Conaway: Making the best of Lent
Calvary Waffle Shop’s salad place includes chicken salad, tomato aspic, shrimp mousse and cottage cheese. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
“I look forward to the return of Lent ... To the return of the Word and waffles Downtown at 102 N. Second St.”
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