Memphis--Beale Street is certainly alive--street bands, street "drummer" bands(kids marching down the street beating out rhythms), street tumblers--no mats here, just the hard cobblestone road. I had to go into the "original" B.B. King's Blues Club--had a "shooter" and got the glass as a souveniere--but, the band stopped as soon as we walked in--oh well, the only tiny disappointment in a very fun Mother's Day!!!!

Wouldn't you know it--the International Barbecue Contest is here --starting this coming Thursday, and we leave tomorrow!!!--