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I've driven past Shang Hai hundreds of times without paying any attention to it. When I did notice it, I sort of wrote it off as another generically sketchy Asian restaurant. Some of these mildly-sketchy looking places are the stuff of local…
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Over the last two years, I've taken dozens of people's pictures with my I Love Memphis sign. It's nothing fancy - just a sheet of 8.5 x 11 printer paper with "I (heart) Memphis" scrawled on it in Sharpie. The paper has started to soften on the…
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Tons of places in Memphis claim an Elvis connection, but only one is home to the First Church of Elvis Shrine. Assignment #67 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to drop a quarter in said shrine and watch it work its magic. The shrine lives in a…
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Meet Memphian no. 202 (of 365), Melissa Wolowicz. Melissa is a philanthropist, mom, chicken farmer and all-around great lady. Here, she answers my questions about cupcakes, chickens and how anyone can be a philanthropist for cheap: Name: Melissa…
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Whether you're observing the no-red-meat-on-Fridays rule for Lent, or you're just looking for some tasty lunch on Fridays, here are ten restaurants in Memphis the serve up a seafood-friendly Friday lunch or dinner. Where's your favorite place for…
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Chuck Huges is a cute, tattooed Canadian chef who is discovering America the gastronomical way: he's eating his way across the states, one famous street at a time. He's eaten on Magazine Street in San Fransisco, Magazine Street in New Orleans, and…
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In case you haven't heard, next Wednesday, January 23rd, is National Pie Day. To celebrate, Muddy's Bakeshop is giving a ton of free pie. Muddy's owner Kat Gordon is an admitted pie freak (with the pie slice earrings to prove it), so she's all…
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Happy 10th Birthday, Rock For Love! The annual Memphis music festival and Church Health Center fundraiser is officially in double-digits this year, so mark your calendars for Friday, September 2 through Sunday, September 4. Rock for Love packs…
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Updated January 2018 Last night, Sweet Grass in Cooper Young celebrated a couple of exciting changes. First, they have a new raw bar menu with fresh oysters shipped to Memphis daily. You can get these oysters on the Sweet Grass side or the Next…