My furniture arrives today!

Moving stinks… the packing and unpacking. There were some boxes that never got unpacked after the last move. And yet, I continue to buy stuff…

Here’s some of the beautiful Memphis things I will fill my new home with — a George Hunt painting (see his work at D’Edge on South Main), a Jay Etkin piece, bottles of Pappy Van Winkle Kentucky bourbon and Cane rum from New Orleans, a fat collection of Southern cookbooks, an antique Persian rug, stones picked up on the banks of the Mississip, delicious photos by my friend Dave Darnell and a dozen bottles of barbecue sauce.

I packed my bags for my flight, filling an extra suitcase with a few perishables I know I won’t be able to find in Seattle… including 12 pounds of King Cotton bacon (seasoned rightly!)… if you had to leave town in a hurry, what Memphis edibles would you squirrel away?