The Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival is a musical event that has garnered much deserved positive national attention, but I still like to think of it as a great little "festival family reunion" — everybody plans for this weekend months in advance just to boogie...
Posted 05/15/12 @ 10:51 AM
I know that the Lauderdale Mansion is a bit tumble-down, but have I actually been living under such a pile of rocks that until yesterday I was completely unaware of a rather amazing website called Historic Aerials? In fact, I would have probably remained blissfully ignorant for years,...
Posted 05/09/12 @ 10:50 AM
Memphis magazine's sister publication MBQ: Inside Memphis Business celebrated the release of its "2012 Power Players Issue" with a cocktail function at Folk's Folly in East Memphis. In attendance were members of the MBQ staff, "Power Players," and local...
Posted 05/08/12 @ 02:25 PM
With an unanimous and heartfelt “aye,” the Memphis Food Truck Association formed Monday evening during a meeting held in an empty store front in the Broad Avenue Historic Arts District. About 40 food truck operators attended the organizational meeting led by YoLo...
Posted 05/08/12 @ 10:08 AM
On Friday, I ate two slices of my first barbecue pizza from Coletta’s Restaurant on South Parkway. Since we ordered a large pizza, we carried most of it home. Then we did a quick swing into Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies on Airways because I was thrilled to find the retail...
Posted 05/07/12 @ 08:02 AM
Food truck alert: Healthylicious has joined the vendor lineup at the Memphis Botanic Garden farmers market, serving cold drinks and fresh food smoothies with a Mexican twist. Food trucker Karen Febles, whose sunny personality is as cheerful as her yellow truck, is making aguas frescas with...
Posted 05/04/12 @ 01:49 PM
Way back in our February 2004 issue, I told about the horrible Eads school bus tragedy that took place on October 10, 1941, right at the very spot shown in this photo. Though they were pulled up years ago, in 1941 railroad tracks ran straight towards the viewer, and this now-peaceful scene was...
Posted 05/03/12 @ 11:10 AM
I believe I've pondered this issue before, but I was reminded to ponder it again while looking through the curious old ads in the back pages of a Memphis University School yearbook from the late 1920s. Pretty much how everyone else in Memphis spends their Saturday nights, I presume. I...
Posted 04/30/12 @ 10:25 PM
In a spontaneous move to get out and do something on Saturday night, Tony and I opted for a first time visit to Jack Magoo’s Sports Bar & Grill on Broad Avenue. It was a fine decision. We met Mike Turner, aka Little Mikey, who most of our pals know from Neal’s before the...
Posted 04/30/12 @ 06:43 AM
Buy a cupcake, save an animal. Does it get any better than that? Certainly not for the bakers and buyers in the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, who will contribute all proceeds from tonight's event to the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County. The bake sale, coordinated in...
Posted 04/27/12 @ 11:15 AM
"Come, gentle Spring! Ethereal mildness. Come!" — James Thompson May fashion reflects the pastel trend in clothing right now — fresh mint, light aqua, pale pink, soft yellows. All of those sweet candy colors are wild right now, invading local retailers, and will...
Posted 04/27/12 @ 10:42 AM
As I'm typing this blog posting, the clock has just struck 10 a.m. That means it's the beginning of the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County's innaugural 36-hour Mega Adoptathon, which wraps up tomorrow at 10 p.m. HSMSC will remain open the whole time, with hourly...
Posted 04/27/12 @ 10:16 AM
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