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

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food project 365

Day 299 — Pomegranate

Brittney wrote a little while back about her crush on the pomegranate, and someone commented that it seems like a whole lotta work for a little bit of fruit. It’s technically true, I suppose, but how lovely and meditative to stand over a bowl of water, your hands submerged, gently coaxing each seed from its little cubby and then discarding the pulp. When you’re done and you’ve cleared away the cloudy water and the bits…

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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…

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movies project 365 work

Day 293 — This Is How Actual Designers Feel About the Design of the Movie Paper

[for Saturday, Oct. 20] Movie fatigue set in big time when I strolled into the office Saturday — already a cruel joke snickered by the universe — and was immediately informed that my desk would be unavailable for work. Instead, I’d have truck it back to the sports department to do my damn job. There was movie equipment — lights, boards, monitors, etc. — all around my cube. Movie people were standing around, looking at…

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