FRIDAY AUGUST 10th – ELVIS WEEK DAY 1 I woke up around 3:45am (on purpose) after about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. I left Cookeville just before 4:30am and headed toward Memphis in the dark and the rain. (I had driven 9 1/2 hours the previous day from Maryland.) Originally I had planned to stay in [continue reading]
As I sip sweet tea from my Elvis Week cup, I realize it has been almost two weeks since Elvis Week 2018 ended and I am just now writing about it – I still haven’t even unpacked all of my stuff yet. Can you say denial? Yes, those of us who went to Elvis Week are all feeling a bit of [continue reading]
Picking an ‘L’ Elvis topic for the A to Z Blogging Challenge as “Loving Arms” is my favorite Elvis song (along with Heartbreak Hotel) AND “Love Me” is probably my third or fourth favorite Elvis song. But in the end I HAD to go with Lisa Marie Presley, [continue reading]
Oh my gosh! I made it! I’m finally in Memphis and back at Graceland and in the Guest House where I belong! This was the first of seven days celebrating the life and legacy of Elvis Presley, who died 40 years ago. Today was a great first day, but it certainly did not start off that way. I left [continue reading]
I didn’t make it to Memphis this year for Elvis Week, but I had a pretty good time celebrating at home in Maryland. I listened to Elvis songs all week, I watched the Candlelight Vigil online Saturday night, watched Elvis dvds all day Sunday and saw an Elvis Tribute Artist Sunday night. I [continue reading]
2013 was a great year. And the cool thing that I say that every year, which means my life just keeps getting better and better. I am very fortunate. I have been some amazing concerts and games, meeting some great people along the way. Musically it really was a great year. It was all about New Kids [continue reading]
Lisa Marie Presley gets better every time I see her. Always a great songwriter and singer, Lisa’s performances this weekend were a far cry from her shy performance in 2003 when I first saw her. When Lisa opened for Chris Isaak in support of her first album To Whom It May Concern, her mic was [continue reading]
