Memphis, Tennessee - September 14-17, 2012
715am United flight out of IAH, late of course
Flying south over Hi-227 looking east over Central Ave.
Fly over the Liberty Bowl decked for U of Memphis
Mid-South Coliseum hosted The Beatles in 1966
Big Pentecostal churches in the area
Eat breakfast at Brother Juniper's Sat & Sun
Plot your place in line with your smart phone
Brad digs into an A&A open face omelete
David gets a $11 Coastal Delight with cheese grits
Brother Juniper is happy that David enjoyed his vist
Start with a cinamon roll & coffee Sunday morning
Get a breakfast monte cristo that you dip in maple syrup
Dave gets salmon crepes with pineapple and cheese grits
Go look for a few local sites Sunday morning
Find the Buddha statue in a front yard on Mendenhall
Next we take Kirby Parkway to Winchester Rd
To see the Statue of Liberation through Christ statue
In front of World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church
Watch NFL and enjoy some beer in the room Sunday
Try some new beers including the local Memphis brewery
Laughing Skull is made by Atlanta's Red Brick Brewing
Our only Man vs. Food restaurant visit is to Gus's
Spicy & juicy, Gus' is the best fried chicken I ever had!
No words are spoken as Dave & Brad chow down
Nashville's Yazoo Brewing makes Dos Perros, good w/chicken!
Make sure the garbage truck doesn't whack our Passat
No hobos fall out of the dumpster, unlike Austin
Monday morning breakfast at Bryants
2nd best breakfast in Memphis (behind B.J.'s)
Get Bryant's meat sampler w/3 eggs, 3 bisquits & grits
Site seeing around the U of Memphis campus
Find the 25-Foot-Tall Statue of Ramesses II on Central Ave
The statue stood at the Pyramid until it changed ownership
Find one more painted tiger by a U of Memphis sign
View of the Hilton Homewood Suite before we check out
Bought too many beers, hope the maid likes it
Drive by Sun Studio on Union Ave. on the way to Beale St.
Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley recorded at Sun Studio
And the Memphis Redbirds Minor League baseball park
Drive by the Cotton Musuem on Union Ave. @ Front St.
Cannon Center for Performing Arts on Front at Poplar
Drive by the 32 story tall Pyramid on Front St.
Pyramid Arena has not been used as a venue since 2004
Bass Pro Shops plans to open inside the Pyramid in 2013
Statue of Jefferson Davis in Jefferson Davis Park
View of Harahan & Frisco railroad bridges in front of the I-55 bridge crossing over Mississippi River to Arkansas
Look back at Memphis with Mud Island on the left
Hernando de Soto Bridge spans I-40 across the Mississippi River to West Memphis, AR
Galina Exchange was built in 1891, girders added in 1980
Had bbq ribs at the Pig, Schwabs' was established in 1876
Silky Sullivan's has an open air restaurant next door
Rum Boogie Cafe is another famous Beale St. business
Got Lisa a shot glass at the Hard Rock Cafe
Not sure of the advertising advantage of Ugly Juanitas
Beale Street Brass Note (over 80) Walk of Fame
If there is no Elvis, it is not a Walk of Fame
View back down Beale St. from the Hard Rock Cafe
Better angle on the Rum Boogie Cafe
Galina Exchange is now an open air restaurant
I'd love to see the Irish diving goats some time!
Clyde Hopkins is the Godfather of Soul? Look up!
Hi Clyde, and then he autographs a CD for me in the store
Though full, get some ribs at The Pig, just because
Elvis Statue on Beale St protected by motion detectors
Please look at Elvis, but don't get near enough to touch
OK, you can throw a penny near his feet for good luck
See a cable car on Main crossing Beale street
The MATA Main Street Line started operations in 1993
Car 452 has a more traditional paint job
Rock & Soul Museum tells the story of musical pioneers
FedExForum is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies
Drive under old bridges heading south to Graceland
Atomic Pest Control on Elvis Presley Blvd.
Depart Memphis on a late United flight home after 7pm
Nice sunset between the clouds on the way home