Be My Valentine Tennessee Style
Cupid is Alive and Well in Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis
Love and romance abound from Chattanooga cruises and mountain getaways to hand holding music in both Nashville and Memphis.
Looking for February romance in Tennessee? Here are some suggestions to share with your Valentine.
The Sky Harbor Bavarian Inn rests on the side of Chattanooga's famed Lookout Mountain, and offers stunning sweeping vistas of the mountains, the Tennessee River flowing underneath it and the nearby city. Every room features a balcony and rocking chairs, and is guaranteed a view of some kind.
Privately owned and operated its diminutive size is large on service and intimate in scale. Perfect for a romantic getaway.
Its Valentine's package, with stays over the 14th and 15th of February, includes a bottle of champagne and a box of chocolates.
Should jewelry be a favorite holiday gift - you will be glad to know the renowned Ruby Falls Caverns is a short walk away.
For some, romance means cruises. On the Southern Belle Riverboat love will be afloat on Thursday the 14th. Straight out from Pier 2 in Chattanooga the cruise, along the Tennessee River, will feature a gourmet meal, plenty of slow dance music and hopefully a star filled sky overhead to dance under. If not - there's plenty of room inside on the dance floor.
Since Nashville's nickname is Music City USA is it any wonder Cupid is accompanied by fantastic tunes?
Hold hands with your sweetie, on either the 14th or 15th, as Orchestra Nashville presents An Evening of Great Love Songs with favorites Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters & Raul Malo. The ladies will feature their crowd-pleasing show "Wine, Women and Song" during the first half, followed by Malo. A tenor crooner of extraordinary range, he promises to command the stage and turn up the heat.
Remember the '80s tune "Popsicle Toes", and its singer Michael Franks? Now a celebrated jazz artist, and songwriter, Franks brings a night of romance to patrons of the Nashville Symphony when he sings at the Laura Turner Concert Hall. Tickets are available for Thursday and Friday night performances.
Music and love songs are the theme in Memphis too.
On Saturday, February 16, the Memphis Symphony's Valentine's offering is an Evening of Mancini and Moonlight. Gerald Streichen will conduct Leah Hocking and Nat Handler through some of composer Henry Mancini's and lyricist Johnny Mercer's most romantic movie music ever to grace the silver screen. Two of their best known collaborations were the Oscar winning songs "Moon River”, from the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn, and 1962's "Days of Wine and Roses" featured in a film of the same name.
Love abounds in the Volunteer State.
