Welcome to Memphis

There is a special place downtown Memphis
that carries on a unique tradition, has been for
over 75 years.  Here's a clue...

Not the liveliest quacker, made
of ivory I believe.  More on this
at the end of this posting.

Care to sit on the throne?
Only in Memphis, baby!

You can't go to Memphis

without visiting this historic

street.

And here was our welcoming crew...

Found this statue in a small

park off Beale Street.  It

was built in tribute to the

"Father of the Blues",

Mr. William Christopher Hand.

Probably one of the more

famous names in the

Blues business...

Plenty of food establishments to

choose from...

Funny, we ended up walking into

this one for food.  It had the

most customers in it and live

music.

Ended up hearing some great
blues music and a very, very
interesting lady who was singing
the blues, but more interested in
the Pittsburgh Steelers game that
was on in the background.

Thought this was a funny shot. We
aren't in Kansas anymore Toto!

Took this photo outside the

FEDEX Forum, home of the
Memphis Grizzlies.


To the delight of every young girl

in the crowd...Your carriage is
waiting.











Chris and I both wondered what was
up with this sign. Below is a link that
answers that question.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807310,00.html











And now back to the ducks. Click on
the link below...
http://www.peabodymemphis.com/peabody-ducks/


And hopefully for my next posting,
I will blog about the fellow in this
photo.

Who has left the building?

Guess where we are???

Soo-ee

On the road again. Had a great meal yesterday

at the Pig-N-Whistle.

Story goes... that back in England, way back

when, signs used to be simple so folks that

couldn't read would be able to understand.

Hence, pig meant that "meat" was being served.

And whistle was a way to refer to your throat,

thus stop in and "wet your whistle".

Well, here we are in modern day times

ready to quench our thirst and stop our

rumbling stomachs. Chris had the catfish

special, along with white beans and coleslaw,

and I had the BBQ special with baked beans

and coleslaw. Good eats!