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 (I live right outside of it). And
where the town of Collierville used to be just a few shops in the old town
square and some lovely old homes... let's just say when my LLL and I drove
out Highway 72 East (Poplar Avenue) to go to Huntsville, Alabama in June he
was agape and agog (I love that word! not sure I've ever used it in a
sentence before!) at Germantown and then Collierville. Poplar Avenue is one
of the busiest 6 lane thoroughfares you've ever seen. Between the
brick-fenced mansions and the occasional (still) fenced off horse ranches
there's every kind of chain restaurant and upscale mini-malls with fancy
shops like Whole Foods.

Once you turn right onto *old* highway 72 South, it's a step back in time
(or perhaps what everyone expects of a used-to-be small town in this part of
the country).

Jill