January was a good month to be born. January 8th January 15th Two people, or Kings significantly changed not only Memphis and West Tennessee’s history, but the world’s. January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.  A Baptist minister and civil rights activist, this man became the heart and soul of racial reform during the mid-1950s, by playing a pivotal role to end segregation throughout the US. “I have a dream that my four children will one…

There is no doubt that the biggest new trend are micro-breweries and local wineries.  Forget traveling over 2,000 miles to go to Napa or Portland (Travel & Leisure Mags #1 location for beer drinkers), all you need is to take a less than an hour DAY TRIP to one of this regions wineries and breweries. At a brewery, make sure and take a tour, even if you’ve been on another brewery tour, they’re all different.  You get to learn what makes…

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,…