{"id":3020,"date":"2013-10-04T11:34:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2023-07-02T22:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T02:39:48","slug":"beale-street-memphis-tn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/3020","title":{"rendered":"Beale Street, Memphis TN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I feel mellow, dude. Right on man. We have seriously enjoyed our time in Memphis, especially:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1916.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1916_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"679\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent 2 wonderful evenings walking around<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1847.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1847_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>listening to street musicians,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1853.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1853_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>outdoor concerts (John\u2019s favorite Fuzzy Jefferies&nbsp;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1864.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1864_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and club hopping enjoying the bigger acts that scored venues like the B.B. King Club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1915.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1915_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some other things we saw were the Gibson Guitar Showroom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1844.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1844_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure\u2026.It was closed so we couldn\u2019t check it out\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1852.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1852_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A spray paint artist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1854.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1854_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cinderella carriages that I would loved to have taken Riesa for a ride in\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1855.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1855_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a trolley that we didn\u2019t have time to ride. *sad face*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1919.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"x-default\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1919_thumb.jpg?resize=580%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"x-default\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John wants to spend a week here sometime, and hopefully get some of our Blues lovin\u2019 friends and family to join us.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a snipit to encourage and intice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuzzy Jefferies<br \/>\n<\/strong>&nbsp;(If you have a slow connection or the video\/audio is choppy just pause the play until the whole video loads then unpause and it should be fine.)<br \/>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:0,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:false,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;quarters&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:false,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;My-Video.mp4&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/false\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/My-Video.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/My-Video.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"My-Video.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Video\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2013-10-04T11:34:04-04:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"http:\/\/false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/My-Video.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"Full\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<p>We are making our way to Arkansas and from there into Kansas, where we will hang up our keys for a while and go earn our gas money for the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel mellow, dude. Right on man. We have seriously enjoyed our time in Memphis, especially: We spent 2 wonderful evenings walking around listening to street musicians, outdoor concerts (John\u2019s favorite Fuzzy Jefferies&nbsp;) and club hopping enjoying the bigger acts that scored venues like the B.B. King Club. 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