Exploring the Boro...

On Tuesday Peter and I went to Murfreesboro to celebrate our fourth anniversary. The actual day isn't until Thursday the 8th, but Tuesday worked better for us. I took him to Middle Tennessee Medical Center first so he could see the hospital where I will be working. The current facility is so cute. It's in a beautiful neighborhood, similar to North Hill in Pensacola. It was built in 1927 as a 37 bed not-for-profit hospital and underwent 5 renovations and additions over the next 60 years to become the 220 bed hospital that it currently is.



After driving around the hospital and surrounding neighborhood we drove to Murfreesboro's downtown area. There are lots of little cafes and shops. We stopped into one little place called the Blue Rooster for a cocktail. Maker's Manhattan. Mmm....

For dinner we planned to go to a burger joint in another part of town. On our way there we passed the new location of MTMC. We couldn't get too close because of the construction barriers but it looks awesome! It's going to be a high tech 286 bed facility. I am so excited about being part of this transition.

After we looked around as much as we were able we headed to dinner. Directly across the street from the new hospital location we spotted a Pei Wei! Pei Wei is an Asian bistro operated by P.F. Chang's. It's YUMMY!!! As soon as we saw the sign we forgot about our burger joint plans! Peter had never been to one before but I went with Luke in Orlando and raved about it for weeks afterwards. We had Lettuce wraps and Orange Peel Chicken and Spicy Thai Dynamite. YUM. The whole area was a very cool outdoor mall. We got to do some shopping!!! We went to Marshall's (where I got a pretty amazing winter coat) and Ann Taylor (where I bought some long sleeve tee shirts) and walked all over. There was a Ross, Belk, Victoria's Secret and a Maggie Moo's. There's also a Jason's Deli which PW was thrilled about! It's been way too long since I've been out shopping. We had a blast and I LOVE Murfreesboro. It's a great city and I think I'm really going to enjoy working there.