Mississipi, Memphis, and Leann Morgan – March 2022

March 2022
Greenwood, MS
We had a really nice trip driving up through Mississippi stopping in Greenwood, MS and staying at the Alluvian Hotel. That evening we peeked in the windows of the Viking Cooking school, as we are thinking of coming over for the weekend and attending someday. The town is sleepy, but we still found some fun. We walked across the street to the package store and visited with the gal who was running the store and her beau. We sampled various wines and ended up buying some bottles, one was a Presquile wine that we did not know existed. This vineyard is owned by some people from our town of El Dorado, so we like to support local. And it was a quite nice bottle. Confession moment: I drank it on a random Tuesday night by myself. I apologize publicly to Rudy; however I admit I enjoyed hoarding it. I digress. It was a nice night. The hotel is in renovations, which is to note. But, I loved seeing the light snow that occurred that night. It was so lovely to see over the courtyard.
Memphis, TN
Rudy really surprised me by booking the night at the Peabody Hotel. I have loved this hotel since my youth. I had never gotten to stay there before this weekend. However, I had been numerous times to see the Peabody Ducks march out to the lobby fountain in the morning and march back from the fountain to the elevator in the evening on numerous occasions. We were quite fortunate to see the return march to the classical marching music in the evening, sitting in the lobby sipping on signature cocktails. We arrived early which worked perfectly, as they rope off the lobby about 30 minutes before the marching of the ducks as many people attend to see this tradition. Oh it was a delight! Then that evening we went to the Orpheum Theater to see comedian Leanne Morgan, a personal favorite. This was Rudy’s Christmas gift to me, seeing Leanne Morgan and Elton John. I was quite excited. I hadn’t been to the Orpheum since my youth. And I love Leanne Morgan. I encouraged Rudy to not listen to her before we attended. He didn’t, so he just loved her set, as did I. It was a great trip.