One street performer enters Nashville with stars in his eyes; a local transient talks of glory days gone by.

A family bridal shop in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village helps customers find the right dress for their big day.

Celebrities and locals alike take a seat at Cecil’s Boot Shine on 4th Street and Broadway in Nashville. Cecil W. Duke has been shining boots for 44 years.

Life on the corner of Broadway and 2nd Avenue in downtown Nashville is full of characters.

Music majors spend almost as much on music as they do text books at the Vanderbilt Music Library Book Sale.

Kandy Felker, manager of Boots ‘N’ More in downtown Nashville explains how to find the perfect pair of cowboy boots.

Vanderbilt University students share their experiences from their first day of classes Aug. 25, 2008.

A line of hungry customers often wraps around the Pancake Pantry building on the southern edge of the Hillsboro Village neighborhood in Nashville. The restaurant opened in 1961 and quickly became a place where locals, tourists and the stars mix for breakfast and lunch.

Bongo Java is a gathering place for all of Nashville. Located across the street from Belmont University in the hip Belmont-Hillsboro Village neighborhood, Bongo attracts musicians, students and artists.

Artist Alice Aycock’s sculpture “Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks” was funded by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and unveiled along the banks of the Cumberland River in 2007. Ghost Ballet is 100 feet high, 100 feet wide and 60 feet deep, and is made of steel, industrial metals and neon.