Hey, hey you...Yes you, Country Squire East residents.  Are you over your apartment decor that you have had laying around for years? Don't worry; I won't tell anyone.  Maybe I'll just blog about it.  Just kidding! If your place needs a little freshening up and you're just too overwhelmed to figure out where to start, one of the best things you can do is look... [Read more...]

If you are the parent of a young child, you understand the importance of planning your day in advance with some fun and inexpensive family friendly activities.  Some of the best programs out there for toddlers and preschoolers are the free story times offered by the local library.  The Cordova Branch Library is just a short drive from Country Squire East and... [Read more...]

When you're living in an apartment, it's easy to just move all of you stuff in, arrange it in a way that seems to work, and call it quits. However, with some creativity and paying attention to details, you can really make your Country Squire East / Brookside apartment a place that you're happy and proud to call home. Here are some apartment decorating... [Read more...]

When you think of arts and crafts fairs around Memphis, what comes to mind? Probably the Pink Palace Crafts Fair. However, there is another arts and crafts fair that takes place right here in Cordova, Tennessee and that's the September 24 and 25 Cordova Festival. Since 1986, people have been traveling to Cordova from all over the United States to sell... [Read more...]

What was once an abandoned, overgrown railroad has now become the Mid-South's newest urban trail. The Shelby Farms Greenline is a paved seven mile trail that is managed by the Shelby Farms Park Conservatory and exists to connect neighborhood and neighbors like never before. It runs from Shelby Farms Park all the way to Midtown Memphis. In honor of the... [Read more...]

Whether you're a professional jewelry maker or you're just plain crafty, you don't want to miss the Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show. Coming up on July 30 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Woodland Hills, the IBJS is one of Tennessee's largest bead trade shows and it's taking place right here in Cordova! Now in its 15th year, the IBJS offers an amazing... [Read more...]

We all know the story about a confused girl in a blue checkered dress with a little dog who lands a house on a woman and proceeds through a magical land. Who wants to revisit a story we already know? Get into the prequel, Wicked, the hit Broadway Production that Entertainment Weekly calls "the best musical of the decade." It goes like this: Two girls meet and... [Read more...]