(01-26-2015 02:44 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

I'm excited to see how the Graceland area redevelopment goes...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/business...s_01030092

That's good to see. I rarely had reason to be in the part of town, but do recall a pretty good bbq place one of my co-workers loved...can't think of the name off the top of my head.

(01-26-2015 02:46 PM)3601 Wrote:  It looks like the Redbirds will be in town then. There is nothing more family friendly that minor league baseball and AutoZone Park is a spectacular venue. Don't forget to order BBQ Nachos if you go.

And that brings up another suggestion: have at least two barbeque places picked out in advance, Memphis ribs are incredible.

On your way to Wally World?

(01-26-2015 07:26 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  On your way to Wally World?

That silly moose.

Oh sweet baby Jesus! Man, do I miss those barbecue nachos from Autozone Park!

They would love the Zoo

http://www.tunicariverpark.com/home

If you are in the tunica area this is nice.

The best golf course to play for the money is Glen Eagle Golf Course. It is a fun course to play. If you play at 2 or later I think it is $20 for Alduts and half that for your children. They have the best greens in the county. Your children would love it. It is located in Millington 30 minutes north of Memphis. Use to be the golf course for the Navy base located there. Try to play weekly. Have regularly played country club courses and Leffer to play Glen Eagle. I highly recommend the course. It is also well maintained. I love in Germantown 40 minutes from my house and it is worth you time to go.

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

(01-27-2015 11:51 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

Must be a different one. Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel IS across the street from Graceland. 3677 Elvis Presley Blvd to be exact. I wouldn't stay there unless you're a diehard Elvis fan who has it on their bucket list. It's nothing special and not in the best part of town. Only a couple decent places to eat around there too.

(01-26-2015 09:01 AM)rosewater Wrote:  Taking the kids across the country and one of our stops is in Memphis. The kids are 11 and 14. What is the best golf per dollar. Thanks in advance.

The new Bass Pro should be open by then. It will be in the old Pyrimid.

(01-28-2015 01:27 AM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(01-27-2015 11:51 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

Must be a different one. Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel IS across the street from Graceland. 3677 Elvis Presley Blvd to be exact. I wouldn't stay there unless you're a diehard Elvis fan who has it on their bucket list. It's nothing special and not in the best part of town. Only a couple decent places to eat around there too.

I didn't even know such a place existed. I'm all shook up, That's all right, In the ghetto, and Heartbreak hotel were my not so clever attempts at Elvis humor...wah, wah, wah (sad trombone).

(01-28-2015 01:27 AM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(01-27-2015 11:51 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

Must be a different one. Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel IS across the street from Graceland. 3677 Elvis Presley Blvd to be exact. I wouldn't stay there unless you're a diehard Elvis fan who has it on their bucket list. It's nothing special and not in the best part of town. Only a couple decent places to eat around there too.

Rally's!

(01-26-2015 02:57 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:44 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

I'm excited to see how the Graceland area redevelopment goes...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/business...s_01030092

That's good to see. I rarely had reason to be in the part of town, but do recall a pretty good bbq place one of my co-workers loved...can't think of the name off the top of my head.

This is probably what you're thinking of.......

http://www.marlowesmemphis.com

(01-28-2015 01:14 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 AM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(01-27-2015 11:51 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

Must be a different one. Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel IS across the street from Graceland. 3677 Elvis Presley Blvd to be exact. I wouldn't stay there unless you're a diehard Elvis fan who has it on their bucket list. It's nothing special and not in the best part of town. Only a couple decent places to eat around there too.

Rally's!

^ like I said, I'm very happy to see over 100 million in redevelopment of Graceland...that 120 acres attracts over 600,000 people per year.

The Pink Palace is always a decent attraction for the family.

(01-28-2015 01:45 PM)Harry J Wrote:  The Pink Palace is always a decent attraction for the family.

I second this.

(01-28-2015 01:27 AM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(01-27-2015 11:51 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

Must be a different one. Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel IS across the street from Graceland. 3677 Elvis Presley Blvd to be exact. I wouldn't stay there unless you're a diehard Elvis fan who has it on their bucket list. It's nothing special and not in the best part of town. Only a couple decent places to eat around there too.

The one you are talking about is this:



That is obviously a tourism hotel built after Elvis's death.

THIS is the real hotel @ Marshall and Monroe within eyesight of where the song was recorded at Sun Studio by Elvis: (Horrible photo)

(01-28-2015 01:14 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 AM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(01-27-2015 11:51 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(01-26-2015 02:17 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  I'm all shook up nobody mentioned Graceland. That's all right as it is in the ghetto across the street from Heartbreak Hotel.

We always do different things when in Memphis. If you are interested in the history of the city/region, there are some great walking tours downtown. Seems like we got free tix through the VCB. Try stopping at rest areas before you hit town, they usually have pamphlets with discounts for food, events... If you are in town for MusicFest or BBQFest weekends, expect large crowds downtown.

Not to be a "know-it-all" fuss-budget, but Heartbreak Hotel is not across the street from Graceland, It is at the corner of Monroe and Marshall about a block from Sun Studio.... Which WOULD be a cool thing to go see while in town, now that I think about it.

Must be a different one. Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel IS across the street from Graceland. 3677 Elvis Presley Blvd to be exact. I wouldn't stay there unless you're a diehard Elvis fan who has it on their bucket list. It's nothing special and not in the best part of town. Only a couple decent places to eat around there too.

Rally's!

I was thinking more of Marlowes and...well, that's it...