Tennessee Articles
Pardon Me Boys – Pardon Me Boys – Is This REALLY Little Old Chattanooga? – Chattanooga, TennesseeNeilia Sherman would have disappointed if she had gone all the way to Chattanooga and not seen the famed “Choo Choo Train”, but was surprised and pleased to find a number of other attractions as well.
Immortality at Schwab’s On Beale Street – Memphis, TennesseeOne would think that the most memorable event on a
Four Wheels Spinning: Taking Care of Business – Memphis, TennesseeTaking Care of Business
September 21, 2001
“For reasons I can’t understand there’s some part of me that wants to go to
Graceland.” – Paul Simon
One of the things that is both a blessing and a curse in America is
that everything here is oversized. American houses are big, American cars
are big, and [...]
In early August, during the week that commemorates
Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Gatlinburg, TN: Day TwoDay Two – The Adventure Continues
1:15pm: Lunch at Atrium Pancakes and On To Mountain Mall
We slept in Friday morning and then had a breakfast of Pop Tarts, orange juice, and coffee. I then spent the next four hours creating my Day One travelogue, while Anna alternately read, watched TV, and napped, never once asking, “Aren’t [...]
Day Three – Above Gatlinburg
10:00am: Breakfast at the Copper Kettle Pancake House
We started our third day with breakfast at the Copper Kettle Pancake House, one of approximately a thousand restaurants in Gatlinburg with the word “pancake” in its name. We both had the Mountain Breakfast, which includes eggs any way you like them (we went [...]
Day One – The Adventure Begins
A Little Background on Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a veritable Mecca for tourist attraction aficionados like me; I’ve been dying to come here for a couple of years now. How could I resist the pull of a place that can boast such disparate sites as the Ripley’s Believe It or Not [...]
Chris’s Virtual Vacations – Chattanooga, TNMay 27, 2000 – A One Day Visit
10:30am: Rock City Gardens
Rock City Gardens is one of my favorite tourist attractions in the world. In fact, I had visited Rock City about five times in the last two years before our Memorial Day weekend visit; as you can imagine, I’m pretty familiar with the place. That’s [...]
