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
>> ne 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).

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.


--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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