Celebratory Weekend

Friday Night

We started the night out with a tour of Sun Studios. For those of you that don't know, this is where Elvis (as well as many others) recorded his first song. It was very interesting, but the tour guide was a little cheesy... I guess you'd have to be if you're speaking to a bunch of blank faces most of the day. There were lots of awkward silences.

Here's Elvis's mic. The black X is supposedly where young Elvis stood facing his band mates, Bill Black and Scotty Moore, instead of Sam Phillips, who was recording in the room behind him. Shy, much?

After the tour, we went to dinner. My favorite food (at least has been for the last few years) is sushi, so Ethan found 'the best sushi in Memphis'. Earlier that day, he had tracked down a nice bottle of Sake and a cake and delivered them to the restaurant. It was a very nice surprise and the sushi turned out to be pretty good!

We finished up dinner then headed downtown for one last surprise. The performing arts is another one of my favorite things, so Ethan got tickets to see The Drowsy Chaperon at the Orpheum. Very cute musical and a beautiful building that was entertainment in itself.






Saturday Night

We (mainly me) decided that we hadn't seen enough stuff in Memphis yet so we decided to go to the Peabody Hotel and the RockNSoul Museum downtown. We arrived at the Peabody Hotel about 3 minutes before the famous duck walk... it was packed with tourists. We ended up hearing more than seeing. But we were able see one ducks tail feathers and grab a photo by the fountain! The RockNSoul Museum was just a few blocks away and ended up to be a tour of photos and narration... next time we'll go to STAX.

We then headed over to 2nd street for some famous BBQ at Charlie Vergo's Rendezvous. The place was packed but this restaurant worked like a machine and we didn't have to wait very long for a table. We got seated right by the window of one the open kitchens. I felt like we were in the action... we even got to see Nick Vergo reprimand a couple of employees. It was great!

After a great meal of ribs and brisket we headed down to B.B. King's Blues Club for some live blues music. We got great seats in the back of the club, where the music wasn't too loud and the view was good. We even met a few people from Kansas... small world!

It was a great Birthday!

Today, we're headed to Tunica, MS so Ethan can get some work done. I guess I'll be able to spend some quality time with the pups... and the spa employees. :)