{"id":2892,"date":"2008-04-01T21:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2012-02-25T14:06:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T21:06:41","slug":"memphis-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2892","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Trip."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"IMG_0732.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2381000297\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2018\/2381000297_555f092609.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0732.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past weekend several ladies (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagometsfan.com\/?p=289\">Julie<\/a>, Stacy &amp; Jane) and I headed down to Memphis for MLB&#8217;s annual <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/events\/civil_rights_game\/y2008\/index.jsp\">Civil Rights Game<\/a> between the New York Mets and the Chicago White Sox. Along the way we managed to eat as unhealthy as humanly possible in such a short span. Jane found us a bar that had $1.50 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuengling.com\/\">Yuengling<\/a> (Memphis?), we toured <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graceland\">Graceland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sun_Studio\">Sun Studio<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibson.com\/\">Gibson<\/a> guitar factory, hung out on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beale_Street\">Beale Street<\/a> and saw the Mets beat the White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>A successful weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0715.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380365155\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2002\/2380365155_fc740b39c2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0715.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0700.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380346525\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2217\/2380346525_6658f8c09e.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0700.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0695.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2381170970\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3268\/2381170970_fe04012fb1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0695.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0720.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380391911\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3076\/2380391911_9bbc43c620_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0720.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0718.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380383341\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2165\/2380383341_67aa160352_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0718.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0717.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2381209954\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3166\/2381209954_ee322d1a1e_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0717.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0711.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380356323\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2339\/2380356323_dab4f1ab51_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0711.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0681.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2381159074\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3178\/2381159074_425ff37dbd_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0681.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0671.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380312209\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2088\/2380312209_8bfbbd652a_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0671.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0666.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380302555\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3017\/2380302555_830024f18b_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0666.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><a title=\"IMG_0662.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/2380290097\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2251\/2380290097_c5f66f365b_t.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0662.JPG\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because I&#8217;m into lists, here are the things to note from my trip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Case of Yuengling was smuggled out of the South.<\/li>\n<li>Never laugh in the rain or an overly aggressive homeless man may try to assault you.<\/li>\n<li>White people in Memphis DO NOT want you to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;um=1&amp;q=wild+bills&amp;near=Memphis,+TN&amp;fb=1&amp;view=text&amp;latlng=35164158,-90004804,2310054838855399570\">Wild Bill&#8217;s<\/a>, including the kid who was our tour guide at Sun Studio.<\/li>\n<li>I prefer Wet Ribs to Dry Ribs and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corkysbbq.com\/\">Corky&#8217;s<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hogsfly.com\/\">Rendezvous<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Elvis impersonators are creepy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Unforgettable_Fire\">Unforgettable Fire<\/a> is still the worst U2 album ever.<\/li>\n<li>State Patrolmen treat women much differently than they treat men.<\/li>\n<li>Regardless of what anyone says, there are only 3 ducks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peabodymemphis.com\/peabody_hotels\/the_peabody_ducks.cfm\">Peabody Hotel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Tea might just be the greatest thing ever invented.<\/li>\n<li>There are Mets fans in Arkansas.<\/li>\n<li>There are no speed limits in Missouri nor Arkansas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rest of the photographs from our trip are on <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/sets\/72157604350933171\/\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Side Note:<br \/>\nI was prompted to do a little <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuengling#History\">research<\/a> after striking Yuengling Gold in Memphis. Most of you know all to well that you can&#8217;t get Yuengling anywhere in Ohio so to find it in Tennessee was a little confusing. I knew there was a brewery in Florida so I assumed it had to come from there. Living in New York City this past year Yuengling was everywhere but since I headed back West in June I haven&#8217;t had it. To then find it $1.50 drafts in Memphis was awesome. Possibly the best part of the trip for me.<\/p>\n<p>The beer I brought back to Chicago was brewed in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend several ladies (Julie, Stacy &amp; Jane) and I headed down to Memphis for MLB&#8217;s annual Civil Rights Game between the New York Mets and the Chicago White Sox. Along the way we managed to eat as unhealthy as humanly possible in such a short span. Jane found us a bar that had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5,7,10,17,19],"tags":[40,223,225,305],"class_list":["post-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bronder-luck","category-common-man","category-food","category-music","category-sports","category-travel","tag-baseball","tag-memphis","tag-mets","tag-ribs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pazIS5-KE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5808,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}