OK so by now, everyone is puttin' on the GRIZZ, or should. So, how about I show you mine and you show me yours? Me first: My incredible headdress is by Mimi & Mary of Brave Design. This particular piece has gone to countless Grizz games including...
Posted 05/17/13 @ 12:11 PM
Truth be told, I’ve never been clear on how to pronounce sorghum or what to do with the syrup until I attended a book signing for “Farm Fresh Tennessee,” a treasure trove of information on food, farmers, and agri-tourism from authors Paul and Angela Knipple. At...
Posted 05/14/13 @ 10:07 PM
In our May 2013 issue, I tell the rather amazing story of the March 15, 1963, crash of a military transport into a residential neighborhood in Millington. Although the plane burst into flames after plowing through a line of trees, and came to rest just behind a row of homes on Hill Street,...
Posted 05/13/13 @ 01:34 PM
Memphis is not for sissies and MusicFest once again proved that Mother Nature is gonna have her way when we wanna have our way with some of the best live music around. Regardless, the crowd braved it, the artists rocked it, and everybody did their best to represent. Also part of the...
Posted 05/10/13 @ 10:53 AM
We're proud to offer our first e-book, now available for $3.99 at the Amazon Kindle store. Titled Five that Grabbed the Gold, this volume contains the grand-prize winning stories from the Memphis magazine fiction contest from 2008 through 2012. The authors, several of whom now have...
Posted 05/09/13 @ 03:19 PM
In our April issue, I told you the story of the 1960 Russwood Park fire, one of the worst blazes in our city's history, and included never-before-seen color images of the damage up and down Madison Avenue the following morning. The fire took consumed the old baseball stadium place...
Posted 05/06/13 @ 12:18 PM
In a city like Memphis where connections to Elvis are commonplace, Chef Denis Martig’s story still stands out. I learned about Martig’s relationship with Elvis in an email with the subject tag “Researching a Very Special Picture.” Now an internationally...
Posted 05/06/13 @ 10:12 AM
Creating a perfect burger takes time, especially for the chefs at Hog & Hominy, who like to deconstruct food and then shape it into something more delicious. For the upcoming John T. Edge burger, a signature dish for the restaurant’s new back porch dive bar, the...
Posted 05/04/13 @ 02:15 PM
The Dixon was transformed last Saturday night into a chic, modern, and sublime fete celebrating the exquisite exhibit: Les Bijoux Parisienes. Everything about the event was amazing-the collection, the guests, the tent, the settings, the lighting, the food and French 75 cocktails...every detail...
Posted 05/02/13 @ 09:19 AM
Madewell opened it's doors in Tennessee in Saddle Creek last Tuesday. Known for it's high quality denim, this is the store for the gal who craves effortless chic in her life. Easy for a young girl but great for moms too who want to look pulled together in familiar fabrics with tailored...
Posted 04/30/13 @ 09:20 AM
Graham Hillard, a contributing editor to Memphis magazine, has been named a finalist in the 2012 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. Judges were impressed by his feature story, "Honor Bound:What Really Happened in the Trinity Commons Parking Lot?," which was our magazine's...
Posted 04/29/13 @ 10:53 AM
In my award-worthy "Ask Vance" column, found each and every month (well, usually) in the pages of Memphis magazine, I spend long minutes researching and answering readers' questions about people and places from the past. I'm not sure that's the best way to handle it....
Posted 04/26/13 @ 11:40 AM
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