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2. Junkets
Garage Sales with The Traveling Twosome
Whether you call them garage sales, yard sales, carport sales, or family flea markets, you’d be surprised what you can find when you attend one. Go early in the morning for good deals and prime selection. But go later in the day – just before people close up shop – and you’ll not only... »
Finding Fiberglass Horses – Germantown Charity Horse Show
Germantown, TN. The Germantown Charity Horse Show began in 1948 and attracted thousands of horse fans each year. In celebration of the event’s 60th annversary in 2008, the city of Germantown, TN was decorated with 21 artistically designed fiberglass horses placed throughout the town’s many shopping centers and businesses as well as along... »
A Special Place
It doesn’t matter if you live in a small town or a bustling metropolis… there are places you can seek to be alone as a couple. Places you can visit that scarcely anyone else knows about – if anyone at all! Char and I have a few of those spots: special places where we... »
A Little Fun at Brother Juniper’s
Brother Juniper’s is The Traveling Twosome’s favorite place for breakfast in Memphis. One weekend in May, 2010, I treated Char to a breakfast there and decided to play a bit of a prank on her while she was in the restroom. You might recognize the prank as a take-off from classic commercials from yesteryear. ... »
Yes on Tour 2010
Yes, the British progressive rock pioneers from London who began their career in the late 1960s, still have a strong following and enjoy frequent radio play and album sales more than 40 years after their debut. But with their 2010 concert tour, they show that they have more than that… they have musicianship and... »
Oaklawn Garden – Azaleas and Artifacts of Germantown, TN
Nestled just behind the train tracks on Poplar Pike in Germantown, TN lies a local treasure that has become a favorite of photographers and lovers alike: Oaklawn Garden. Part museum and part botanical garden, Oaklawn is home to a beautiful field of azaleas, over 300 varieties of daffodils, a 1944 Norfolk & Western train... »
The Festival That Didn’t Exist: An Experiment in Having Fun Anyway
Char was researching area festivals and fairs for The Traveling Twosome to visit this spring when she perked up and said, “There’s one here in Memphis tomorrow afternoon. The M.L.K. Fest in Overton Park.” This is Memphis. This is April. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) was assassinated in this city on... »
Pointless Post Volume 5 – Pointless Video Clips
The great American poet William Carlos Williams once wrote: so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens This poem has always been a favorite of mine. Each time I read it, something different strikes me about the poem. Oftentimes, it is what is implied and not what is written that captures my imagination. Today, I was... »
Pointless Post Volume 4 – Random Retail Fun
Char and I had several minutes of unreleased video footage documenting our recent fun times in retail stores and restaurants. We decided to pull it together for another Pointless Post. In this montage you’ll see us eating octopus (sorry, Oswald!), using store intercoms, and laughing at Hefty trash bags. You’ll see Char imitate Andy... »
Mississippi River Fireworks Dinner Cruise
“The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar.” - from Graceland by Paul Simon Pictures, by definition, capture a moment. I know what you are thinking. “Boy, Louis sure does have a keen grasp on the obvious.” But it’s more than that… I mean some pictures really have a way of bringing you back,... »
Residential Eyesores Vol. 1
Before the days of blogging and social networking sites, in the Internet’s infancy, many of us early pioneers to the world wide web used the original, free Geocities service (on dial-up, of course) to make our home pages. The sites were filled with colorful bars and buttons, animated GIFs of little mailboxes and flags,... »
Remembering The Dempseys
Having now spent more than half of my life playing out in Rock ‘n Roll bands, it is a rare treat for me to come across a live musical act that quite simply blows me away. Char and I perform together in Vintage, a variety band performing hits from all of rock’s finest eras. ... »
Pointless Post Volume 3 – Walking to the Store in the Snow
On February 8, 2010, Char and I awoke to an unexpected blessing. Two of our children were wandering outside our bedroom door wondering aloud if they had school or not. Upon looking out the window, we saw a few inches of snow covering the neighborhood. Later in the day, Char and I walked to Walgreens... »
Pointless Post Volume 1 – Juggling Lemons at Kroger
Ingredients: 1 Kroger Grocery Store 3 Medium Sized Yellow Lemons 2 Hands, Arms and Body Attached 1 Husband 1 Wife 1 Flip Camera Combine all ingredients. Mix well. Serves countless viewers. Ok, to see this recipe in action, click here. (6.7 MB MP4 file) As usual, our video is an MP4 file playable in Quicktime, iTunes, VLC, or any browser with... »
Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles – Live at The Orpheum in Memphis
Rain – A Tribute to The Beatles performed live at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, TN on January 16 and 17, 2010. Char and I went on a double date to the concert and absolutely loved the show. Rather than simply performing a concert, Rain’s performance is more a multimedia presentation of The Beatles... »
Fun at Target
Char and I went to Target on New Years Day 2010 to purchase a robe so I wouldn’t be so cold coming out of the hot tub in the cold month of January. While walking through the store, we had a little fun… so, for your enjoyment… Fun at Target – New Years Day 2010 We... »
Evan’s Steakhouse: A Roadside Marvel
As I mentioned before in our Water Lilies posting, sometimes we go out in search of a junket and sometimes the junket finds us. Such was the case when Evan’s Steakhouse found us while traveling through Desoto County, Mississippi. Char noticed the steakhouse as we were slowing at a traffic light turning red. More... »
Shoe Shopping with Char
Clothes shopping is to some women what Disney World is to most kids. Not Char, however. In fact, she’s told me on many occasions that she hated clothes shopping until she met me. Now she enjoys it not so much for the act of shopping, but for the fun we have while out and... »
Vanelli’s Deli – A Germantown Favorite
High quality, fresh cold cut subs can be hard to come by – especially for The Traveling Twosome. Perhaps it is because we have such high expectations in Italian subs. I grew up the youngest son of a Sicilian restaurant entrepreneur and Char grew up in New York City, one of the food capitals... »
Vintage Performs Live at Fox and Hound in Southaven, MS
As most of our readers know, Char and I perform music together in a band called Vintage. Both of us have been performing most of our lives in some capacity or another. I recall growing up in a family with two older brothers – both of them were musicians. I was about 10 years... »
