My Top Five Memphis Moments From 175 Moments Magazine

This Sunday, the Commercial Appeal will release a special edition magazine to celebrate 175 years as Memphis' daily newspaper. Inside it are excerpts and photos from the pages of the paper from April 21, 1841 to present day.

I sat down with an advance copy this week, intending to flip through quickly and then read more later. I ended up reading the entire thing in one sitting. You can get yours on Sunday, and they'll have a website up starting then at 175moments.com.

Announcement! New I Love Memphis Billboard Mural On Beale

I've mentioned it a few times over the last few months, but today's the day! Horray! Today, we get to take down the old "Memphis: home of the South's second best barbecue" and replace it with a new billboard that features the I Love Memphis tagline in six languages. It will be put up on the east side of Wet Willy's (209 Beale Street) today (April 5) at approximately 10 a.m. It basically functions like a If you're free, head down there after 10 a.m.