The weather is cooling, the leaves are turning, Starbucks line is hoping (more than usual)…it’s fall, or as some know it…Pumpkin Everything Season!  Pumpkin: spiced lattes, bread, muffins, cookies, pies, shampoo, facials, beer, candles, popcorn, soup, ravioli, and so much more. With pumpkins comes fun fall activities: pumpkin carving and painting, hayrides, corn mazes, bonfires, pumpkin patches, apple picking, and apple cider tasting.  Grab your kids, family, and friends and get outside to enjoy these fun activities.  West Tennessee has…

West Tennessee is blessed with so many opportunities to see live theater.  Yes, it probably costs more to go watch a performance live, but the talent these performers have is totally worth it.  They don’t have 700 takes to get it right…just 1.  As Neil Patrick Harris said in the opening of the 2013 Tony Awards, “See on Broadway we don’t need extreme close-ups to prove we are singing live.  We sing live 8 shows a week, check it.” (yep,…

Where were you on September 11, 2001 at 8:46AM? I was moving from math to history class in 8th grade, when I walked by the large TV as the 2nd plane crashed into the 2nd World Trade Center Tower.  It’s something I’ll never forget.  Where were you? This day comes around every year. Every year we are all hustling to reach deadlines and often forget about that tragic event that took place 13 years ago. However, when we sit at…

It was 37 years ago when we lost a King. No not King George VI (that was 1952), or Stephen King (he’s still living/writing), but the King of Rock n Roll…Elvis Presley.  Whether you swooned over his rocking hips, cried to one of his ballads, or didn’t even like him, he still goes down in history as changing the sound of music and introducing the world to Rock n Roll.  Over 1/2 a million people travel from around the world,…

There is a new trend in the restaurant world…Farm to Table.  Other communities around the world in Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, all embrace the local produce and create unique eating experiences through what’s on hand.  These cultures go to local markets, pick up their produce, and return to the kitchen to cook. No longer do people want mass-produced foods and heavily hormone enriched proteins, but instead they turn towards organic, grass fed, local, and farm raised ingredients. Presently, Farmers’ Markets…