Margaret Littman

2 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Margaret Littman

Meagan Hall is the development and communications director for the Cumberland River Compact. When she learned that the nonprofit’s offices were moving to Germantown’s Neuhoff District, she wasn’t sure what it would mean for her commute. Heading home to Donelson from the Compact’s then-offices in the Trolley Barns near downtown could take as long as 45 minutes. She wasn’t looking forward to commuting all the way to Germantown, thinking it would add even more time stuck in traffic.

4 weeks ago | nfocusmagazine.com | Margaret Littman

When you drive up the mountain road to the entrance of Cloudland at McLemore Resort — at 2,300 feet above sea level, past the golf courses and the private homes — and turn to look at the hotel where you will be tucked away for the duration of your stay, you quickly realize where the resort got its name. Being at Cloudland at McLemore on Lookout Mountain, just over the Tennessee border in Georgia, feels like you are frolicking in the clouds.

4 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Margaret Littman

Things are pretty good for Edgar Victoria. The lauded chef, known for his Mexico City-style street food, opened a brick-and-mortar location of Alebrije in East Nashville in January after several years of pop-ups around town (at the Drift Hotel, Bar Sovereign, NVR NVR, Bastion and Geodis Park, to name a few). The new restaurant, on the second floor of a multi-use building at Gallatin Pike and Eastland Avenue, doesn’t have prominent outdoor signage.

4 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Margaret Littman

If you think there’s nothing new in Western wear, that all cowboy boots look the same, you should look at things through Jaylin Ramer’s eye. “Cowboy boots are a canvas,” explains Ramer, founder of Planet Cowboy. She started her brand in New York in 2013 (having sold other boots before that), and moved it to Nashville in 2020. She now has a store in 12South, plus a warehouse shop (with great deals) on Lindell Avenue.

1 month ago | nashvillepost.com | Margaret Littman

When Mark Michaels bought United Record Pressing in 2007, things looked a lot different for the vinyl record industry than they do now. At the time, CDs and digital downloads were killing record sales. The market for vinyl was anachronistic, limited to the hardcore music fans (a group that definitely includes Michaels), collectors, DJs and rap artists. Even so, URP turned 75 in 2024. Since he took the helm, Michaels has navigated the company through a changing industry.