Yesterday, Acting like tourist at home, we walked to Beale St; enjoyed the Gumbo at Blues City Cafe, stopped at the Peabody, then Ubered over to the new Bass Pro Pyramid to check it out.
This is a shot looking south down the River that takes in all of downtown and both bridges.
The Bass Pro is way over the top. Quite impressive, actually. We even went bowling at Uncle Buck's lanes in the Pyramid.
If you're in Memphis, check it out... You certainly can't miss the huge Pyramid next to the River and the ride to the top is worth the 10 bucks. Have a cocktail while you're up there.
Lets go to Memphis in the meantime baby
Memphis in the meantime girl
Maybe there's nothin' happenin' there
Maybe there's somethin' in the air
Before our upper lips get stiff
Maybe we need us a big ol whiff
If we could just get off-a that beat little girl
Maybe we could find the groove
At least we can get a decent meal
Down at the Rendez-vous
'Cause one more heartfelt steel guitar chord
Girl, it's gonna do me in
I need to hear some trumpet and saxophone
You know sound as sweet as sin
And after we get good and greasy
Baby we can come back home
Put the cowhorns back on the cadillac
Change the message on the cord-a-phone
But...
Lets go to Memphis in the meantime baby
Memphis in the meantime girl
Within the lyrics of this tune, John sings of going back to Memphis to escape the glitzy/ritzy atmosphere of Nashville, though he will eventually go back because...
As you can see, we're back in Memphis for a few days. It's great place to come home to — Funky Old Memphis. Seems like everywhere you look there's a photo asking to be taken.
Music in the streets followed up with excellent food, Downtown Mempho's definitely as authentic as it is flat out cool.
Last night was dinner at Five Spot, Fried Chicken Skin BLT? It's worth it.
Cheers,
Istaboa
No reason, just liked this little gif and thought I'd post it.
It's appears Erika has dissipated and is now nothing more than a weak, wet blow.
Much to chagrin of our weather prognosticators, Erika never cooperated with them. We appreciate it.
In an email from our friends aboard 'Irianna':
Double tied to dock and opposite finger in Blue Haven marina Provo...
Had gusts to a lil over 40 kts at about 1730 y/day. We stayed on the boat
figuring if we lost shore power, we have a gen set to run all.... I
would have gotten off the boat if it had been a bigger storm.
We
currently have 20-25 kts and rain. The strange thing that stumps my pea
brain is that the wind Only varied about 10 deg all throughout... SE
wind .... relentless since March!
They're weathering it out in the Turks & Caicos. Nice place to do so.
Walked down to the beach this morning. A very nice morning. Playing with my iPhone.
"Can't Find My Way Home" written by Steve Winwood — Performed by Nathan East
View from the new dining room at Staniel Cay Yacht Club
A fun night.
Tucker, Kerstin, Julissa, Kim, Natalie, and Maddy flew to the states yesterday. They're staying in the area so Mel and I had dinner with them last night.
Tuck looked good and the girls are growing up to be very pretty young ladies.
Woke early this AM and took a walk on the beach. It was a glorious sunrise so I captured a moment to share.
This snippet is close to the inlet where two young boys disappeared yesterday.
It's windless and quite still this morning.
Walking the boys along the beach at Joe Cay Cut, I happened upon this small coral. With a full moon tide going out, this little invertebrate was about to be high and dry; it wouldn't have survived.
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So we took it back to Compass and placed it amongst a garden of mature Brain Coral that live under the docks. Hopefully it thrives in it's new surrounding.
