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When it's chilly in Memphis, there's nothing better than some fresh made soups and hot beverages to warm you up. Here's a roundup of Memphis cold weather soups, teas, and coffee. 1. Potato Soup from Huey's Huey's is most well-known for their…
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There is no better combination of flavors than when salty things and chocolate things are allowed to mingle. For example, the mix of homemade malted milk balls and salted pistachios that I picked up at the Peanut Shoppe downtown. The Peanut Shoppe…
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Grab your wheels and check out Memphis' first public skate park, which opened earlier this month at Tobey Park. The park has been in the works since 2006. It's not huge, but there are two big bowls, plenty of ramps and rails, stairs and a snake…
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It may have been a little rough at times, but I wholeheartedly believe that Memphis won 2011. Here are 10 great things that happened to the city in 2011: 1. The Grizzlies go to the NBA Playoffs (and win!) Few things unite Memphians like baskteball…
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Elvis Week 2015 approacheth! Even though Memphians sometimes claim Elvis fatigue, there's something intriguing about an event that brings 35,000 people to Memphis from all over the world. So learn a little bit more about the King, Graceland, and…
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According to my internet-based calculations distance from Memphis to Moscow, Russia is 5456 miles. It would take about 11 hours to fly there, and when you got there, the time would be nine hours ahead of the time in Memphis. It's a much shorter…
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364 / 365 Meet the Love-Cloys. The kids are Lily, Violet, Ivan and Leif, and their moms are Tamar and Edie. Edie is an artist and student at Memphis Theological Seminary. Tamar works as a teacher and also plays the cello. Here's why they love…
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The long-vacant former firehouse by FedExForum, which has been reinvented as a beer garden and sports-watching venue for a limited time. Photo via Memphis Firehaus Facebook Firehaus will be open Thursdays through Sundays - plus game days and for…
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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…
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There's a 65-acre arboretum hidden in the middle of East Memphis. It's called Lichterman Nature Center, and assignment #204 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to take a break from the city and take a walk on its trails. It’s amazingly easy to…