September Saturday Night Steppin' Out in Memphis

Yours Truly and West are adoring this delightful weather in Memphis!  We had a nice little adventure last night and it goes a little something like this!

It had been such a lovely, windows open kinda day that a walk downtown was in the cards.  We started out

the door and didn't have to wait too long for a trolley.  We road it uptown and hopped off at Madison Avenue and proceeded East to The Brass Door, which touts itself as being Memphis' Authentic Irish Pub.  They have an amazing chef and delightful menu. We decided to just have an appetizer and chose the warm chicken dip.  This is a delight concoction of cream cheese, chipolte peppers, green chilies, sour cream and chicken and was served with freshly fried tortilla chips!

After a beverage and said dip, we headed to our next destination, Bar Dog, always one of our favorite

haunts!!  We had been there for just a few minutes when West jumps up because he has spotted his boss, John, heading out the door!  What a great surprise because he and his lovely wife Cheryl were also with their awesomely nice neighbors Maryann and Russ.  They came back inside, sat down and had a few drinks but all we kept talking about was Glory Days....Oh, wait - that was Bruce Springsteen.  But -- they did come back inside and had a drink with us!  They were heading to the Flying Saucer so we joined their little entourage and off we went.

While we headed out, one of our friends and favorite bartenders at Double J's, Suzy, was outside and introductions were made. She was going to heading to the Blind Bear Speakeasy, which is a place West and I have been wanting to try out.  So, we made a detour and headed inside.  John particularly liked the looks of  the Blind Bear because they had "fancy lights"!  They were charging a $5 cover to get in and we decided we didn't want to do that right then.  And, off to the Flying Saucer we headed.

We reached the FS and the place was jumping!!  We stayed long enough to have a couple of beverages.  Since John & company had been downtown for a while, they were getting ready to wrap up and head to Collierville for the night so good-bye's were said, hugs & kisses all around.  Now, in the meantime, I had received a text from Suzy who sent us the "password" to gain entry to the Blind Bear without a cover.  Since I've never had the pleasure of whispering the coveted password anywhere, of course West and I had to go back!  Sure enough...at the door.....'Ella sent us" and BAM....in we went!

This was a pretty hip place so we secured a beverage and found a place to land on the softest sofa ever!!  West had his current favorite cocktail, Jack and  Coke and was delighted that it (a) was served in a true highball glass and (b) was served with true square highball ice!!!  Seriously, it was like an early Christmas for him!

We decided it was time to head back South and maybe find a place to have a little bit more dinner.  We didn't NOT have trolley luck so we set off on foot.  As we pondered our destination - Ernestine & Hazel's came into sight, which means the wonderful aroma of the Soul Burgers reached us first.  And if you assume we popped inside for one of these glorious treasures...you're absolutely right.  Soul Burger, bag o' chips and a Bud Light....perfect night cap!

As the evening came to a close and we walked the final block to the Casa Del West En El Rio....it was then that West discovered the hole in his shorts pocket and that we no longer had THE SKINNY KEY.  The skinny key, for those of you who have not had the pleasure of visiting the Casa in Memphis, is our GOING OUT KEY....1 key ring, 1 key.  And....now....it was gone.  A few phone calls were made to locate a locksmith and while Yours Truly waited for him to arrive, West went to plan B which involved a visit to Double J's and a quick trip with a few of the chefs to the parking lot at the Casa, a crow bar, a slim Jim, and extra keys were located.  Thank goodness there was a house key on that precious key chain!  I felt really bad because the lock smith was coming from Olive Branch, MS and when I called him he  as about 5 minutes away but he took the news well and I can only assume turned around and headed back to bed!

So this concludes our little Saturday September 21 adventure.  I love a good spontaneous evening of strolling, eating, drinking, and laughing!  Until next time, remember to be nice to everyone...tell the ones you love how much you love them!

Love,  Yours Truly