Day 5 - Duck's on Parade, Beale St, Pig and Whistle

Day 5: Time to go see the Peabody Duck Parade!


Our crew headed out in the morning for a good breakfast and Bryant’s Breakfast and more. Let me tell you—we haven’t gotten enough good Southern Breakfasts. It’s a small diner off St where you walk in, order you breakfast at the counter, and find a seat. You won’t find any pancakes here, and almost everything comes with biscuits, gravy and grits. Sean splurged and got a side of Sorghum for his Meat and Eggs special, and it was worth it.















The nice consistency of honey, with a molasses richness. Nice. My breakfast platter consisted of eggs, hickory smoked bacon, 3 big fluffy biscuits, and the side of gravy and grits. Sean’s meat platter had a few slices of thick sausage patties, bacon, ham, pork chops, and country fried chicken . The kids devoured their sausage sandwiches, and we were on the way.


We had an unfortunate
discovery that the Leavitt stroller had been left in the parking lot after our rendevous at Rendevous BBQ, so the Leavitts headed home and we went off to see the Ducks at the Peabody hotel. Imagine if you will—a large fountain in the middle of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. And it’s filled with ducks. And there’s a fiery redheaded 2 yr-old running circles around it, screaming in excitement. That’s what we did. It was awesome

We met up with Jenelle’s parents Judy

and Denny Rush for lunch in downtown Memphis. Rum Boogie was the name of the restaurant, right on Beale Street. You can tell just from the outside that this place is hopping in the evening. The inside is decorated in dark wood, with notes and hand-written dollar bills posted all over the walls. The ceiling sports guitars from artists in every walk of Music, from Buddy Guy to Pantara. A cool, hip bar/restaurant that was comfortable for our family. It was also delicious, even after a full southern breakfast. I had a catfish sandwich, something that everyone must try if they come south. Yummy. Sean had the hot wings, Denny had the Jambalaya, and Judy had the BBQ Pork Sandwich.



After driving around to

get the kids naps fully charged. We returned to the Rush-Leavitt house and decided to order in Pig and Whistle BBQ. Sean was dispatched to get the food. Sean and Brad had the King Combos, which included half slab, smoked sausage and pulled pork. As for Jenelle and Catherine, they opted for the Idaho Pig, which consisted of an Idaho potato cut open and filled with pulled pork, slathered with BBQ and chives, with cheddar cheese melted over the top. Additionally, we all thought it was a good (bad) idea to get fried pickles and hush puppies to go along with it. This would have been nixed if we had known that potatoes and King combos were so large. (see photo)