Needless to say, I had a great time in Memphis during Elvis Week 2019 visiting Graceland three times, touring the museums at Elvis Presley’s Memphis, meeting Elvis’ friends and bandmates, hearing great concerts like Ronnie Milsap and BJ Thomas, buying great books and memorabilia, [continue reading]
I started off my final day (my 7th day) in Memphis relaxing in my room and packing, then around 12:30 I went down to EPs (in the Guest House at Graceland) for lunch. I had the fried green tomato sandwich with pimento cheese (and added chicken this time), sweet potato fries and sweet tea. After, I [continue reading]
I’ve always celebrated my Half Birthday April 4th. No else celebrates with me. There are no presents or cake, but I still celebrate by looking back at the first half of my year and ahead to the second half to see what still is to look forward to! So far this has been a great 46th year, and [continue reading]
I couldn’t have asked for a better weekend than the one I had at Graceland just prior to Elvis’ birthday! It has taken me so long to write about it because once I write about it, I know it is actually over. Anyway, I splurged and got the VIP My Friend Elvis Package which included a [continue reading]
Tomorrow is my 46th birthday, so today I look back at this past year. I had a fantastic 45th year – one of the best of my life! It seems as if every year I say that, but somehow each year is better than the last. I love my life! If I had to pick one word to sum up my 45th year, it would be [continue reading]
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]
Unlike most everyone else, I was not enamored by the Memphis Mafia book which most uphold as gospel. I mean it is very informative and I love hearing from Billy Smith for the first and only time, but on the whole it is very negative. I know it’s true and what they say happened did happen, but [continue reading]