One thing after another...

My excitement last week started Wednesday when Lesa wanted to head up to Nashville to see Jen Foster play at a new venue there. Early in the day it sounded like a good idea, but as the day wore on, it wasn't nearly as appealing. Several things not in our favor:

Jen was an opening act and would only be playing 3 or 4 songs.
Nashville is a 90 minute drive one-way.
$18 each is the admission price.
The thing started at 7:30 and we weren't going to be able to leave from home till right at 6.

I tried to put off going until Jen had a full show, but Lesa talked me into going anyway. "We can be there in an hour" she says. Um... Nashville is about 100 miles away. Unless you're planning on driving 100...

We get there at 7:45. Luckily (or so we thought at the time), we found a parking space in a lot near the venue with only one of 2 spaces that were open. We found out from the ticket people at the door that Jen was gonna be on in about 5 minutes. We made it JUST in the nick of time.

Jen did well. It was the first time I heard her live and I really enjoyed it. It was time for dinner though and I thought it would be nice to eat there in town before we headed back. As we approached the lot where we parked, I realized there were NO cars in that parking lot. Where there were 12-15 before, there were NONE. Lesa thought I was looking at the wrong parking lot. No, I remember exactly where we parked and her car was gone. On a chain link fence there was a small sign attached indicating cars parked there would be towed 24 hours 7 days a week. This sign wasn't visible earlier probably because there was a car in front of it blocking it. There was a number on there to City Towing. I called and confirmed that they had Lesa's car. Oh, they would bring the car BACK to us for $65... ON TOP of the $80 towing fee. Forget, we'll get a cab which we promptly did.

Anyway, we got the car back and decided to just come on home. It was late already and neither one of us had an appetite. I really think that parking lot deal was a scam. I wouldn't be suprised if that towing company bought that small lot in that area SPECIFICALLY to generate income from unsuspecting guests and then parking a "planted" vehicle in front of the towing sign. With that tactic, they can make money over and over on a busy night as the lot fills up and they empty it. Thieves I tell you.