11,423 ballots were cast in Shelby yesterday, the first day of early voting

Early voting locations https://www.electionsshelbytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/EV-Locations-11.3.26-Election-with-hours-8.5X11-9.17.26.pdf

More stats at https://ballotproject.org/tn/shelby/elections/2026-11-03/pvl

We’re only in town for a wedding, but I’m loving the vibe.

Just went to Pho Saigon on Poplar and tried their Báhn mì and it was one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had in the city. I don’t say this lightly either. I’ve been here since I was 3 and I am a fiend for sandwiches. The pork was crispy on the outside yet tender. The bun was toasted to perfection, and the veggies were extremely fresh. The spice level was just right.

What are some sandwiches you all have had and would recommend?

Hi, everyone! My name is Deb, and I started Timeless Warmth in 2024 with a mission to do SOMETHING to positively affect the world around me. (While my work is focusing on polymer clay jewelry, there are additional plans in the works and on the horizon alongside polymer clay accessories.)

make polymer clay jewelry, though there are many plans on the horizon, so to speak!

Revive Memphis (6100 E Primacy Pkwy, near Park and Ridgeway) and Women’s Exchange (88 Racine St, near the Amro on Poplar) both sell my work. And if you get the bag charms or some of the book earrings at Women’s Exchange, or the Halloween earring packs at Revive, they glow in the dark! … I mean, I guess they do that whether or not you get them, but you know what I mean! 😆

If my style seems to mesh with yours, come on by and see if anything that’s left in stock is just begging to come home with you! (I also have some designs not available in stores including flowers, books, and other pieces you can have pride in.) 😁 Thanks for your time 😊

And if you’re curious about what I wanna do in the future, one of them is craft parties. One or two of you might recognize my user name from a post asking about craft parties. I’m also working on illustrated journals with human-made and human-edited art, writing prompt workbooks, modular calendars, keychains, and wall art. I’ve been enjoying it, but various limitations mean that I can only do small batches of designs, and everything is slower than I wish it was. Oh well 🤷

The short version is that they recommend voting no on all three state referendums, yes on 5966 (this is something we've been working on for a while. Please show up for library workers), no on the other two city referendums, and for Justin Pearson, Marquita Bradshaw, Margaret Price, Jesse Huseth, and Jason Morrison. There are no formal recommendations for other races, but every line on the ballot is discussed, so hopefully you can get a good idea of how you want to vote if there are any candidates you're unfamiliar with.

Oct 14th-29th

i dont think i missed any. feel free to correct me.

Make sure you check the time they are open. i think they are all the same time open, but i didnt check all of them. see the website below.

https://tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/earlyvoting/Shelby

How likely is it I can sell baked goods as a little side hustle here? I love trying new recipes. I’m not sure where to start but I don’t care for it to be something super big. I enjoy the compliments I do get from the things I’ve made but it would be a great/fun idea to sell. Especially with making holiday boxes.

Maple covered pumpkin loaf
Apple cinnamon crumble muffins

Update on the campaign finance sites: Who Funds Tennessee now covers more than 20 years of history: every congressional race back to 2000, and every state race back to 2004, when the state started keeping electronic records. You can browse past elections by office or by year.

Politicians get a page for every election they ran in, plus money raised and spent during their final term in office and after, and then a career page summing it all up.

For example, you can track Rep. Steve Cohen's career all the way back to the state senate. In his first Congressional run in 2006, about 70% of his funding came from individual donors. By 2024, the total raised was about the same, but 72% came from PACs. His largest all-time donor, unsurprisingly, was the FedEx corporate PAC: $105,000 over 11 elections.

All-time, the most expensive campaign was Randy Boyd's 2018 run for governor: $24.7M, $19.45M of it his own money, losing in the primary. For the Senate, 2006 (Corker vs Ford) is neck and neck with 2018 (Blackburn vs Bredesen) as the most expensive race.

The Q3 reports (through Sept. 30) are in too:

House District 97 (East Memphis/Cordova) is about as close as it gets for November in Tennessee. John Gillespie and Jesse Huseth both ran unopposed in their primaries and finished less than a hundred votes apart. This quarter Huseth raised $98k to Gillespie's $50k, and they ended September almost even in cash: $89k to $84k. Huseth's money came from 647 individuals and 15 organizations, Gillespie's from 37 individuals and 13 orgs.

Rep. Jerri Green raised $995K for governor this quarter, more than her campaign had raised in all the reports before it combined. Marsha Blackburn raised $2.1M and has $3.1M in the bank.

In House District 96, Rep. Gabby Salinas (D) spent about $64K to Telisa Franklin's $9K, and Franklin won the primary 55%-45%.

Right now I'm mostly in a polish and bug-fixing phase, so if anything looks off, tell me here or via dm or email. The same kind of history for Who Funds Memphis is next, and hopefully out by the end of the year.

I guess he told me off 🥺

I am trans (ftm) and looking to get my hair cut. I haven’t been to a salon in a while and am looking for a stylist that can do transmasc hair. Not looking to end up with a femme pixie cut. I’m willing to drive so area in Memphis doesn’t really matter. Thanks!

Hi I’m dogsitting outside of Memphis this weekend and I’m attending a black tie wedding next month. Is there anywhere someone could recommend to look for a dress. I am plus size. My area doesn’t have anything formal that isn’t a high school prom dress basically.

Since I was a little boy, I’ve been familiar with Blue Magic hair grease. I’ve always had a jar and each jar lasts for years. On the jar, it says an address in Memphis.

I looked up the company and it’s J. Strickland & Co and they have an address for correspondence in Olive Branch.

Does anyone know anything about this company? Their hair care products are sold nationwide. Are they active around the community? Do they sponsor anything?

Curious how often folks are heading downtown and what gets you there.

My husband just took a job in Memphis and we hope to join him soon. I work from home and need a part time daycare/preschool/parent day out for my 2 year old daughter. We will be temporarily living downtown but hope to go to the state line/Southaven area eventually. TIA!

I recently moved here and have some questions…Why do some of y’all stop way before the line at a stop light? I ain’t talking 1-2 ft I’m talking like 8-10 ft from the line. Is it cuz some people drive like idiots and blow stop lights at high rates of speed and that distance gives you time to avoid accident?

Add your “other” options below!!

Ranting in homophobe and terrorizing innocent women. If this is your little Nazi edgelord, bring him to heel.

Need to recycle an old crt tv that doesn’t work anymore. It is a bigger tv. Where I could I do that? Thank you

We built now.me to answer the "what should we do tonight?" question without digging through five different sites.

The Memphis live events website lists things to do, shows, concerts, and events coming up around town. Worth a look if you're planning the weekend.

The app (iPhone / iOS / Android) goes beyond events. Open it wherever you are and it shows what's nearby right now: restaurants, bars, museums, and other things to do.

It's completely free and we are actively working on it, so feedback from people who live here is really valuable. If something's missing or wrong for Memphis, let me know in the comments or by DM.