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Isn't it? The weather is warm, but not intensely, disugstingly hot. The air isn't so densely humid that you get sticky just walking outside. Spring has been around long enough that allergies have cleared up, and there's (for once) very little rain…
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Today is international Park(ing) Day, when metered parking spaces all over the world are turned into tiny miniature parks. This was Memphis' first Park(ing) Day, and 16 local organizations and volunteers turned parking spaces on Peabody Place into…
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I tend to try to keep exclamation points out of my headlines (I had a writing teacher who said that writers are allowed to use only three "!" in their whole lives) but I'm breaking the rules because I am that excited about the possibility of…
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If you're into new restaurants, neighborhood revitalization, malt-flavored Mountain Dew and Willie Nelson, this Memphis news update is for you. Photo by @mandyjane87 via Instagram. If you'd like to see your Instagram photos on a news update, tag…
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This morning, it was colder in Memphis than it was in Anchorage, Alaska. The bad news is that it's not going to get much warmer until next week. The good news is that there are plenty of things to do inside this weekend. 1. Memphis Grizzlies vs.…
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I went to Little Tea Shop on Monroe yesterday with Ryan and Ramona (my internet cohorts here at the CVB). When we walked in, at least three of the women working there immediately came over to greet us. They called Ryan and Ramona by name, hugged…
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And there's a Freaker party on South Main this afternoon. The Freakers are a three-person team from North Carolina, makes and sells sock-like beer coozies. They were nice enough to send me home with this skull-and-bones number that's currently…
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I know that, if you're not from Memphis, this sounds a little lame, but I don't care. Memphis has the best tap water in the country, and assignment #164 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to drink it. It's easy to forget how great our water is…
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I'd like to start this with an appology: to the person who asked me last week where she could find good pho in Bartlett, I'm sorry I didn't know about Noodle Star yet. I would like to go back in time and recommend them for all of your suburban pho…