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Happy Friday! Here are 5 things you won't want to miss in Memphis this weekend. A random picture of The Book Juggler, a recently-opened used bookstore on South Main via @ilovememphisblog on Instagram. 1. Grossology, Children's Museum of Memphis,…
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Cassandra Taylor is the convention services director at the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau (which makes her my co-worker). Here she is, taping her Grizzlies-inspired reason to love Memphis to the I Love Memphis mural in Cooper-Young. In…
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Grab your family, pack up a picnic and celebrate Independence Day in Memphis. Here's a list of all of the Independence Day celebrations around town. The events with fireworks are marked with (*). *Starlight Spectacular, Bellevue Baptist, June 29,…
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I've driven past Shang Hai hundreds of times without paying any attention to it. When I did notice it, I sort of wrote it off as another generically sketchy Asian restaurant. Some of these mildly-sketchy looking places are the stuff of local…
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The copy on the marker at the site of Memphis' first telephone is so short that it reads more like a telegraph than a phone conversation. The lucky owner of Memphis' first phone was Col. Mike Burke, the superintendent of the Mississippi and…
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Apparently, the Memphis Cotton Exchange trading floor used to be a pretty wild place. The floor was members only (and those members were a very manly crowd). When trading would wind down for the day, the members played a lot of dominoes, smoked…
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If your bookshelf could only have 10 books on it, what books would you choose? Think on it, because Burke's Books wants to see your ideal bookshelf for its new project. The Ideal Bookshelf project was started in 2007 by an artist named Jane Mount…
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Last night, as the sun was starting to set in Tom Lee Park, I was standing in the parking lot, talking to an energetic, young, tattooed guy in shorts. It was 28 degrees outside. The guy was John Lintner, one of the owners of Rockin' Running Tours…
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Happy Friday! Here are five super fun things to do in Memphis this weekend: 1. On Location Film and Music Festival, Participating Malco Theatres, Friday - Sunday, various times, various prices per film Settle in to one of the comfy chairs at one…
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CLICK HERE FOR THE 2017 MEMPHIS 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS GUIDE The Fourth of July is only a few weeks away, and whether you're planning to drive across state lines for a DIY fireworks display or leave it to the pros, there are plenty of ways to…