One of my favorite things about Memphis is the sense of practicality and do-it-yourselfness that people have. If the thing you want doesn't exist, you make it. One such item is the Lowebow guitar.

Shelby Edwards is kind of a consummate Midtowner. He grew up in the neighborhood and has  been working behind the bar at Otherlands for five years.

I hosted a Halloween party on Saturday night called Hallomeme. The idea was that people would come dressed as their favorite internet meme. I went as a Fail Whale (a big thank you to the nice guy at Vineyard Vines who gave me one of their pink foam whale hats).

The Leadership Academy's Elizabeth took a few minutes out of her busy schedule wrangling one of my favorite Memphis blogs, Memphis Connect, to talk about underground jazz clubs, why she lives in Memphis and Tiger basketball.

Last weekend, two nice guys named Justin and Jared invaded my dining room with their recording equipment (that's their laptop , mixer and

The cool kids at Live From Memphis have been doing a series on people in Memphis that do cool things called "60 Seconds".  They've featured bands, dancers, rappers, and anyone that's got something to say.

Everybody, meet my new friend Chef Kelly English from Restaurant Iris. When I walked into the restaurant kitchen to find him on Friday so I could take his I Love Memphis picture, he was grinning and chopping up some lamb with a cleaver. On Friday, Chef Kell

AC Wharton is the current mayor of Shelby County and is running for mayor of Memphis, so there's definitely some love there. Mayor Wharton sent his picture in via Twitter, and you can too - just send it to

I just wanted to take a second to thank everyone who has uploaded pictures to the Show Your Love for Memphis flickr group or let me take their photo with my sign. There are now 24 pictures of Memphians (and a few non-Memphians)