St. Roch Market: From Abandoned to Amazing
Back in 2008, when I really began my love affair with New Orleans, the city was only three years past Hurricane Katrina, and signs of …
Desserts
Live Blues at Clarksdale’s Ground Zero
Although Clarksdale’s Ground Zero Blues Club is not nearly the blues club it once was, booking a lot more rock and country these days, it …
Exquisite Coffees and Baked Goods at Dallas’ Cultivar
While driving from Austin to Mississippi, a friend and I decided we wanted coffee when we got to Dallas. Since it was a Sunday, there …
Exquisite Coffees and Comfortable Surroundings at Meraki Coffee Roasters
For several years, Clarksdale has had a full-scale coffee bar called Yazoo Pass, but at this year’s Juke Joint Festival I was surprised to see …
Celebrating the Launch of Royal Records in South Memphis
https://goo.gl/photos/QvjtGqwjvdT4YDhr5 In 1958, record store owner Joe Coughi of Poplar Tunes in Memphis decided to start a record label, and he named it Hi Records, …
Gourmet Burger Goodness At The Dirty Crow Inn
https://goo.gl/photos/H6xvfJ3z5b3R4Guw6 https://goo.gl/photos/j8jwVVj6vhMMXqKc6 https://goo.gl/photos/hFcQfiF9VHNBL3kF7 https://goo.gl/photos/dX5U4u9yUVS44rtBA https://goo.gl/photos/mxB9tkAVPhmHEmsM9 https://goo.gl/photos/P5myCHu6hNuDPJsb7 https://goo.gl/photos/1FCiWe1cU934pdhn8 When I saw that a place called the Dirty Crow Inn had opened in a former convenience store …
Lost Towns: In Search of Fulton and Ashport, Tennessee
In the early days, when Tennessee was just becoming a state, Memphis had two rivals for dominance of the trade on the Mississippi River. Randolph, …
Rodney Tate and All-Star Soul and Blues at Memphis’ B. B. King’s
People who know me know that I’m not a huge fan of modern-day Beale Street. In its current garish, Disneyland-like iteration, it seems like a …
2015 Kickoff Party for On Location: Memphis Film and Music Festival at Phillip Ashley Chocolates @OnLocationMEM
On the last Saturday in January, there was a kickoff party for the new year to call attention to the On Location: Memphis International Film …
All-Natural Goodness With Jeni's Spledid Ice Cream @jenisicrecreams @jenisATL
I was looking for a frozen yogurt place (and Atlanta is full of them) but they all seemed to have closed already, as it was …