I Love Memphis

I get my hair cut at the Gould’s Salon in the basement of the Peabody Hotel by my amazing stylist (and fellow derby girl) Monica.

I was a little late to my appointment today because I had a surprise interview with ABC 24 at my office this morning. They wanted to talk to me about I Love Memphis and it’s corresponding Twitter and Facbeook pages.

Memphis may not have the romantic reputation of say, Paris or Rome, but there’s still plenty of love in the air. There are a lot of things going on around town for Valentine’s Day, so grab your sweetheart, make a reservation (if you need one) and head out to celebrate love. Here a few suggestions [...]

This may be hard to believe, but I’m not a very good Southern lady. I’ve never been to a debutante ball, my usual workday attire is jeans and a t-shirt and until last week, I had never been to afternoon tea. When Kelly and Jonathan from the Peabody invited me to join them for tea [...]

The Peabody Hotel is the only place in Memphis that you can see live ducks frolicking in an indoor fountain.

Every morning at 11 a.m., the duckmaster (yes, that’s someone’s real job) leads a group of mallards into the lobby of the grand hotel. They walk in a nice orderly line from the elevator to the fountain on a red carpet. Then, the ducks spend the day splashing around in the water before returning to their penthouse at 5 p.m.

The big red sign on the roof of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.