You have 48 hours Nashville, TN
Nashville’s nickname is Music City, but if that’s all you know about the Southern metropolis, hop on a plane and start exploring. A quick hour-and-15-minute flight from Chicago, Nashville is best tackled on wheels: Some spots are walkable from downtown hotels, but Uber and Lyft save time and make getting around a snap. Beeline to Hattie B’s (112 19th Ave South, 615-678-4794) for Nashville’s signature dish: hot, crispy fried chicken doused with cayenne pepper. Then cool your palate with cocktails at Husk’s (37 Rutledge St; 615-256-6565,
husknashville.com) gorgeous fireplace-equipped bar. And for 30-plus years, Arnold’s Country Kitchen (605 Eighth Ave South; 615-256-4455,
arnoldscountrykitchen.com) has served plates of “meat and three.” Arrive early to beat the lunch rush and load your tray with tender roast
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beef, creamy mac and cheese and tangy turnip greens.
Once you’re sated, head to Pinewood Social (33 Peabody St; 615-751-8111, pinewoodsocial .com), a sprawling complex with a pool, bowling alley and bocce court (plus a coffee bar, restaurant and bar). Explore “Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art” at the Frist
Center for the Visual Arts (919 Broadway; 615-244-3340,
fristcenter.org). Or check out Hatch Show Print (224 Fifth Ave South; 615-256-2805,
hatchshowprint.com), the more than century-old letterpress print shop, and take home a
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Don’t leave Nashville without soaking up some of the local music scene, which is fun even if you’re not a big country music fan. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s (222 Fifth Ave South; 615-416-2001,
countrymusichalloffame.org) just- opened winter show is “Keith Urban So Far…” Catch a show or take a tour of the 19th-century Ryman Auditorium (116 Fifth Ave North; 615-889-3060, ryman .com). Third Man Records (623 Seventh Ave South; 615-891-4393,
thirdmanrecords.com), Jack White’s recording studio and record shop, offers the ultimate Nashville
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souvenir: a six-inch record with two minutes of your own audio recorded in Third Man’s sound booth. —Amy Cavanaugh
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winding, steep roads with a serious lack of guardrails. Allow for more time so you can drive slowly, and stop to ogle waterfalls and refuel at food trucks. Just 20 minutes north of
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Everything is better in Maui. The water, the mountains, even the trees (mammoth banyans and bendy palms) seem more striking. Take, for example, the town of Lahaina’s famous banyan: Imported from India in 1873 when it was 8 feet tall, it now swallows an entire city block and rises 60-plus feet above the harbor. No wonder everyone wants a photo. Lahaina itself is the perfect day trip from the island’s more insular luxury resorts. You’ll find bars, shops and galleries, and a stroll down Front Street will take you to
many stops on the Lahaina Historic Trail. Lahaina was a whaling village in the mid-1800s, and you may still see a humpback on a local whale-watching tour. If you miss spotting one, drown your disappointment in champagne (yes, most tours include it). Before you hit other parts of the island, have a laid-back lunch at Maui Brewing Co. (4405 Honoapiilani Hwy; 808-669-3474,
mauibrewingco.com) and snag a six-pack of Big Swell IPA or Coconut Porter on your way out. Ten minutes from Lahaina are
Ka’anapali and Kapalua, two of the island’s resort areas, with all the upscale lodging you would expect, from the Ritz to the Westin. Rent a car and drive east to the isolated town of Hana, and be sure to stop at the Honolua Store (502 Office Rd; 808-665- 9105,
honoluastore.com) for picnic supplies or a warm meal, maybe one with local favorite Spam. The drive from Lahaina to Hana takes roughly three hours along
Kahului Airport, you’ll reach Ho’okipa Beach, a haven for windsurfers. Travel east and you’ll eventually come upon Haleakala National Park (
nps.gov/hale), home to Maui’s highest peak, Haleakala Volcano, 10,023 feet above sea level. The recently renovated visitor center was set to reopen in December.
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At the park’s edge, you’ll find a lush path to the pools of ’Ohe’o. Step carefully across wet rocks and climb into one of the tiered pools (they look like giant stairs) for a dip. Ten miles farther and you’ve reached Hana at last. It’s the end of the road, population 1,200—an unspoiled oasis with a black-sand beach, verdant green hills and a local community virtually untouched by the development found elsewhere in Hawaii. This is bliss. —Laura Rote
December 2015–February 2016
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