The doctors said she would never walk, but they never said she wouldn’t run. When Sydney Bolen was diagnosed at birth with Cerebral Palsy, her parents were immediately told to start picking out wheelchairs. Luckily for Sydney, her parents defied doctors’ orders and when she was old enough to walk, signed her up for track, […]

One day, $3,000.             Not bad for a brand that just a few months ago ordered its first shirts.             A distinct buzz of excitement surrounded Bullets and Mullets, the Gulch’s newest urban apparel shop, as the King of Fresh brand made its first in-store appearance.             Jonathan Fields, the 22-year-old CEO and co-founder, recalls […]

In a man’s world, the needlework ought to be left to the women—or so the groundbreaking force behind the all-female owned and operated Red Tattoo Parlor contend. While female tattoo artists make up only 2 percent of those licensed in the U. S., Red Tattoo Parlor, connected at the hip to an old convenient store […]

Staring up at Major Wood, I struggle to find my bearings as Juggs Judy nearly falls in the suicide seats. Daddy Ho’Maker throws chocolate coins to the crowd as Spider-Man dances in his seat. My friend gets hit on by two cougars to his right as the girl to my left spills a beer on […]

Dani looks on with both excitement and frustration. She loves watching her teammates play and photographing them, but she also wants to be back in the thick of it, badly. She’s done being a spectator. Even though Dani won’t make her return debut until next semester, she still participates in the weekly team runs, conditioning […]

On the way to the chapel, I receive a call from Brenda. “We can just sit outside or in the hallway,” she said. “Sorry. I left my keys with Elvis.” I learn it’s an occupational hazard. I pull off Music Row East into the stuccoed building’s three-car lot. As I pull in, Brenda gets out […]

If Bransford Avenue had a statement color, it would be Burberry plaid. Driving down the quiet street, it’s hard to ignore the post-war charm of the houses that dot either side of the road in a string of blacks, grays, whites and browns—and triply as hard to ignore the streak of multicolored plaid amid the […]

Move over, Gibson Guitars—there’s a new retailer in town. Well, almost. Nashville is expecting a hot summer—a haute summer, to be exact. H&M, the high-quality, low-budget Swedish fashion retailer with a fan base as thriving as its appeal to cutting-edge trends, announced in January its plans to open a store in the 25,000 square foot […]