{"id":46958,"date":"2012-01-11T07:50:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=46958"},"modified":"2012-01-12T10:10:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T15:10:46","slug":"memphis-collage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=46958","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe pyramid in downtown Memphis which helped us orient ourselves as to where we were. Lisa – my blog-buddy of MANY MANY years, who lives in Arkansas, whom I had never met UNTIL OUR TRIP, it was so exciting – informed us that the pyramid now stands empty, which is the creepiest thing I can imagine.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nMy first glimpse of the Mississippi River as we passed over it into Arkansas. A thrilling moment.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nMemphis, coming in from Arkansas<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nOverton Park. Quiet and peaceful.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nHumes High, where Elvis went to high school. It is now a middle school.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nThe famous musical-notes gates of Graceland. It was about 9:30 in the morning here, and nobody was around.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCary Grant’s star on the sidewalk outside the famous Orpheum<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nInside B.B. King’s on Beale Street. We went there two nights in a row. Heard great live music both times. Met a bunch of nice people.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nThe awe-inspiring lobby of the Peabody Hotel. We showed up there to see the famous March of the Ducks, from the fountain (which you can see in the middle of that beautiful space) into the elevator. The place was packed with hotel guests and also spectators like ourselves. It was marvelous. I loved seeing the ducks strolling through the lobby on their red carpet into the elevator. So specific and awesome. One of the most beautiful hotels I have ever seen in my life.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nEarly morning in Memphis. Loved this intersection.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nLots of ghost signs in Memphis, one of my favorite things. Here is the old sign for the Ambassador Hotel.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nOld signage<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nWhere Lansky Brothers used to be. I was picturing Elvis as a teenager, with his nose pressed up against those windows, staring at the flashy colored suits, dreaming of the day (not too far in the future) when he could buy all his clothes at Lansky’s.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBeale Street, Saturday morning<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nThe back of the old Hotel Chisca, an important place in Elvis’ life. It was an incredible building.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nMural on the side of a restaurant called The Happy Mexican. This was right around the bend from the Lorraine Motel. You could see it through the buildings over to the right.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nLittle boy backflipping down the center of Beale Street. Saturday afternoon.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nSchwab’s. Incredible. Celebrating 135 years of operation.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nElvis’ brass note in the sidewalk on Beale Street. There are brass notes every couple of feet all along Beale, celebrating all of the legends who have made music in Memphis.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nOver the Mississippi into Arkansas, sunset.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nOver the Mississippi into Tennessee, morning<\/i><\/p>\n

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