Archive for the ‘Memphis’ Category
Google is looking for a few communities around the U.S. to be the inaugural cities for its newest product, Google Fiber.
Google wants to bring super-fast fiberoptic internet connections to homes and businesses in a few select cities. The service would be about 300 times faster than the internet you currently have.
Local governments are able to [...]
Happy weekend, everybody. It’s Friday morning, it’s supposed to be 60 degrees all weekend and there’s plenty to do in Memphis. Here’s my weekly top five:
1. 48 Hour Launch, Launch Memphis, Friday – Sunday, $45
If you’ve got a great business idea, there’s no reason to wait to get it off the ground. This weekend, entrepreneurial [...]
The shop is R. Sole, and they carry hard-to-find, high-end and designer sneakers, clothing, sunglasses and watches. The space has the vibe of a fine art museum for footwear. A shoeseum, if you will. Colorful shoes pop against the dark walls and limited edition kicks given holy glows in light boxes around the store.
I was invited to ARTjamN in Cooper Young a few nights ago to do a painting session. None of the guided paintings suited me, so I put on my headphones, squeezed some acrylic onto a paper plate and made this little…well, I can’t quite call it a masterpiece. I like it, though.
In other news:
- Goner [...]
Last week, Memphis Jones and the Backbeat Memphis posse crashed a Memphis Roller Derby practice at the Fairgrounds. We did our best to show him what roller derby is all about, but I think he might need some skates before he gets on the track again.
Memphis Roller Derby from BackBeat on Vimeo.
Also, Backbeat just launched [...]
I had lunch at Fratelli’s (located at the Memphis Botanic Garden) today. They’ve got a half-panini / bowl of soup combo that can’t be beat. During the summer, they’ve got tables on their porch, which looks out on the rose garden.
In other news:
- Southern Living magazine is releasing a Farmer’s Market Cookbook that will feature [...]
Drew Barham and DJ Stephens
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Wilder Tower
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.
Jeremy Comans
Little Cafe Eclectic
Memphis, Tenn.
Tammy Whitlow, Stacey Jackson, and Madison Jackson
Ching’s Wings
Memphis, Tenn.
Sarah Moske
Monkey Bread Bakery / kindergarten teacher
Memphis, Tenn
Here’s a warning to the adults taking their children to the “Harry’s Big Adventure: My Bug Life” exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Memphis: there is a solid chance that at some point during your trip around the exhibit hall, you may be a little grossed out.
But, we all know that the more disgusted adults [...]
Tomorrow, two proposed ordinances designed to curb disorderly panhandling downtown will be introduced to the city council. The ordinances would ban the sale of single beers (think 40oz beers at gas stations) within the core of downtown and restrict panhandling to designated areas.
The hope is that by banning single beer sales and limiting panhandling areas, [...]
I snapped today’s Project 365 photo while sitting on a ledge near the Cook Convention Center while listening to a nice guy from Milwaukee play the guitar. The guy’s name is Matthew Davies, and he’s a touring musician who’s in town for the Folk Alliance International conference. He’s a very nice guy and he’s driven [...]