Memphis posts

by Katie Hammel (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Jul 26th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Justin Timberlake - singer, dancer, actor, restaurateur, golfer, and. . . eco-innovator? That's right, the guy who "brought sexy back" is also responsible for the first Platinum LEED certified golf course in the United States. The course also received the first Audubon International Classic Sanctuary certification in the U.S.
The Memphis, Tennessee golf course, originally called Woodstock Woods, ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
Jan 29th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Is Delta playing chicken with Atlanta? The airline is getting ready for negotiations with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport ... and has opened by threatening to lean on secondary hubs like Memphis and Cincinnati. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution questions the airline's likelihood of pulling the trigger, though. Delta is concerned that the costs of running through ...

by Anna Brones (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jul 22nd, 2008 at 5:00PM: It may come as no surprise that San Francisco ranks as America's #1 walkable city, but what about the rest of the country? After compiling a list of the "walkability" of 40 American cities, Walk Score gives us a good idea of what cities are pedestrian friendly and which ones require cars. The bottom ten cities on the list give us a few places where pedestrians are far and few between and driving ...

by Martha Edwards (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sep 14th, 2007 at 9:12PM: I recently came across this story about three Norwegian tourists who planned a trip to Rhodes in Greece, only to end up in the French town of Rodez instead. They booked their trip through the Internet, you see, and made a mistake when typing the destination. Despite efforts of Rodez locals to make their stay pleasant, the confused tourists promptly returned to Norway. But while Rodez probably ...

by Willy Volk (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
May 5th, 2007 at 1:37PM: Also known as "Super Bowl of Swine," the World Championship Barbecue-Cooking Contest sounds like a mighty fine time -- at least, if you like pork. Shredded, pulled, piled high, or on a slab, this Memphis tradition features opportunities for you to pick up some BBQ tips for yourself (if you sign up for the Cooker Caravan, a free guided tour of the teams), as well as the chance to help select the ...
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by Willy Volk (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Mar 9th, 2007 at 4:05PM: We mentioned recently that Memphis International airport has more cargo traffic than any other airport in the world. The reason? FedEx uses Memphis as its shipping hub. This is an amusing, 46-second video of FAA radar tracking a bank of FedEx aircraft getting into Memphis as thunderstorms pass over the airport.
Trust me. It's cooler than it sounds.
[Via Kottke] ...

by Adrienne Wilson (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Dec 23rd, 2006 at 10:49AM: This photograph taken by teokaye on a Greyhound ride in Memphis, TN back in 1999 doesn't exactly scream Christmas or holiday anything. While the hook seen on the man's right hand serves as an interesting focal point teokaye provided some really sweet details and back story on what was going down. It was Christmas Eve and the man talking was a Jehovah's Witness. The man apparently had politics on ...