<p>Texasteen–You definitely want to take the student lead tour; then while on campus check out the Commons and Rand Dining Halls, walk around Sarratt Student Center where there are student meeting places as well as quiet study areas and way across campus, look into the nice and recently updated Student Rec Center. As for places to eat in Nashville while visiting Vandy–can’t go wrong with Pancake Pantry for breakfast (warning: long lines unless you are crazy early) or Noshville on Broadway for breakfast which is also on the Taste of Nashville plan that students have. Lunch or dinner at J. Alexanders near the bookstore is also a must for our family. Dinner at Loveless’s Cafe is also another favorite but that is much further from campus. For dessert, the original Gigi’s Cupcakes is near campus off West End towards downtown. I would second the recommendation to visit Centennial Park, in better weather students hang out there and can go to Shakespeare in the Park in the fall. Good shopping at Green Hills mall right down 21st Avenue, my daughter takes the bus there for free with her VU ID. Three other typical tourist spots in Nashville that are worth visiting (and for which the Vanderbilt student government has just announced a Passport to Nashville program for students to visit free) are the Ryman Auditorium, Country Music Hall of Fame and The Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson. If you are not into country music, which many, many Vandy students are not, there is still plenty to do, including visiting Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Art Museum in Belle Meade, although late November might not be ideal for that 
Lots of live music venues around town; one of the more famous is the Blue Bird Cafe near Green Hills Mall which is country music but I do want to emphasis again that not all the places are country music. Enjoy your visit!</p>