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Do, Events and Festivals, This Weekend, Uncategorized
5 Things to Do in Memphis This Weekend: 5/17 – 5/19
Happy Friday! Here are five events you won't want to miss in Memphis this weekend: 1. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Tom Lee Park, Friday and Saturday, all day, $5 – $9 (cash only) Teams from all over the world have set up camp in Tom Lee Park to compete in this...
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Dessert, Do, Downtown, Eat, Nightlife
Cupcakes + Wine = A Sweet New Concept for South Main St.
Memphis now has a place that serves both cupcakes and wine. It's called the Corked Carrot, and it's about time someone had an idea like this. The space is lovely. It's sleek and modern, and it looks way more like a lounge than a bakery. The kitchen is glass-walled, so you can see the bakers...
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See, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: the Best Tweets from Game 5
My face hurts from grinning. I grinned through most of the game (other than those very tense first and last minutes), I grinned when I got home, I've been grinning every time I think about how the Grizzlies, the Memphis Grizzlies, are going to the Western Conference Finals. Here are a handful of...
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Love, Only in Memphis, Reasons to Love Memphis
Right Now Is the Greatest Time to Be in Memphis
Isn't it? The weather is warm, but not intensely, disugstingly hot. The air isn't so densely humid that you get sticky just walking outside. Spring has been around long enough that allergies have cleared up, and there's (for once) very little rain in the weekend forecast. Barbecue fest,...
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Breakfast, Cooper Young, Eat
Memphis in May Eating: Swedish Crepes from Stone Soup
Sweden is Memphis in May's honored country this year, so celebrate by eating a big, buttery plate of Swedish Crepes from Stone Soup Cafe. Three crepes are stuffed with sweet cream cheese and rolled up and made Swedish with tart lingonberry sauce, dusted with powdered sugar and swimming in enough...
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Love, Memphis News
Wednesday News Update: Muddy’s Visits Downtown, Grizzlies Reading and National Shout-Outs
Today in Memphis, we've got a ton of required reading before tonight's Grizzlies game, two shout outs from national magazines, a new splash park and a solved mystery. Also, you can get Muddy's cupakes downtown today. Today's photo was snapped at Fresh Market by Instagrammer @psslaton....
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Eat, Food Trucks, Lunch and Dinner
Meals on Wheels: Taqueria el Porvenir
Yesterday afternoon, I got a text from my friend John letting me know that there were a ton of taco trucks parked along Summer Ave. Never one to resist the siren call of a taco wagon, I got in my car and started driving east, determined to stop at the first truck I saw. It took a while before I found...
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Love, See, Sports
Tweets from Last Night: The Best from Game Four
Is anyone else having a hard time waking up after last night's playoff game between the Grizz and the OKC Thunder? It was a late night rollercoaster of emotions: the terrible first half; the somewhat better third quarter; the fourth-quarter redemption; the overtime that had us all a little scared...
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Do, Events and Festivals, Free Things to Do
Save the Date: Friday is Bike to Work Day
This Friday, set your alarms a little earlier and leave your car keys at home: it's Bike to Work Day. Bike to Work Day is an annual event that encourages people to switch up their daily routine and try bicycle commuting. Cyclists of all experience levels are welcome, and participation is easy: all...
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Love, Memphis News
Monday News Update: Cortona Changes, Trader Joe’s, Recommended Reading and Tony Allen Being Tony Allen
Rise and grind, y'all. Today in Memphis, there are new plans for the restaurant formerly known as Cortona, Trader Joe's comes to Memphis (sort of), the Memphis Chamber makes a wager and Marc Gasol is the most interesting basketball player in the world. All of that (and plenty more) is in today's...
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