Next Stop-Great Coffee at Dyersburg’s Bus Stop
Bus travel is not exactly what it used to be, and downtown bus stops are largely a thing of the past, leaving cities struggling to …
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Find Your Place In Society…Society Memphis, That Is
I am old enough to remember when Memphis did not have even so much as one coffee bar. Now there is actually a bewildering array …
A Friday Night in Nashville
After a day of research on my thesis in the Tennessee State Archives, I decided to enjoy my Friday night in Nashville. I headed first …
A Rainy Night in the New Nashville
I drove up to Nashville on a Thursday night so that I could spend Friday in the Tennessee State Archives doing research for my masters’ …
Coastal Cuisine at Cooper-Young’s Elwood’s Shells
Since the closure of Anderton’s Restaurant in Midtown some years ago, Memphis has had a noticeable lack of decent seafood restaurants, and several attempts at …
Simple, Inexpensive, Outstanding Food at Brownsville’s Mindfield Grill
I had been in Brownsville for the Fife Fest at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, which broke up at 8 PM, and I was …
A Taste of Apalachicola in Memphis’ Indian Pass Raw Bar
Indian Pass is a large saltwater estuary located along the Florida gulf coast between the towns of Port St. Joe and Apalachicola, an area famous …
Strange Winter Rituals on a Busy Lundi Gras
Lundi Gras, the Monday before Mardi Gras Day, is basically a holiday in New Orleans, and thus ordinary things like getting breakfast can become a …
Some Ice Cream, A Snowball, Seafood and Blues
After the second-line, we were so hot when we got back to the car that I immediately started searching in my phone for ice cream …
A New Orleans Tradition in An Untraditional Place
Anyone familiar with New Orleans is likely familiar with beignets- those little delightful squares of fried dough rolled in powdered sugar. They’re so simple, yet …