This might be the greatest section of wall at WEVL. In this one square foot of wall space, there's a mustachioed man, a postcard for the Orange Mound Hotel and a photo of a group of people that's labelled (by sticky note) as "Chinese Woodstock Superstars".

Meet Teva, the Memphis Zoo's three-month-old baby sea lion. Today, while the rest of us were at work, she was getting swimming lessons.

And even though she's a water mammal, she doesn't look too excited about it.

Today in Memphis, put on your hoodie, talk like a pirate, eat at the recently re-opened Bon Ton Cafe and get ambushed by opera singers.

Today, I skipped my usual Shanghai Shake in favor of a cold cup of salt lemonade.

On Friday, Sept. 21, people all over the world will turn parking spaces into temporary public parks as part of Park(ing) Day. Assignment #257 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to hang out in our local (tiny) parks.

Today in Memphis, there's grocery store news (good and bad), downtown exhibition space for artists, and a new place to shop. Also, we welcome a man named Pookie to the team. Find out about all of that and more, in your Monday Memphis news update:

Ed. note: As someone who's lived away from Memphis before, I can relate with just about everything in this guest post from Mary Thompson. She left Memphis for New Zealand last year, and there are a few things she wishes she could have brought with her.

I'm a Memphian currently living in New Zealand. It's lovely here but I’ve learned you never know what makes Memphis so special until you leave it.

Here are a few things in Memphis I’m missing while living in a foreign land:

In his regular life, Drew Smith is works marketing and communications director for Bridges, which is, no doubt, a big deal. But Drew's day job isn't what gets him recognized at Liberty Bowl tailgate parties. Meet Drew Smith, star of the University of Memphis' new football campaign, aka, the "Mind Your Business, Dennis!" guy.