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Scout Anglin, photographed in Nashville. I spoke at the Keep Tennessee Beautiful conference in Nashville today, and was pleased to have the lovely Scout Anglin as on hand to make sure the projector was behaving properly. She's a native Memphian…
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According to early morning reports from those on the scene in Pennsylvania, our nation's favorite weather-reporting groundhog, Punxsutawny Phil, didn't see his shadow this morning, meaning that spring will come early this year. Across the country…
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Elizabeth Berglund, marketing assistant and wigmaster at Opera Memphis, photographed in the Opera Memphis wig shop. How cool is it that her business card actually says "wigmaster"? In other news: - Tomorrow is the American Heart Association's Go…
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Moke O'Connor, photographed at Otherlands, where I see him every Friday morning. Moke has been a pilot for FedEx since 1972. Native Memphian Tiffany Futch, photographed at YoLo. Meet Ryan Azada. He spent a large part of his weekend filming me for…
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Kate Crowder, photographed at Rock'n'Romp. Kate is a mom, elementary school teacher and total rock star. Her old band, Two-Way Radio, was featured in Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover", and her new band, Wuvbirds, is playing shows all over town. She's also…
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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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Congratulations to April Lubiani, who won the two tickets to the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and Cellular South Cup this weekend. You guys sent in a ton of great reasons for why you should get to go to the tournament, but I can totally…
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Emily Halpern, photographed outside of the Grey Dog Cafe, New York City. I'm in New York all week, talking up Memphis to travel, food and music writers. Emily, who's been in some of the meetings with me, is the director of communications at the…
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Chef Gary Williams was one of my fellow judges at the the TEP's Gumbo Contest yesterday. He was probably the most qualified of all of us to judge the gumbo - he's from New Orleans and is the chef / owner of DejaVu, a Creole and vegan restaurant…
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Carrie Brown-Smith, photographed in her office at the University of Memphis. Carrie is a journalism professor at the University of Memphis and a generally awesome new-media loving person. Also, shout outs to her Journalism 7200 class - I had the…