LIFT LINES Nashville Ski Club February 2013 Membership Meeting, Cocktail Social and Social Planning Mtg February 5 th - 5:30 The February membership meeting is at the Rafferty’s in 100 Oaks. Meet at 5:30 for drinks and stay for the meeting at 6:30. Our Telluride and Keystone trip participants will have returned but the Big Sky folks will be on their trip so be sure to come talk about your favorite moments this season! Rafferty’s 100 Oaks 4041 Armory Oaks Dr Host: Joe Moreau — [email protected]Nashville TN 37204 Inside This Issue Membership/Social Comm Meeting 1 New Year’s Eve Party 1 Happy Hour at The Bound’ry 1 Movie Night with Wendy Blue 1 Frist Center Exhibit 2 Dinner at Sopapilla’s 2 Paintball 2 Crescent Race Sponsors 3 March Membership Meeting 4 Wildflower Hike 4 Dinner at McNamara’s 4 Happy Hour at Cabana 4 Après Ski Party 5 Save The Date 5 Telluride Trip Report 5-6 Club Information and Contacts 7 Friday February 8 th — Happy Hour at The Bound’ry — 5:30 pm Meet us at the Bound’ry for this month’s Happy Hour. The bar is a premier spot for gathering with old friends or making new ones. The extensive beer selection includes foreign, domestic and micro- brewed beers, fine wines and a variety of drinks. If you’d like to stay for dinner, let the hostess know. It is famous for its unique blend of cuisines from all over the world. The menu changes frequently, but standby favorites include rack of lamb, house made pizzas, and of course their globally inspired small plates. Location: 911 20th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212 615.321.3043 Music Row Neighborhood Hosts: Marika Avery and Mack McCoy……615.210.2333 or [email protected]Friday February 15 th — Movie Night with Wendy Blue Please join Wendy for Movie Night at The Belcourt Theatre. We will see the foreign language film “Amour”. It has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture: Foreign Language Film, Best Director: Michael Haneke and Best Actress in a Leading Role: Emmanuelle Riva. If people are up for it, we can grab a drink at Bosco’s after the movie. Looking forward to getting together. Show times TBA Host: Wendy Blue: 615.497.8167 or [email protected]
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LIFT LINES Nashville Ski Club
February 2013
Membership Meeting, Cocktail Social and Social Planning Mtg February 5
th - 5:30
The February membership meeting is at the Rafferty’s in 100 Oaks. Meet at 5:30 for drinks and stay for the meeting at 6:30. Our Telluride and Keystone trip participants will have returned but the Big Sky folks will be on their trip so be sure to come talk about your favorite moments this season!
Rafferty’s 100 Oaks 4041 Armory Oaks Dr Host: Joe Moreau — [email protected] Nashville TN 37204
Inside This Issue
Membership/Social Comm Meeting 1 New Year’s Eve Party 1 Happy Hour at The Bound’ry 1 Movie Night with Wendy Blue 1 Frist Center Exhibit 2 Dinner at Sopapilla’s 2 Paintball 2 Crescent Race Sponsors 3 March Membership Meeting 4 Wildflower Hike 4 Dinner at McNamara’s 4 Happy Hour at Cabana 4 Après Ski Party 5 Save The Date 5 Telluride Trip Report 5-6 Club Information and Contacts 7
Friday February 8th
— Happy Hour at The Bound’ry — 5:30 pm
Meet us at the Bound’ry for this month’s Happy Hour. The bar is a premier spot for gathering with old friends or making new ones. The extensive beer selection includes foreign, domestic and micro-brewed beers, fine wines and a variety of drinks. If you’d like to stay for dinner, let the hostess know. It is famous for its unique blend of cuisines from all over the world. The menu changes frequently, but standby favorites include rack of lamb, house made pizzas, and of course their globally inspired small plates. Location: 911 20th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212 615.321.3043 Music Row Neighborhood Hosts: Marika Avery and Mack McCoy……615.210.2333 or [email protected]
Friday February 15th
— Movie Night with Wendy Blue
Please join Wendy for Movie Night at The Belcourt Theatre. We will see the foreign language film “Amour”. It has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture: Foreign Language Film, Best Director: Michael Haneke and Best Actress in a Leading Role: Emmanuelle Riva. If people are up for it, we can grab a drink at Bosco’s after the movie. Looking forward to getting together. Show times TBA Host: Wendy Blue: 615.497.8167 or [email protected]
Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age We will meet for lunch at the Frist restaurant at 12:00 noon. They have a wonderful selection of sal-ads, sandwiches and wonderful homemade potato chips. Afterwards we all will view the exhibit at our leisure. Highlights from the Detroit Institute of Arts’ superb collection of Dutch art—considered one of the finest and deepest collections outside the Netherlands—Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age pre-sents more than 70 paintings by great Dutch masters including Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Jakob van Ruisdael, Pieter de Hooch and Jan Steen, as well as a small selection of related decorative art ob-jects. The exhibition will illuminate the larger social, religious and political environment of the Dutch Golden Age. Hosts: Mack McCoy and Marika Avery For questions please email [email protected] or call 615.210.2333
Friday February 22nd
— Dinner at Sopapilla’s — 6:30 pm
Owned by Steve Dale, a career bass player, who toured with Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and others, opened his restaurant near Mallory Station Rd. & Franklin Rd. to bring the authentic taste of New Mexico to Nashville. Sopapillas - little pillows of puffed pastry, they resemble beignets and are complimentary. Try them with honey....yummy. And so are the Margaritas. There are several to choose from and the bartender takes special pride in fixing them. Join us at 6:30 pm for dinner. Come earlier for a drink in the bar. Space is limited to 16 people. Please RSVP to Marika Avery [email protected] or call 615.210.2333 to reserve your spot at the table. Address: 1109 Davenport Blvd, Suite 600, near the Mallory Station & Franklin Rd. inter-section south of Brentwood. 615.794.9989
Saturday March 9th
— Paintball — 2 pm
Come experience the adrenal rush playing this exhilarating sport at Xtreme Paintball in the beautiful countryside of Lebanon, TN. Paintball is a game in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside (referred to as paintballs) propelled from a device called a paintball marker(commonly re-ferred to as a paintball gun). Paintballs are composed of a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble polymer. Xtreme Paintball is located 30 minutes East of Nashville 205 McCown Dr. Lebanon, TN 37087. 615.617.0201 Suitable for beginners you will be equipped with a Pro Rental Pack-age. Arrive by 1:45 so we can begin to get our equipment as a group. • $20 per person (First 10 people to RSVP can play for $10 per person!) • Includes - Gun, hopper, mask, and tank rental with unlimited air fills and 140 paintballs for each person • There are Barriers, obstacles, and concealed vantage points RSVP required by February 24th to Linda Baskin. Include phone number for contact in case of a rain out. [email protected] 615.714.6206
MONTH The following businesses have donated merchandise and/or certificates to the
Crescent Ski Council. Their merchandise and certificates will be used as prizes
to the top three finishers in each flight of the CSC Race Series. Please support
these establishments and product lines at every possible opportunity.
Banner Elk, NC
(828) 898.TxLa(8952)
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Our website has the latest copies of our membership form and trip waiver form.
http://nashvilleskiclub.org/forms.htm
Tuesday March 5th
— Monthly Membership Meeting
The March membership meeting will be held on March 5th at McNamara’s Irish Pub & Restaurant at 5:30 for drinks followed by a short meeting at 6:30. We’ll be talking about all the great ski trips this season, speculating on next season and discussing upcoming events including the Après Ski Party. Join us!
Saturday March 16th
— Wildflower Hike at Beaman Park — 8:30 am
Beaman Park is about 15 miles, (30 minute drive) from downtown Nashville. We will meet in the Nature Center parking lot at 8:30 am. The Highland Trail is a moderate 6.6 turn-around hike. It is a great ridge-running trail, not too steep but deep in the woods. After the hike we can opt to drive to Farmer’s Market for lunch of our choice. You will need to bring hiking boots, water and snacks for the hike, and maybe a change of shoes for lunch. Nature Center Beaman Park 5911 Old Hickory Boulevard Nashville, TN 37218 • Take Briley Parkway to Exit 24, Ashland City Highway/State Route 12. • Go south Hwy 12, away from Ashland City. • Turn left at the flashing caution sign onto Eatons Creek Road. • Go four miles, then follow the directions below to either the nature center on Old Hickory Boule-vard PLEASE RSVP TO Stephanie Fields at [email protected] or 615.243.6555
Friday March 22nd
— Dinner at McNamara’s Pub — 6 pm
Join fellow ski clubbers for a night of dining and music at McNamara's Irish Restaurant, 2740 Old Lebanon Rd, Nashville, 37214. McNamara's is an authentic traditional Irish pub and restaurant, serving classic Irish food and traditional pub fare in a warm and
