To the best of my knowledge, Occupy Memphis is has been totally arrest free. There is not much news coverage for the folks camped out in Civic Center Plaza. During my short visit Sunday to Memphis’ part of the movement that stemmed from Occupy Wall Street, I was impressed with the organization and commitment of the participants. […]
Cooking with Joe – a couple of my favorite kitchen tools
[Blast from the Past – Reposted from Joe Spake’s Weblog – June, 2010] I have owned a few George Foreman Grills; they come in all shapes and sizes. They are good for quick grilling lots of things: burgers, grilled cheese, grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches, sliced eggplant and other veggies, T-bone steaks, onions, and […]
Sometimes the best things fall through the cracks
The older I get the more I appreciate history, especially historical pictures. The kind of pictures that end up in drawers somewhere, eventually to be thrown out with the trash. Some folks keep those scraps that tie together generations. If we are lucky, they share their collections. A friend introduced me to memphistechhigh.com last week. […]
Tribute to dead mall also offers “lost Memphis” topics
[Originally posted on Joe Spake’s Weblog in 2010, this story has a connection to tomorrow’s post.] The Marketplace of the Mid-South I was looking up something about Memphis when I ran across a link to http://lostmemphis.com in a Wikipedia article. The link takes you to a page of http://mallofmemphis.org, a tribute to Memphis’s flagship shopping […]
Digest of real estate and local stories, photos and video for week ending November 2nd
joespake posted Digest of real estate and local stories, photos and video for week ending October 26th. joespake shared 19 photos. joespake shared Gil Rossner – WLYX Studio April 1975. joespake posted Real estate licensing laws are a criminal conspiracy against the consumer created by and for the benefit of a cartel.. joespake posted 7 […]
BarCamp Memphis – November 12 #BCMEM
BarCamp Memphis 2011 will happen November 12 BarCamp is an tech UN-conference, open to all. Web 2.0 topics are addressed in presentations chosen and presented by participants. To steal a line from Forrest Gump: BarCamp is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to get. Topics could range from software […]
Will you pull your neighborhood together with Nextdoor?
Ever thought of starting a neighborhood website to share neighborhood news, recommend good service providers, sell, buy or swap stuff? A friend introduced me to what appears to be a new site, Nextdoor.com that serves the purpose. The concept is that the first person in the neighborhood to adopt Nextdoor, draws the neighborhood boundaries and […]
Cooper Young driving tour
Cooper Young is one of Memphis’s most popular and eclectic neighborhoods. Located in Midtown in Zip 38104 and part of 38114. Here’s a video tour I did last year: Want to know more about Cooper Young? Give me a call!
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