On March 2, my hubby and I celebrated 15 years of marital bliss. (God bless his sweet little heart.) We always plan an over night trip for just the two of us for our "honeymoon," as Collin calls it. We decided to head to Memphis to not only celebrate our special day, but to join in for some good old fashioned St. Patrick's Day fun. Here are a few highlights. Now this is a family-friendly blog, so don't panic! :0)
One of our favorite stops in Memphis is the Cooper Young area in Midtown.
It's a hip, cool, bohemian neighborhood with cool restaurants and shops. Our day began at Au Fond Farmtable. This place has reasonable prices and serves generous portions of what seems to be locally grown or raised products whenever possible. It's a great place for a weekend morning breakfast out. (although we ate there on a Thursday)
Au Fond Farmtable
938 South Cooper Street
Memphis, TN 38104
Then, the moment that I had been waiting for all week had finally arrived. We walked across the street to the Irish pub, Celtic Crossing.
Celtic Crossing
903 South Cooper Street
Memphis, TN 38104
901-274-5151
I was quite jazzed about this. We have tried to go several times but we always had the kiddos with us. On this visit, however, I received official "unofficial" word that kids are only allowed for Sunday Brunch and on St. Patrick's Day. Celtic Crossing had events planned all throughout the day and night. We ordered drinks and an appetizer of Chips N' Curry and merrily watched the Irish dancers
and listened to The real McCoys. They even let me play the tambourine with them. ☺
I even scored us these cool shirts!
Our last stop around Cooper Young was spent browsing around the used bookstore.
Burke's Book Store
936 South Cooper Street
Memphis, TN 38104
Email: info@burkesbooks.com
The Wolf River Nature Area was located directly behind our hotel. It has a paved, multi-use trail, with amenities that include picnic facilities, restrooms, bat houses, butterfly gardens, and much more. The hubby was much more excited about this than I was. I knew, however, that if I spent a little time with him walking on the trail, he would be a little more eager to spend a little time with me at the mall!
He had scoped us out a delicious local spot for lunch:
Taqueria La Guadalupana
4818 Sumner Avenue
Memphis, TN 38122-4721
901-685-6857
If I remember correctly, he said that this place was voted Memphis's favorite place for tacos, or something like that. If you are familiar with Memphis, you know that this is not the most desirable location in town, but it is so worth the trip. My family loves Mexican food and we have vacationed in Mexico several times. This is the closest I have tasted to real authentic Mexican food since being south of the border! (minus the sticky heat and sweat of the Caribbean!) It was a great lunch and we enjoyed talking about a lot of our favorite memories from those family vacations.
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Our anniversary dinner was a late one at The Half Shell.
The Half Shell
688 South Mendenhall Road
Memphis, TN 38117
901-682-3966
We have eaten brunch here before, (May I suggest the champagne mimosas?), but have never tried the dinner menu. The hubby let me choose the appetizer. I thought it was pretty good, as did the diners at the table beside us because they asked me what it was. I tried to explain to them that it was a lostery/seafoody dip with crostinis. The hubby not so impressed. For my entree I chose the Voo Doo Tuna and he ordered the New York Strip Steak Sandwich. Both were divine and we will definitely make a repeat dinner appearance in the near future.
Well, there you have it. God has blessed us for the last 15 years. I'm so lucky to be married to my best friend (I know - cheesy!) and I look forward to our next adventures together!
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