Xmas With Elvis

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December 25th 2015

Published: June 25th 2017

Geo: 35.1496, -90.0489Now that we were Walking Tall and Carrying A Little Stick we were ready to head to Memphis for Xmas. The concept of spending Christmas with Elvis seemed like a good one but unbeknownst to us, Memphis can be a dangerous city to hang out in (recently ranked as the second most dangerous city in the U.S. after the perennial champ of Detroit- there's a stat of 1,009 violent cr... Read Full Entry

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Matin Luther King Ave

There is one of these in every major U.S. city/town.

The Peabody Hotel

Peabody Ducks

Rolling out the red carpet for the Peabody Ducks.

Peabody Ducks

In 1933, Frank Schutt, General Manager of The Peabody, and a friend, Chip Barwick, returned from a weekend hunting trip in Arkansas. The men had a little too much Jack Daniel's Tennessee sippin' whiskey and thought it would be funny to place some of their live duck decoys (it was legal then for hunters to use live decoys) in the beautiful Peabody fountain.

Peabody Ducks

In 1940, Bellman Edward Pembroke, a former circus animal trainer, offered to help with delivering the ducks to the fountain each day and taught them the now-famous Peabody Duck March.

Peabody Ducks

When off-duty, the ducks live in their Royal Duck Palace on the hotel's rooftop. The $200,000 structure is made of marble and glass and features its very own fountain with a bronze duck spitting water. It also includes a small house - a replica of the hotel - where the ducks can nest with a soft, grassy "front yard."

Peabody Ducks

The Peabody Duck March happens at 5:00pm everyday as the ducks leave the fountain, walk the red carpet to the elevators, and then head up to their penthouse suite.

Peabody Ducks

Duck is not served anywhere at The Peabody and has not been seen on the hotel's menus since its 1981 reopening, quite possibly making Chez Philippe the only French restaurant in the world that does not offer duck.

Peabody Hotel

Kooky Canuck

They are blaming this on Canada??

Kooky Canuck Menu

A 12lb hamburger!!! And it requires 24 hours to prepare. We ate here but stayed away from the burgers.

Kooky Canuck

A guy nicknamed 'Mega Toad' was one of the few to finish the 6 lb burger.

Kooky Canuck Wall Of Fame

Many Try- Most Fail

A Flying Catfish

Sun Recording Studio

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