Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 September 2012

How To Steal A Million

Beale Street in Memphis was a good time every night, but on our final night there, kind of got tired of the atmosphere.  That is when we discovered Mollie Fontaine Lounge located in a three storey Victorian house on Millionaires' Row.
This lounge felt reminiscent of the 1966 film How To Steal A Million, starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole.

It was a cool and relaxing atmosphere, but we were so tired and just lounged around most of the time.  Of course I still made an effort to take as many photos as possible :)

Friday, 21 September 2012

King of Rock n Roll

Tourist Thursday!  Graceland was so enjoyable, it's definitely in the top 5 museums/monuments I've ever been to.
Visiting Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley
The kitchen.
The game room.
Details of the game room curtains.  I'd love to see pants or a dress with this pattern!
The Jungle Room - I was highly amused by the green shag carpet...that covered the ceiling.
An interesting fact I learned about Graceland... Elvis purchased this property in 1957 for a whopping  $100 000.  What a change from this modern age!
The iconic pink Cadillac

Elvis' private jet named after his daughter.
Music room.  Just look at that stereo system :D

Thursday, 20 September 2012

I'm All Shook Up

Made a new friend in downtown Memphis!  I couldn't resist stopping and taking photos with this marvelous creation ;)

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Red Cup in OKC

Today is my final day in Oklahoma City.  It is also the birthday of my dear friend, Alex.  So as per tradition, we took a ride out to an out-of-the-way cafe, The Red Cup, which turned out to be quite far from the hotel.  But the adventure was worth it!
The Red Cup has a great vegetarian/vegan menu
Classen Blvd Smoothie: Pineapple, strawberry, mango, apple juice
There were many murals in the surrounding area and we had fun exploring whilst waiting for the taxi, which is always a questionable experience in a foreign city.  We made it back just in time.
  Our driver informed us that instead of going so far, we could've visited the arts district that's only 5 blocks from our hotel.  Too bad we only discovered this on our last day!
Art by Pawley (2012)
Happy Birthday, Alex!