There are signs all throughout the area announcing your entrance and exit of Brentwood. We have found this to be rather comical because we always feel as if there is an "air" about the way they do it.

This week I've had two prominent "events" occur that remind me that I am in Brentwood, TN.

1. We're going out of town this weekend and I need to board our precious little four legged children. In Chattanooga, we were paying about $12 per dog/per night - TOTAL. After spending two days looking up about 20 different kennels, I gave up because I found that the average price for boarding here in good ol' Brentwood is about $28.75 PER DOG/PER NIGHT! I was floored. They don't even give you a discount with two dogs, sleeping in the same DANG run! Ridiculous, but it might have prompted a brilliant business idea for us (he he he). I will say, however, that all the places I called are very nice (insert Brent's comment here: "they better be for $60 a night!") But I LOVE how they tell you about the pricing and say, "well it includes three walks a day, one on one pet time, a bedtime massage and a special bedtime treat" WHAT?! It better include MORE than that for $60 a night!
Here is one of MANY places I called: http://www.mysecondhome.com/

"You are now entering Brentwood city limits..." has been on my mind the entire time with this situation. I guess it's the price we pay for living (and we don't even officially live in Williamson county) in the area.

2. My next occurence is actually a positive one. I have been looking for a salon to get my hair done since we moved here. I was very anxious to go somewhere new because I had this feeling that it was going to be astronomically priced. I had gotten a referral to a salon and started checking into it. After calling around to some other places, I realized they are all pretty much the same priced. So I scheduled my appointment and arrived at the salon which was suprisingly HUGE (It's located in a shopping center and looks can be deceiving). I declined the offer by the receptionist for something to drink, only to observe later that "something to drink" meant pretty much anything you wanted - I saw them taking a client a glass of red wine!

So I got to meet my girl "Kim" who was SUPER nice and SUPER professional. We talked about what I wanted to do with my hair and I proceeded to get up out the chair to do the "wash" when she said "oh no no, we have to do the massage - the best part." Massage??!! Sweet. (in my head I'm thinking: how much extra will this cost me?, but it never came out of my mouth)
The shoulder/neck/scalp massage was incredible! WELL worth the money.

Anyway, I really hit it off with Kim and she did a phenomenal job on my haircut. I was just blown away at the level of customer service at the salon and I'm starting to tell as many people as possible about it. They do a great job rewarding their customers for referrals as well (and I promise this is not why I'm referring people - it really was a good experience) and give their customers $5 credit for each new client that comes in for a haircut. Even better, they give that new client 1/2 off their first hair cut!! pretty incredible.

Two unforgettable Brentwood experiences. We've had others, but these both occurred this week and I just had to share.

I'm going to try to take a picture of one of these signs the next time we see one...we come and go out of Brentwood city limits quite a bit, so hopefully I'll see one soon!