Walkin' in Memphis

Out of all my years living in Tennessee, I never managed to spend any time in Memphis. I'm no exactly sure how that happened. It's been FOREVER since we had a visit to see Jeremy's parents, so they invited us to Memphis to see a Cirque de Soleil performance.

Who could pass up a chance to spend time with our family and see Cirque?!?!

We stayed in downtown Memphis- right off of Beale Street- at a new Westin. It was great!



Ivy and Winnie love staying in hotels! Their favorite thing is people watching from the windows or maybe it's bird watching. Regardless, they spend most of their time staring out the windows.

Our hotel was close to everything so we were able to walk everywhere.

A view of Beale Street

We were not sure where we wanted to eat, but Jeremy steered us towards Texas de Brazil. It was pretty amazing! But don't even attempt this if you're not a meat lover.

Jeremy's dad was like a kid in a candy store! The waiters had meat on skewers and would bring it over to your table and cut a hunk off. They offered filet, tenderloin, ribs, chicken, ribeye, garlic sirloin, pork tenderloin, etc. And they just kept it coming! They also have a fabulous salad bar! I'm not sure I got my money's worth- I can only eat so much meat.

We had a little bit before our show started, so we ventured over to the Peabody Hotel. It's the oldest hotel in Memphis. You may have heard about their duck thing- these ducks live on the roof and every morning they ride the elevator down to the lobby and hop into the fountain. Each night, they get out of the fountain, onto the elevator, and back up to the roof to sleep.

We didn't get to see the ducks do their thing, but we visited their palace on the roof. They are living like kings!!!

Then, we were off to the Orpheum for the big show!

The theater was so beautiful and neat! It was really gorgeous!

The show was fabulous! Tons of tricks and acrobatics! Some of them had us holding out breath. We had such a fun time!

The next morning, we had a fabulous brunch in our hotel.

On Saturday afternoon, we visited one of Jeremy's high school friends, Brian, and his wife, Jenna. They have an adorable little baby- Daniel. It was our first time to meet little Daniel and he is pretty darn cute! His smile is absolutely precious!

We also celebrated Thanksgiving dinner with Jeremy's Nanny Walker. I'm not sure why I didn't get any pics of that?!?!

It was such a great weekend with family and friends.