Home of the Blues, Birthplace of Rock and Roll

I spent my time in Memphis, TN before leaving for Washington, DC for a summit, and Prague for study abroad. It was just me and my Grandma mostly. This has been probably the most fun I've had with Grandma ever!

We started mornings with her morning pool aerobics class and I asked the teacher how my grandmother was doing. “She’s doing good.”

We've had disco dance-parties with such hits as "Ring My Bell" "I'm Coming Out," and "I Love the Nightlife!"Grandma is sooo much fun! She knows how to boogie!!!!

We've had lunch at the Piccadilly; how much more southern could you get? Crunchy breaded catfish, sweet potatoes, jalapeño corn bread, cabbage…well, I talk about food too much.

We finally made our way downtown to the Peabody. It was incredibly dead. On a whim grandma said, “Want to see a movie?” And so we did. And I highly suggest that if you haven’t seen King Kong yet, then you must RIGHT NOW! And be prepared to cry MORE than you did at Brokeback Mountain!!!!!!! Grandma got scared at some times and was ready to leave---isn’t she cute!!!! All in all, King Kong was love.

And then she let me drive around downtown and there was not too much to see but it made me feel like I am from some place important to American culture. And then I think I came back home and had Corky’s bbq ribs for dinner. Delicious!

Other highlights include flattening pennies on the rail road tracks and jumping on the bed.