The results are in! It’s the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, May 18-20. Please visit the link and browse the “–Quick links:–” drop-down menu. From the Ms. Piggie contest to the People’s Choice Award Judging, you’ll find the details there.
For those of you who may not have an interest in bbq pork or beef, the city of Memphis is full of other great attractions, and attendance at the bbq-fest is obviously optional. Our rendezvous sites and times will not involve the consumption of pork, and will start with a Friday night gathering and end with Sunday brunch. Saturday will be the day where I hope everyone can meet at one place and time.
As for lodging, it is not possible at this time for me to find a single place for us to stay together. The events during Memphis in May are usually well attended and the lodgings become more difficult to acquire as the time approaches. BrendaStewart has some helpful info in the South thread which you may wish to consult.
I’m very much looking forward to meeting all of you! We will plan several opportunities for rendezvous as the time approaches. Please hotlist this diary and use it for keeping everyone informed about your success with hotels, etc. I will be looking for a place to stay soon, and will let you all know specifics about what I find.
My husband and I are in negotiations. Right now, it looks good.
Awesome! I have admired you contributions here and look forward to seeing you.
Oh that would be just wonderful…thanks for thinkig of this and wanting to come. Hugs….
I would like to meet advisorjim, the author of the “reformed dittohead” diaries at dkos. I understand he is located in or near Memphis.
Am going to be ther with bells on!!!! :o) Will be great to see ya all….Let me know if there is something you would like to do that w/e, besides eat bbq. Memphis holds lots of thing to do and see. I can tell you that Beale street will be rocking. Anyhow am looking forward to this event. NOw someone please be prepared to do the pixs to show the site. I am sending a invite to anyone who wants to come to the South to meet up with us. Ya’ll come now. HUGS and thanks Blueneck for starting this.
I will try to make it…There is about a 50/50 chance that I will be in Atlanta that weekend, but if not, I will certainly be in Memphis.
Sure hope you can make it! Love to see ya then…take care…hugs
Would that be for a Braves game? 🙂
Actually, for an ultimate frisbee tournament…but now that you mention it, that is a damn good idea 🙂
Hey ejmw, I’d love to meet you. I do hope you’ll come to Memphis. We seem to have a lot in common, including love of the flying disc. I have done more disc golf in recent times than ultimate, though. I used to play ultimate in college. My true love is freestyle, but I have been without a freestyle partner for ten years now, so I’m all rusty on the nail delays and taps and such.
btw, did you know that Jeff Blauser is going to be the manager for the Mississippi Braves this year? I’m looking forward to attending some games this year, and if you ever get a hankering for a AA game here in the deep south, I’ll treat you to the game and whatever you want to drink. 🙂 If you come to Memphis, I’ll bring you a Blauser-signed baseball card….
I would love to meet you too blueneck, I agree we seem to have much in common.
I don’t do much freestyle, but I can wing it 🙂 And I do play a lot of disc golf. I’m sure we could figure something out.
Jeff Blauser, eh? That’s a name I haven’t heard in years. I hadn’t heard he was going to be the manager of the MS Braves. I always thought he was underrated as a shortstop. Not that he was particularly good at anything, but he was adequate or better at most everything.
I’ll keep you posted on Memphis…keep sweetening the deal like that and it will be hard for me to resist 🙂
Please note: if you are planning on coming, do make your motel/hotel reservations now. As I have called and some of them are selling out fast.