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Before you meet the very last Memphian in this year's series of 365, I wanted to take a second and thank everyone who volunteered to be a part of the project. It's been great to meet all of you and learn about the awesome things you're doing to…
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Merry Christmas Eve Eve! I'm taking a few days off, but I'll be back later this week. In the meantime, here's some holiday reading. Taken at the Bar-B-Q Shop on Madison Avenue. Photo via @ilovememphisblog on Instagram. For something to give back:…
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It's normal that a business might want to open a second location. It's normal that maybe that second location would offer something slightly different. And in Memphis, it's normal that that second location would be opened right across the street…
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This might be the greatest section of wall at WEVL. In this one square foot of wall space, there's a mustachioed man, a postcard for the Orange Mound Hotel and a photo of a group of people that's labelled (by sticky note) as "Chinese Woodstock…
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Here’s your guide to this week in Memphis, plus a preview of this weekend. - Monday Memphis Men’s and Women’s Chorale Present “A Cambridge Christmas” at St. Peter Catholic Church The two choirs present their third annual joint Christmas concert at…
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Happy Friday! It's another busy weekend in Memphis. Here's a shortlist of five events you won't want to miss. 1. Rock for Love 6, Hi-Tone / Overton Square / Levitt Shell, Friday - Sunday, Free – $10 In the past six years, the Church Health Center'…
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Summer has come to Gibson's: they're selling donuts with bright pink watermelon flavored icing. The watermelon donut doesn't seem like a thing that should work. There's something kind of strange about combining the sweet, yeasty goodness of a…
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music was already one of my favorite Memphis museums, but they've added a few new interactive features this year that make it even better. The first is what Tim Sampson, Stax's communications director, describes as…
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On Friday, Intern Raquel and I joined the legions of East Memphis office workers who swear by Mosa's quick and inexpensive Asian lunches at the diner's White Station location. Kerry: I've been to Mosa a few times, so I skipped the menu and ordered…
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Julie is the first non-human to be featured as one of the 365 Memphians, but I think she counts. She's a lifelong Memphian (she was born and raised at the Memphis Zoo), and at 50 years old, she's the second-oldest hippopotamus in captivity. She…