Walking In Memphis

Got a Las Vegas all-night turn on Ash Wednesday (I am giving up chocolate for Lent by the way). The folks on the flight home looked like they were addicted to crystal meth. I got home and was alseep by 7:30am and slept soundly until about 2:30 or so.


I had plans that night to attend the donor council meeting at the blood bank, when much to my surprise, the phone rings at 5:30pm. It's the airline's scheduling desk letting me know I am going back out that night on a two day trip. It wasn't so bad really, just one leg to Memphis and a nice layover.

I was actually pleased to get a MEM overnight because I would get a chance to go to Huey's (see reference in Montreal post) and have a fantastic burger and onion rings so good they could invoke a religious experience. Check out their website (http://www.hueyburger.com/)


I called my friend Leanne. She is a co-worker of mine who commutes from MEM. I knew she was out of work for several weeks since she had her foot in a cast (plantars fasciatis treatment) so I called her up and invited her to meet me for lunch at Huey's.

We walked, or rather I walked and Leanne hobbled, the two blocks from the hotel down to the restaurant. Luckily we beat the lunch crowd and were seated right away. It filled up pretty quickly after us.

I ordered the Senor Huey burger (a mexican twist on the original) and Leanne had the Huey Club and of course we both got the onion rings. I wanted to buy a Huey's T-shirt but they did not have the one I wanted in my size.

On the way back to the hotel, we passed the Peabody Hotel. We went into the lobby and saw the world famous ducks. There is a duck there with just one leg. You can read more about the history of the Peabody ducks at (http://www.peabodymemphis.com/peabody_hotels/the_peabody_ducks.cfm)


Just one more reserve day and I am on vacation for the rest of the month! Not much going on from here on out, with the exception of my planned trip to London with my sister Jennie.