Hello Doc and CJ and Songwriter's Cafe! Some inquiring minds wanted to know about the bike cop on our trip to Nashville? Well since you asked...
The bicycle cop was really a funny/ironic thing. We were laughing about how hard it must be for a motorcycle cop to pull people over, and that lead to a similar conversation about bike cops. Downtown Nashville was FULL of them, and we just thought it would be really funny to have one pull you over for speeding.
Anyway, our last evening there, we went out to dinner at The Boundry (Really spectacular food if you've never been there) Off of 20th Street I think..., and we were on our way back to the hotel after dinner, and there is a funny little intersection where it appeared that you could follow a little exit to U-turn onto the street that we needed to be on, so I curved right & immediately, a little Asian guy coming my way started to scream at me, and in my left EAR i heard someone say "Please Pull over to the side of the road!"
I thought for a second that it was God himself, and I still didn't see ANYONE, but I pulled over....and sure enough, it was the bicycle cop!
He asked me if I knew that I was merging the WRONG WAY onto a One Way
street. I told him I was just confused, and he asked me to pull into a parking lot. He kinda swaggered up to my side of the car (probably swaggering from being on a bike seat for God knows how long, wearing tight little shorts to boot!) and the first thing he said is "Mam, Have you had anything to drink tonight", and I pointed out my big belly & told said "Sir, I sure wish I could have been, I'm just on visiting, and honestly got confused."
He mentioned that he pulls "out-of-towners" over there all the time, and then asked me if I had seen the Wrong Way sign. I told him, with the sweetest "I'm pregnant & very very sorry" smile, that I hadn't, and perhaps if the sign were clearly visible, it would serve it's purpose and he wouldn't be pulling people over as often."
He let me go after just a sec with only a verbal warning. I guess being pregnant does have its perks. :)
So, that's the story. Really, it was good timing because I couldn't drink. I think the city makes good money off of that corner. Sorry to keep you in suspense. :)
You know, it just occured to me that you might be interested that the Players Pub here in Bloomington is doing a Monday Night Songwriters Showcase every Monday from 8-10... last night it lasted until 11, and Tirk Wilder (who wrote the t.v. theme song for Walker Texas Ranger), and the NSAI bedford & indianapolis chapter writers, were featured.
In all honesty, last night was unusual, and included 2 different rounds of 4 writers. Usually, we only feature 4 people for the entire show. They all play in-the-round style & are always looking for new songwriters who would want to be featured. It would be really nice to get the word out. You have created a great tool to reach writers, and I can't beleive that I didn't really think about it as being a good story before. What do you think?
:)
talk to you later folks. I'm gonna cook some chicken and put my feet
up....then probably eat some ice cream & fall asleep on the couch!
bobbie
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I think that hearing from Bobbie Lancaster leaves me feeling happy! And I agree 100 per cent that the Bloomington Songwriter's Night is great news!
Some of the high points of my life were trips to Nashville to get to hang out with CJ and other songwriters. I love to hear the person who wrote a song sing it.
Thank you so much Bobbie Lancaster! Be advised that we'll want to hear more of your musical adventures. And we'd love it if other songwriters have stories to share! Especially if they involve The Songwriter's Cafe or Songwriter's Nights like Bobbie mentions in Bloomington IN!
Doc Possom