The Pit Barbecue and the Wade Walton Stage, Clarksdale #jukejointfest
The Wade Walton Stage during Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale is directly beside The Pit Barbecue, which offers some of the best ribs in Clarksdale. …
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Overton Square (@overtonsquare) Renaissance
This brightly-colored mural is simply the latest sign that Overton Square is back as a destination in Midtown Memphis. The new Bar Louie location opened …
Phillip Carter and the Blues Underground at Ground Zero Blues Club (@GZBC) @VisitClarksdale #jukejointfest
Ground Zero Blues Club in some ways was the beginning of modern Clarksdale- the Clarksdale that has become a tourist destination instead of a dreary, …
Hot Coffee on a Cold Night at Yazoo Pass (@YazooPass207) #jukejointfest
The Mississippi Delta has a reputation for the unexpected, and Yazoo Pass is definitely the unexpected- a swank, hip coffee bar in downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi. …
Blues, Barbecue and Biscuits at Indianola’s Blue Biscuit
After Mickey Rogers’ performance was over at the B.B. King Museum, I wanted something to eat, and the Blue Biscuit was literally a stone’s-throw away, …
A Quiet Easter Afternoon in Como
After Easter morning services at my church, Easter Sunday proved to be dull indeed. I have no relatives in Memphis, my best friend had to …
The Bar Takeover at Pearl’s Oyster House, Memphis, 3/30/13
Some of my friends from my Memphis State days were sponsoring a Bar Takeover at Pearl’s Oyster House on South Main Saturday, so I left …
A Final Dinner at the Snack Bar in South Austin @SXSW 2013
I decided to eat my final SXSW dinner in a place I had long noticed but never eaten in, the Snack Bar directly beside the …
Saturday Breakfast at The Egg and I in Cedar Park @SXSW 2013
I had intended to try one of the Kerbey Lane Cafes for breakfast, and assuming that most of them would be crowded due to SXSW, …
East Side PIes (@EastSide_PIes) and Trailer Space Records (@trailer_space) @SXSW 2013
East Austin is traditionally the “hood” in Austin, but the in-migration of artists and hipsters has created a strange sort of hybrid neighborhood. Old cultural …