On Mon 22 Aug 2005 09:12:26a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Mon 22 Aug 2005 01:57:58a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Sun 21 Aug 2005 11:11:19p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:44:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>>> > On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:40:14 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Fantastic! I'll be buying this again.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > So, you went out into your "little" burb and found it! You've
>>>>>> > thrown down the gauntlet, so now I have to see if I can find it
>>>>>> > here.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> LOL You were so surprised at the size of Memphis!
>>>>>
>>>>> If we'd been standing face to face the breeze created by your
>>>>> blinking would have bowled me over!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I truly think this was a trial run for them since I've never seen
>>>>>> it there before.
>>>>>
>>>>> YO - Wayne, did you read this? Memphis is bigger than SF and
>>>>> closer to Europe... it probably has more residents of German
>>>>> ancestry too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> LOL! They do have the village of Germantown just outside of
>>>> Memphis! :-) I lived in Memphis for a brief time many years ago.
>>>> It is still
>>>>> one of my favorite cities.
>>>
>>> You'd be surprised at the "village" of Germantown these days... it
>>> ain't no "village"; it's an incorporated city
>>
>> The last time I was in Memphis was in 2000 and I, too, was agape and
>> agog at the growth and changes, as I hadn't been there for many
>> years. I lived in White Station in 1956 and, IIRC, Poplar Avenue was
>> only two lanes at that time, at least out in that area. In fact, in
>> 1956, White Station was pretty much th boudary of Greater Memphis.
>> Germantown was still a very small self-contained "village" 3-4 miles
>> away.
>
> That "village" (Germantown) has a population of around 40,000 now and
> it spreads much further east than the border you remember up the old
> 2-lane Poplar Avenue.
>
> I don't know if you remember Kemmons Wilson (founder of Holiday Inns) -
> he had a house on Poplar Avenue not far from White Station. It's now a
> Dixie Cafe (a chain) but with the exception of remodeling for the
> commercial kitchen they pretty much kept the house intact. Hardwood
> floors, french doors, crown moulding, fireplaces. It's fun to go in
> there and try to figure out which room was what - was this a bedroom?
> Could this have been the dining room? Not to mention Dixie Cafe has
> great "homestyle cooking" - they even serve a squash casserole similar
> to mine! <G>

I remember the house being pointed out to me, but I don't really remember
Kemmons Wilson. One my first cousin's husband is a VP at the Holiday Inn
offices there in Memphis. I imagine it really would be interesting to see
the inside.

> Menu here (I've only ever been there for lunch):
> http://www.dixiecafe.com/menu/

The menu looks like fun. I'll have to put that on my 'visit Memphis' list!

> Jill
>
>
>



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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four,
unless there are three other people.


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