Shopping & BusinessTravel

I've been looking for the best Brentwood hotel for our out-of-town visitors. So far I've checked the business and suite hotels in Maryland Farms, the lovely but out-of-the-way Hilton Suites on Church St., and the easy-to-find Holiday Inn on Old Hickory...

I found it interesting that HGTV's Design Star contestants traveled all the way from their Sara Evans project at the Opryland Hotel to Cool Springs, Brentwood and Nolensville for shopping! Here are some of the Brentwood, TN area stores I spotted on the Sara Evans episode.

I was looking for a good dermatologist in Brentwood, Tennessee. I found Dr. John Binhlan at the Advanced Skin Center in Maryland Farms. Here's what my patient experience was like.

Here's advice for shopping the 3 fresh farmers' markets near Brentwood TN. I have links and tips for the Franklin Farmer's Market at the Factory, the Nashville Farmer's Market in downtown Nashville, and a new upstart market on Wednesday nights in East Nashville.

Talk about Nashville homes of the stars! This summer, Nashville is home to the Design Star TV show by HGTV. Here are links to local gossip and blog coverage of Season 3, Design Star. Where exactly is the Design Star house? We're guessing Percy Priest or Old Hickory Lake.

Do you have household items or junk that needs to be hauled away? Here is a list of services that will pick up your junk, along with nearby places to donate your stuff, like Brentwood Tennessee's Goodwill drop off.

If you live near Brentwood, TN and you need to buy maternity clothes, here is a guide to the best places to find maternity clothes in Brentwood and Nashville, Tennessee from designer maternity boutiques in Green Hills to the entire Cool Springs maternity spectrum. There are also links to Nashville consignment sales and stores which buy and sell your maternity clothes.

Pimento cheese is a Southern delicacy -- and it's easy to find good pimiento cheese spreads in Brentwood. Have it on your lunch plate at Puffy Muffin, buy some by the pound at Fresh Market, or pick up a container of Nashville-made Mrs. Grissom's at Harris-Teeter. You can also make homemade pimento cheese in your Brentwood kitchen. Here's how.

Need to sell coins or precious metals like gold and silver? Here's my research on selling coins to a dealer, along with two reputable coin shops in Nashville and Brentwood, the Coin Purse and Nashville Coin and Currency.

Happy Tales Humane Shelter in Franklin has just opened a pet supply store in Brentwood called Happy ReTales. Happy ReTales gives all its profit to the shelter and offers supplies, self dog wash, natural and holistic pet foods, and grooming

When my Gateway laptop broke, I took it to the Best Buy Geek Squad in Cool Springs. Here's my personal review of the Geek Squad's repair service.

I bought some beautiful blueberries on sale at the Fresh Market in Brentwood Tennessee. Here's my best recipe for blueberry muffins, along with a recipe NOT to use. The Puffy Muffin in Brentwood bakes the best blueberry muffins you can buy, but the recipe that's listed in the Puffy Muffin cookbook is not the same recipe that the store uses. I tested it. If you don't want to buy your blueberries at Fresh Market, I'll tell you where I'm going to pick blueberries in Williamson Co. this year. The Golden Bell Farm is a pick-your-own blueberry place near Brentwood, on Clovercroft Rd. between Cool Springs and Hwy. 96.