Conaway: Of Katz and rats, dads and doughnuts, then and now
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’m not going to start this story as so many stories start: “I might have told you this before.”
There’s no might to it, I have.
Here it is again because it visited me again this week. Came right through the open window and settled in my coffee. Snuggled itself in between the lines I was reading.
Here it is again because the past is our official destination.
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