inviting atmosphere. They have over 25 Irish whiskeys and many beers on tap! Enjoy music by Nosey Flynn, a preeminent Nashville-based Irish music group. We will meet for drinks and din-ner at 6, music begins at 7. We are able to seat 25 people for this event. Please RSVP to Sara Tamas as seating is limited in the main dining room we will be unable to seat walk-ins. ([email protected])
Friday April 5th
— Happy Hour at Cabana — 5 pm
Come join the Nashville Ski Club for Happy Hour at Cabana Restaurant, located in the heart of Hills-boro Village. Cabana specializes in casual Southern Comfort Cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere with a delectable selection of spirits too. Please RSVP if you are interested in staying later for dinner, as reservations need to be made. Hosted by Monica Davis – 615.708.1337 1910 Belcourt Ave
Save the Date ~ This year the 2013 Après Ski Club party will be held at the beautiful University Club of Nashville on Saturday, April 20th and we hope you will make plans to join everyone there! We have reserved the Cumberland Room
from 7-11 PM and will finalize the menu soon. Of course the food will be fantastic and we'll have dancing for those who want to dance the night away. Mark your cal-endars now ~ you will not want to miss this popular ski club occasion. Host: Sandy Hill - [email protected] Price: $50 per person for NSC members; $60 for non-members — your check holds your spot! Send payment to Sandy Hill, 619 Splitrail Dr, Brentwood, TN 37027
Are you on the Social Email List? Join the fun! If you are not on the Nashville Ski Club’s weekly social email list and would like to be, please send your name and email address to [email protected]
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Save The Dates!
We’ve got several upcoming events that still need some details ironed out but save the date and watch your inbox for the weekly social email with updates:
Friday March 29 — Happy Hour at Sperry’s in Belle Meade with Gary Woolfolk
Saturday April 6 — Hike at Bledsoe Creek with Linda Baskin
Friday April 19 — Beer Tasting at Cool Springs Brewery with Tom & DeeDee Bailey
Friday-Saturday April 26-28 — Virginia Creeper, Abingdon, VA with Mack McCoy & Marika Avery
Saturday May 4 — Half-day Bike Ride and lunch (Leiper’s Fork)
Friday May 24 — Happy Hour with Patty Meeks (location TBD)
Telluride Trip Report
By Nancy Guethlein Twenty-nine NSC members just returned from a fantastic week in Telluride, CO. It was cold. Did I say it was cold? It was very cold, which is very unusual for Telluride at this time of year, but we sur-vived!!!!! We did have fresh snow while we were there and that made great skiing. We stayed at the world famous Peaks Ski & Spa Resort, where we were treated as royalty. The ski-in/ski-out and great-looking ski boys that helped remove our skis (and sometimes helped with our boots) spoiled us for all trips in the future. We would like to welcome new members to the NSC: Bess & Tom Gormley, Brenda Vincent, Alan Cornwell, and Janice Mosely. We would also like to recognize Kelly Reedy & Beth Stubbs for mak-ing Telluride their 2nd ski trip with the NSC. Also, welcome back to Fred Carnes, who returned to skiing after knee surgery following an injury on the Breckenridge Trip three years ago! There was a bit of excitement on our last skiing day---pipes burst in The Peaks (remember, it was cold) and the hotel had to be evacuated for several hours that afternoon. The Peaks sent us to a near-by restaurant and bought ALL of our drinks and food while we were displaced……not a bad deal!!!! Thanks so much to Sara & Bill Bass, Ken Icenhour, Bob Fortner, Lea Brosky and Kelly Reedy who had to change rooms due to the flooding. All other rooms were not affected. (cont. on next page)
During our Telluride trip we celebrated Bonnie Hancock’s and Bill Bass’ birthdays! Happy Birthday you two and thanks for celebrating your birthday with the NSC Telluride participants. A great time was had by all and we will be planning another fantastic trip for next year….hope you will join us!!!!! Nancy & Judy Just a few of the sights of Telluride:
The Nashville Ski Club, Inc. (NSC) is a non-profit membership organization promoting snow skiing and snowboarding in the Middle Tennessee area. All trips and events are run by volunteers. Membership is on an annual basis from August 1 to July 31. The cost for new members is $35 single, and $55 family memberships and is non-refundable. The NSC is a member of the Crescent Ski Council (CSC), an association of ski clubs located in the southeastern United States. All CSC privileges are extended to NSC members. LIFT LINES is the official newsletter of the Nashville Ski Club, Inc., and is published monthly. Nashville Ski Club, Inc., P.O. Box 22607, Nashville, Tennessee, 37202-2607
