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Day 36: Wearing my beret from Wish Boutique. You've still got two hours to enter the contest to win a $100 Wish gift card. I got to the FedEx Forum for the Tigers vs. Gonzaga game entirely too early. About 17,500 people came to the game (which…
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Despite coming from a long line of gardeners and flower show champions, I'm pretty hopeless around plants. The only plant living inside my house is too stubborn to die, growing, it seems, out of attrition. And even though I have dreams of using my…
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Every kitchen in Memphis has at least one cup from either Central Barbecue, Soul Fish, Swanky's Taco or the Young Ave. Deli. Some of you (you know who you are) have a full set of 12 that you bring out for dinner parties. Assignment #148 in the 365…
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Restaurant Iris's Midnight Snack is awesome, but the kitchen closes way before the best time to eat it. Local food blogger Justin Fox Burks created a vegetarian version of the Midnight Snack for his new cookbook, "Southern Vegetarian: 100 Down-…
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Until yesterday, I had no idea that I could get full from drinking juice. I guess that when said juice is made from nothing but apples, cucumbers and mint, it acts more as a food than a beverage. If, you know, food could be that completely…
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Anyone who's ever had a very sick kid knows that Memphis is a great place to get healed at some of the worlds' best children's hospitals. (The photo above is by Stephen Hackett, whose own kid Josiah has been a LeBonheur patient.) When I toured…
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Here’s what’s going on in Memphis this holiday week, plus a preview of this weekend. If you're looking for the full guide to New Year's Eve, click here. Monday (Dec. 28) Devil Train at the Buc Every Monday. 8 p.m. This week is special: Devil Train…
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Even though they've been playing at venues, events, and parties for years, Memphis' own Mighty Souls Brass Band is finally releasing their first album today. To celebrate, I'm giving away three copies of the CD. Read on to find out how to win. (…
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Shara's Paperie is a high-ceilinged stationery shop is stocked with colorful paper and envelopes, small gifts, die-cut letters and examples of owner Shara Danziger's custom-designed stationery, invitations and gifts. Danziger, whose background is…
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The Baer's den is a clothing store masquerading as the ultimate man cave. The shop's new, larger location is decorated with leather couches, touches of dark wood and brushed metal and plenty of giant animal skins draped over tables. Customers are…