Last year when I couldn’t be in Memphis for Elvis’ 82nd Birthday, I celebrated by watching all 31 of his movies in chronological order for three days from Friday January 6 through Sunday January 8, only breaking for sleep. Elvis’ movies were how I discovered Elvis, how I fall in [continue reading]
I couldn’t be in Memphis for Elvis’ 83rd Birthday Celebration as I was just there for New Year’s, so I tried to make my home this weekend as much like Memphis as I could. And by that I mean I just listened, watched and read about Elvis. It was only Elvis from Friday afternoon [continue reading]
I did what I set out to do. I was the last visitor in Graceland in 2017 (the last in the mansion, the last at the grave and the last on the grounds), AND I was the first one inside Graceland in 2018. My New Year’s Resolution was achieved! I had a great time at Graceland, the Guest House and [continue reading]
Thursday August 17th was my 7th and final day of Elvis Week 2017. I ended the 40th Anniversary Elvis Week the same way I started it – touring Graceland. I actually had a great night’s sleep and slept seven hours until my alarm went off at 8:37am. Of course I finally slept great my [continue reading]
Wednesday August 16th, the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, was my 6th day of Elvis Week 2017 and my 4th day in a row of seeing my JERRY SCHILLING – and my third day in a row seeing Priscilla Presley. After just four hours of sleep, I woke up at 10:40am with my head pounding [continue reading]
Tuesday August 15th, my fifth day of Elvis Week 2017, was another great one (tied with Sunday and Monday as my favorites of the week) and my 3rd day of JERRY SCHILLING – and one great surprise! After waking up at 6am after about only five hours sleep, my day started off just as the previous [continue reading]
Monday August 14th, my fourth day of Elvis Week 2017, was to be my second of four days of JERRY SCHILLING! It was actually a double dose of both Jerry and Priscilla, but it was not originally scheduled that way. This great day (probably tied with Sunday as my favorites of the week) consisted of [continue reading]
