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In the past year or so, La Michoacana on Summer has become one of my favorite places to go for dessert. Their ice cream is delicious, their strawberries and cream is perfect, and their paletas come in several dozen flavors. And while La Michoacana…
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I think I've found one of the strangest things you can buy to drink in the downtown core: the chia seed drink. The Mama Chia drink isn't exactly a liquid - it's more of a sweet, gelatinous pour-able solid. It goes down smooth, but I kept wanting…
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(Photographed in Confederate Park) Elizabeth works at the Memphis Leadership Academy and runs Memphis Connect, a community blog about volunteer opporunities, events and big things happening in Memphis. In other news: - Memphis' super stormy spring…
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(Can you say that headline three times fast?) Opera Memphis hosts one of my favorite Memphis events every year in September: 30 Days of Opera. And we need to your help to make 2018 the best year ever. How can you help? Tell us where Opera Memphis…
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Ed. Note: Contributor Veena is here to tell us all about a new shop - and a new outdoors club - in Cooper Young. If you're looking for places to hike within a day's drive of Memphis, she's got two suggestions for you: Petit Jean State Park in…
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If you're into Old Southern charm, the Inn at Hunt-Phelan has it in droves. Though it's only a few blocks from downtown, the spacious, private grounds give the Inn a homey, far-away-from-everything feel. It could be because the Federalist-style…
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Ed. Note: The I Love Memphis blog is all about some gas station/ food truck/ random location Memphis grub. Blog contributor Michael Butler has discovered another off-the-beaten-path spot to satisfy your cravings for two essential food groups:…
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My situation at 8 p.m. last Saturday: in East Memphis, starving, in the mood to try something new. I hadn't been to Southward Fare and Libations yet, so I called a friend and we went straight there. Southward comes to East Memphis courtesy of Chef…
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Everbloom Design is picture-perfect flower, plant, and gift shop on Broad Avenue in Memphis. One of the coolest things about Memphis’ creative community is that we are all 1 - 3 degrees separated from each other, so over the years we are bound to…
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The Sputnik is one of my favorite local landmarks. I drive past it almost daily and it always makes me smile. The points of the Sputnik have colored neon lights around them. Notice that the ball that the spikes are connected to is made of two half…