Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the plane. Touched down in the land of the delta blues in the middle of the pouring rain. -Marc Cohn “Walking in Memphis”   Home of Blues and Rock n Roll, Memphis has been graced with artist who walked Beale Street, recorded at Sun Records and Stax Records and changed the sound of music all over the world.  From W.C. Handy, Isaac Hayes, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Otis Redding, …

It’s that time of year again!  Tomatoes are ripe and ready to eat!  Where do the best tomatoes come from? Lauderdale County and Ripley, TN! Take a Day Trip this weekend to Ripley City Park to try these famous tomatoes. If you’re not a tomato fan go hangout and cool-off at the WaterSlide.  There will be music, arts, and contests all weekend long.  This event only happens once a year and you want to be a part of it! Here…

 “…And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” It’s the Fourth of July! Time to get out the BBQ, cook the hot dogs, hamburgers, s’mores, watching fireworks, listening to music, and celebrate with family and friends!  Make this Independence Day one to remember!   Head out to…

This past Wednesday, the City of Germantown and Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce held a Tourism and Visitors’ Event to launch the city’s tourist attractions.  Tourism is one of the largest growing industries in Tennessee and Germantown realized that they have a lot to offer.  From a large collection of parks, greenway trails, unique food and shops and the home to the Germantown Performing Arts Center (GPAC), this city is “open for business!” Bobby Lanier Farm Park is a unique…

70 years ago today, over 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight and defend our country against Aldof Hitler’s Nazis.  June 6, 1944 will forever be known and remembered as D-Day, where over 9,000 soldiers’ lives were lost, but they will never be forgotten.  Today only a few remaining soldiers that stormed the beaches still survive to tell their story of Operation Overload.  However, in the little town of Halls, Tennessee, you will find a…