Weekend in Pictures: Sept. 29 – Sept. 30, 2012
Twitter
Facebook
Delicious
Digg
Stumble
Reddit
Here are photos from another busy weekend in Memphis, including pictures from Pyrate Faire, the Big Scoop Ice Cream Festival, the bike polo tournament, Best Memphis Burger Fest and more:
1 Comment
Leave a Reply
Other News
-
Dessert, Eat, Guides, Love
5 Better-Than-Vanilla Milkshakes
Ed. note: In honor of today's super nice weather and my own desire for some kind of frozen treat, here's one from the archives: five of my favorite Memphis milkshakes. Enjoy! These are by no means the only good milkshakes in Memphis. There are others (like these) that are equally delicious. What...
Read more → -
Sports, Uncategorized
Guest Post: Why are the Grizzlies so good?
(Ed. Note: I'm happy to share this guest post about the Grizz from former NCAA basketball player Lamar Hull. Enjoy.) The LA Clippers found out the hard way. They say that it's not a series until someone loses at home. After losing at home, even the most optimistic Clipper fans...
Read more → -
Love, Memphis News
Thursday Memphis News Update: New Memphians, a New Holiday, a New Outdoor Theatre, and Newby’s Collects Tornado Donations
Happy Thursday, y'all. Today in Memphis, the Levitt Shell shows start, a new holiday has been declared (it's tomorrow), and D.J. Stephens is a beloved freak of nature. Also, we have details on where to drop off donations for tornado victims in Oklahoma. But first, check out this photo that @lisabertagna...
Read more → -
Hear
Memphis Mystery Train Set List: May 23, 2013
Here's what I played on this week's Mystery Train, with all of the local tracks marked with an asterisk: Little Johnny and the Silvertones – Rock Till the End of Time The Egyptians – Party Stomp *Magic Kids – Cry with Me Baby *Clay Otis – Cruel Sense France Gall –...
Read more → -
Do, Events and Festivals, Shop
Farmers Market Finds: Three Pickles and a Jam
The Memphis Botanic Gardens Farmers Market is pretty great. It's small without sacrificing selection, and it convieniently timed for the middle of the week, when you've probably already eaten everything you bought at the weekend markets. I got a tip last week that it's also a great place...
Read more → -
Love, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals
If you turned off the TV in frustration sometime in the third quarter, you missed the Grizzlies staging a comback, Tony Allen selling a technical so hard that he should have a spot on QVC, overtime, then a not-so-bad loss. It was like the fourth quarter was trying to make up for the first three being...
Read more → -
Love, Only in Memphis, See, Sports
The Crazy but Completely Accurate Reason Why the Grizzlies Lost Game 1 of the WCF
You can chalk the Grizzlies' abysmal performance in game one of the Western Conference Finals up to a lot of things: nerves, tougher competition, awful shooting, a lack of contribution from our major players. And you would be right to do so. But I've got a sneaking suspicion that it had at least...
Read more → -
Do, Events and Festivals, Family Friendly, Free Things to Do, This Weekend
Save the Date: Bikesploitation 3 is This Weekend
This weekend, park your bicycle under the giant bike wheel disco ball in Crosstown for the third annual Bikesploitation film, music and art festival. There's so much happening at this year's event that the festival has been extended to three days. It startsFriday night at 5 p.m. with the opening...
Read more → -
Love, Memphis News
Monday News Update: Barbecue Fest Recovery Edition
Happy post-Barbecue Fest Monday, y'all. Have you recovered yet? Today in Memphis, we've got two remembrances, new restaurants, new retail in Overton Square, plenty of required reading about the Grizz and a video of Tony Allen grocery shopping. Photo by @jmwarnerphoto. If you'd...
Read more → -
Love, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: The Best Tweets from Game 1 of the WCF
I know, I know: you don't want to talk about it. It was awful, and you'd rather just forget about the Grizzlies' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad game. Me too. It kind of feels like this: But – while the Grizzlies weren't doing very well at basketball, you guys were doing...
Read more →
3:14 pm
We went to the Pyrate Faire this weekend! We had a lot of fun!