take it all in. So enjoyable. So gorgeous.

This is also the time of year when the calendar can start to go on overload with all of the cool things available to do around town. Things like…

• The 2007 Boro Blues Fest kicks off tonight at 5:00 at Patterson Park in Murfreesboro. It will run through tomorrow night.
• The Music City Triathlon starts at 7:30 am this Sunday - Race is SOLD OUT but you can come hang out and watch the in-shape people swim, bike and run. And hey, if you have some used running shoes you’re not using anymore, bring them out to the race because Tri for Africa will be on hand accepting donations.
• Wine on the River goes down on the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge tomorrow from 3:00 until 7:00.
• The Maple Lane Farms corn maze opens up tomorrow and will remain open until October 31 - Call 865.856.3517 for details.
• The city of La Vergne is holding it’s annual Old Timers’ Day tomorrow at Veterans Memorial Park - Festivities will include a parade, bluegrass music and fireworks!

Geez, I’ve noticed lately that most of the posts here at NiMH involve music.  Look, I’m a music freak, so that’s going to bleed over from time to time, but I fully realize that there’s a lot more to Nashville than music.

I’ve got posts in the works on topics like…

• The relatively new HD setup over at News Channel 5 (complete with behind the scenes video)
• Tri For Africa: a really cool non-profit recently founded by a native Nashvillian

And then there are some ideas for posts that really haven’t taken shape yet.  Ideas like…

• Profiling Stalking The Muse
• A video tour of Grimey’s, Nashville’s legendary record shop
• Profiling a local company each week (Griffin, Standard Candy, Hatch Show Print, Yazoo Brewing, etc.)

Here’s the deal: I really want NiMH to develop a deep sense of community.  I want to hear what you would like to read about on these pages.  Talk to me.  Please.  I’m begging you.  Okay, maybe not begging, because begging is totally not cool, but I’m at least asking nicely.

Fire away in the comments section with ideas for future NiMH posts, and the best idea (as subjectively judged my me) will win a really cool prize.