Grab your family, pack up a picnic and celebrate Independence Day in Memphis. Every year, we have 4th of July traditions all over the city and surrounding areas.
Number 177 on your list of 365 Things To Do In Memphis is to Celebrate Independence Day
Fun fact: Memphis is home to the largest (and probably only) man-made crystal cave in the world. It's called the Crystal Shrine Grotto, and it's located in the middle of an otherwise nondescript East Memphis cemetery. Visiting the grotto is number 151 on our list of 365 Things To Do In Memphis.
Every year on the third weekend of May, brave men and women take to Tom Lee Park and fire up their smokers for three days of intense barbecuing during the annual Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
Assignment #139 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to join the fun.
Sometimes, you need a place to get away from it all. The mounds in Chickasaw Heritage Park just south of Downtown get the job done (and have a great view of the Mississippi River). Assignment #117 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to climb them.
Get ready for waffles, tomato aspic and fish pudding, people!
You may be giving up chocolate, caffeine, or swearing for Lent, but there's no reason to give up waffles.
Calvary Episcopal Church's Waffle Shop and Lenten Preaching Series is actually more than a tradition, it's an institution. Since 1928, the Calvary Episcopal Church in downtown Memphis has sold lunch in their basement on weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.
Today's assignment (#12 of 365 Things To Do In Memphis) is to improve your mood by putting some Prozac in your mouth. Don't worry about getting a prescription.
This Prozac isn't a pill, it's a devil's-food chocolate cupcake topped with delectable chocolate buttercream icing. And you have to try it.
This year, see Zoo Lights from the top of a brightly lit 90-foot Ferris Wheel. It's assignment #278 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis, and it's a part of the annual holiday light display at the Memphis Zoo.
Ferris wheels aren't normally my thing, but I got talked into riding the Ferris Wheel at Zoo Lights a few years ago. There are gondola-like carts (instead of the seats where your feet dangle freely), so the ride was super smooth.
