Memphis on the internet.
Big Ass City
Our own Bruce VanWyngarden stirred the MEMernet last week in sharing his column, “Big Ass City,” on Facebook. His take on the Tom Lee Park situation drew comments like Liberty Park draws a barbecue team.
Fitz Dearmore asked Bruce, “Who got to you?”, suggesting some riverside conspiracy. Another suggested the park renovation was “intentionally evil.” However, a long line of luminaries jumped in the thread, too, like Tom Jones, Ron Olson, Geoff Calkins, Virginia McLean, George Abbott, Shea Flinn, and more.
Spooky Marketplace
The local Marketplace was a bit spooky last week. As you can see above, someone in Southaven was selling, basically, fancy Freddy Krueger gloves. In Memphis, someone was selling a five-foot posable skeleton with a hat that read “Make Racists Afraid Again,” and a devil-themed mechanical bull was up for $9,000.
Spooky Instagram
Check our Instagram for short walking tours of some of the city’s best Halloween decorations. So far, we’ve been to the mean streets of Harbor Town, Central Gardens, and Cooper-Young.
Please send suggestions to toby@memphisflyer.com.