My mother, being a stereotypical mom, doesn't come to me for advice too often.

In fact, the woman who knows the solution (and the right one, naturally) to almost every problem I've ever faced has probably needed my help on only a handful of occasions. Four, to be exact. Four and a quarter if you count the time she let me peel potatoes for a big Sunday dinner last April. You get the idea.

So when she mentioned that a group of her friends were mulling over the next destination for an upcoming all-female getaway, my mouth watered at the chance to spout off my infinite travel wisdom.

"It's down to Cleveland and Chattanooga," my mother told me.

My eyebrows shot up a subtle five inches. "Really?"

Here was my chance. I just happened to be embarking on a four-day visit to Chattanooga the following week - and could report back my findings. I could help.

I smiled. "Give me a week."

View from Lookout Mountain's Lover's Leap

Notebook open and ballpoint pen primed, I landed in Chattanooga ready to explore, research and compile my official list of female-friendly activities.

And what you'll find below, my friends, is the fruit of my labor. The result of daughterly duty, it is the definitive list of what women can look forward to experiencing in Chattanooga. Go ahead and bond - it just so happens that Chattanooga is a superb place to do just that. (CONTINUED...)