Memphis in May with the Mamas

A trip from May 02, 2008 to May 04, 2008, travelling to Memphis, Lakeland
The real 3rd Annual Mamas trip
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05/02/2008 to 05/04/2008
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Fri 05/02/08 (day 1) - Memphis

Average Rating (135):
     

City
Memphis, TN, United States
Fri May 2 9:00am - Sun May 4 3:00pm
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Average Rating (3):
     
Extended Stay America Memphis-Mt. Moriah is designed specifically for people who need more than just a room while …
Hotel
Extended Stay America Memphis-Mt. Moriah
6520 Mount Moriah Road Ext
Memphis, TN 38115
United States
901-362-0338
Fri May 2 10:00am
Notes
$33 a night...awesome deal.

*update*

This hotel was very clean. Great for the price and a decent neighborhood.
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Grocery store
Shopping
3071 S. Perkins Rd
Memphis, TN 38118
United States
901-795-0121
Fri May 2 11:00am - Fri May 2 12:00pm
Notes
We have to get peach nehi...

Trenetta I update to the second Piggly Wiggly address that had the wig shop next door.
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Average Rating (89):
     
While speaking on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. You can re …
Thing to Do
National Civil Rights Museum
450 Mulberry St
Memphis, TN 38103-4214
United States
+1 901 521 9699
Fri May 2 2:00pm - Fri May 2 3:00pm
Notes
$12 per person...I left them a message to see if we canget a guided tour and make sure about the prices.
*update*

They called me back and we can just do the walk in because we have a small group. For the $12.
*update*
The best stop on the whole trip. You MUST go.
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Average Rating (15):
     
This tiny house stands as a reminder of both a dark period in American history and the efforts of many to remedy the …
Thing to Do
826 N 2nd St
Memphis, TN 38107-2302
United States
+1 901 527 3427
Fri May 2 3:00pm - Fri May 2 3:30pm
Notes
This is free.
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Tour Memphis' only nut factory, located in a historic 1875 warehouse. This factory continues to use its original equ …
Thing to Do
62 South Front Street
Memphis, TN 38103
United States
+1 901 759 0229
Fri May 2 3:45pm - Fri May 2 4:30pm
Notes
The mamas love pecans. I think they would enjoy this.

*update*

We never found this place. The number is disconnected, and we found a different address but it had the same number.
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Restaurant
670 Jefferson Ave
Memphis, TN 38105
United States
(901) 521-9798
Fri May 2 5:00pm - Fri May 2 7:00pm
Notes
I love their show. All good reviews on the site...

*update*

There was one down the street from the hotel on Mt. Moriah. Bbq didn't have the smokey taste I like. The bbq turkey was delicious and so was the sock it to me cake. Don't get the Brownie.
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Average Rating (10):
     
The atmosphere at this diner-style cafe is so authentic that the place was used virtually unchanged in "The Firm", t …
Entertainment
Blues City Cafe
138 Beale St
Memphis, TN 38103
United States
+1 901 526 3637
Fri May 2 9:00pm - Fri May 2 10:00pm
Notes
We hit Beale after we get the mamas settled in
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The club,B.B. King's Blues Club as the name would suggest, is owned by legendary blues musician B.B. King and featur …
Entertainment
B.B. King's Blues Club
143 Beale St
Memphis, TN 38103-3713
United States
+1 901 524 5464
Fri May 2 10:00pm - Sat May 3 12:00am
Notes
We hit Beale after we get the mamas settled in
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Sat 05/03/08 (day 2) - Memphis


Restaurant
6600 Winchester Rd
Memphis, TN 38115
United States
901-363-0064
Sat May 3 9:00am - Sat May 3 11:00am
Notes
Guys! I found a different Shoney's 1.3 miles from our Hotel. Gotta love Shoney's!

*update*

This Shoney's is now a Chinese Buffet. Memphis is real slow about updating its information.
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Average Rating (3):
     
Blues City Tours offers several options from which to choose, depending on your interests. You can take a three-hour …
Thing to Do
325 Union Ave
Memphis, TN 38103-5203
United States
+1 901 522 9229
Sat May 3 1:00pm - Sat May 3 3:00pm
Notes
We are set for the city tour! They will be picking us up from the hotel between 1
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Average Rating (10):
     
Memphis native Isaac Tigrett started this chain; however, the Memphis location only opened in 1997. In addition …
Restaurant
315 Beale St
Memphis, TN 38103
United States
(901) 529-0007
Sat May 3 9:00pm - Sat May 3 10:00pm
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Sun 05/04/08 (day 3) - Memphis, Lakeland

Restaurant
1803 Union Ave
Memphis, TN 38104
United States
(901) 274-9733
Sun May 4 12:00pm - Sun May 4 12:30pm
Notes
Haven't had TCBY since 1989.
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Outlet mall only 17 stores: Bass Bon Worth Casual Male Big & Tall Dress Barn Dress Barn Woman …More  
Shopping
Lakeland, TN
901-386-3180
Sun May 4 12:45pm - Sun May 4 2:00pm
Notes
Um this place sucked!!! Turns out we were at the wrong Outlet Mall anyway.
Highlight of the mall was the cute guy at the Bass store.
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Talk about this trip (5)
It is finally looking like we are going somewhere guys...
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I think this is great. i think the river boat would be cool but I will go along with what ever everybody else wants to do. i would also like to go to the zoo, but again I will go with the crowd.
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I am excited I think the Mamas will enjoy themselves.
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The weather says it's going to rain on friday...Rain rain go away. Come again another day. Like Monday or something...(hehehe)
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*update*

Yes it rained all day on Friday. From the time we left the house til the final trip back to the hotel after dinner at Neeley's. Great weather on Saturday and Sunday though. The National Civil Rights Museum was awesome.
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