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An audio slideshow about Midtown Memphis that I did for The Bryant Park Project’s “Where I Live Now” series on NPR.
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Memphis Midtown project 365
Day 344 — Fivehead
[for Tuesday, Dec. 12] The Deli may have slow service, but at least they support the fiveheads of the world. Project 365
Bitchy McComplainsalot Memphis Midtown
Rhetorical question
Do they send servers at the Deli to some kind of training where they learn how to ignore their patrons for as long as humanly possible?
Midtown open letter people are strange randomosity
Open letter to all crackheads who may wish to pay me a compliment while I’m in the grocery store
If the crack that you recently smoked is seeping out of your widened, red, wet eyes so that I can spot you from across the room and know instantly that you’re a crackhead who’s about to say something to me, even if it’s as lovely as, “You got a name to go with that pretty face?” do not be surprised if I laugh, embarrassed, and say, “Ha, no!” because I am merely standing there debating…
Memphis Midtown music project 365
Day 301 — Harmony Brothers at Shangri-la
[for Sunday, Oct. 28] The crowd was light (where were all the record vendors?) but the day was gorgeous and there’s not much that tops sitting in the sun, listening to music. Even the sad songs. Project 365
Memphis Midtown project 365
Day 295 — Pumpkin Patch
[for Monday, Oct, 22] Ever since they tore down that old antique mall building on the corner of Union and Cooper, a giant inflatable holiday icon has graced the corner whenever Halloween and Christmas has rolled around. I’ve never actually stopped to check out the goods, but I’ve always very much admired the little patch of color in an otherwise grey part of Midtown. I stopped yesterday, intent on getting a pumpkin, and was pretty…
Memphis Midtown music
Other more trivial f—ckups
Within the span of three hours last night, I managed to spill tequila and shiraz all over myself (the tequila when I took a shot out of a plastic cup and realized, three-fourths of the way in, that the barkeep had generously oversupplied me, but it was too late to stop the momentum of the shot; the shiraz was my own idiot fault because I was gripping the cup — yes, cup — in my…
Memphis Midtown project 365
Day 258 — Cooper-Young Festival
[for Saturday, Sept. 15] I had a hard time picking just one picture, but I went with this one because it’s just too freaking cute. I envy these kids who get to grow up among such creativity and diversity. The day was absolutely amazing in every way. Beautiful weather, people in all-around good moods, awesome art and crafts for sale, yummy street-fair food, clandestine booze in soda bottles, cotton candy, good company, sunshine, hoodies, music,…
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