Memphasis > Let’s Roll
June 12th, 2014
GET IT TOGETHER. A year ago, right here, I suggested – and a flat ton of you agreed – that we should get something rolling up and down Cooper. So let me repeat myself: LET’S GET SOMETHING ROLLING UP AND DOWN COOPER. I said then that Cooper is on fire. It’s practically molten now. Whether it’s a locally brewed heads up from Memphis ...
Memphasis > I’ll Be Back
June 5th, 2014
MEMPHIS FROM THE BEACH.As you read this, I’m probably on the beach, keeping the sand out of my beer and helping my dogs stare at the ocean. It’s a big ocean – big enough to help you forget whatever you were so worried about a couple of days ago. Staring at it properly is a big job – big enough that making sure you don’t miss the next dolphin ...
Memphasis > Get Real
May 29th, 2014
NASHVILLE THE CAPITAL OF Q. WHO KNEW? Last week – in a move I equate with Russian forces massing along our eastern border – Travel + Leisure ranked Nashville as America’s #1 city for barbecue. You’re in the right state but you’re seriously mixed up on city tastes. Like Pittsburgh cheesesteaks, Shreveport beignets and Orlando stone ...
Memphasis > All The Colors
May 22nd, 2014
ALL IN HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. “What do you see in that?” she asked, pointing up. I said that I saw all of us in the pinks and blacks, the browns and tans, the darks and lights. I saw our earthiness in the oranges and yellows, our politics in the reds and blues, and I saw our seasons, our water and skies in there, too. I said I saw all of that, all together, in ...
Memphasis > I Was A Teenage Werewolf
May 15th, 2014
MEMORIES OF PARKING. AND FULL MOONS. Last week, if I remember correctly, I mentioned CRS – that remarkable condition that blocks the knowledge of what one had for breakfast but allows a clear and concise image of something that happened in, say, 1966. This week, I find myself recalling one of those lost arts that there’s simply no application for any ...
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