Just to reiterate my made-up “rules” of this album. after that nice run of photos from Graceland… 1. Take (at least) one picture every day. 2. Only post photos in order, never skipping ahead, even if that means great delay. 3. There is no third rule. But this image above? I didn’t even take it. [...]

My dad loved Elvis. We took a family vacation down through Tennessee when I was little and visited Graceland. I don’t recall much from that part of the trip, but I do remember visiting Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum, mining for gold at Silver Dollar City (which would later become Dollywood) and Loretta Lynn’s Dude [...]

Decided to take the long way home and loop down through Memphis, Tennessee. Had a big ass beer down at the Blues Hall Juke Joint to close out the night.

I used to call this cat, “Darker on the Inside Kitty” but she’s gotten soft in her old age. Downright agreeable in fact. And now, to close out St. Louis, a few more photos from all hours of the last day:

A confrontation at Firecracker Press. Got a quick tour of this design and print studio. Again, inspired by the quality of work and approach to their space. Popped over to catch this cat and pick up some music at Apop Records. And I almost forgot the lunch break we squeezed in between all these activities. [...]

In all my visits to St. Louis, I’ve never been to the place that makes one of my favorite beers: Budweiser. That is, until this day. Renard the fox, mascot for Budweiser’s prohibition “near beer” malt beverage called  Bevo. How stay-tabs are made. Ended the whole she-bang with some cold ones.

Had the fantastic opportunity to visit Jon Cournoyer’s studio and was blown away at his space, process and work. Inspirational in every regard.