Features

32

The Bean Counter
Cleveland’s ultra-hip coffeehouse

34

Costume Designer to the Stars
Hollywood legend Luster Bayless

36

The Stein Mart Story
From the Saks sale to a retail giant

40

Julia Reed
Delta ex-pat with a national voice

44

Sis & D’s
Handmade spoons

74

Clarksdale Blues Scene
Where the blues is alive and kickin’

81

Essential Memphis
What to do and see in the Delta’s capital

96

Climb Every Mountain
Thrill seekers of the flatlands
102 Tompkins Art Gallery
Delta artist carving out a niche in Madison County
Departments
18 SHOPPING
The Delta Dozen
20 BOOKS
24 PEOPLE
Keith Dockery McLean
28 ART
Hope Carr, No Ordinary Watercolorist
51 HOMES
Downtown Living Built on Tradition Outdoor Rooms
104 GARDENS
Southerners and Fig Trees
110 FOOD
Porch Party Homemade Ice Cream
In Every Issue
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128		 Off the Beaten Path
Q & A
Events
Recollections
Delta Seen
The Final Word
ON THE COVER: Bill Luckett and Morgan Freeman, proprietors of Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale. Photographed by Scott Speakes on January 10, 2004.