You're invited to Come and taste Memphis’ best chocolate desserts, candies, cookies, ice cream, pastries and other chocolate treats from over 30 vendors.  The 27th Annual Chocolate Fantasy benefiting the National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 11:00am-5:00pm at Oak Court Mall.   Enjoy music, entertainment, live auction and games in the Food Court Area.   

 Some of the participating vendors are:  Draper’s Catering, Sam’s Club, Subway, Cookie Florist, YoLo Frozen Yogurt, Brown Baguette Bakery & Cafe, Chick-Fil-A, Crepe Maker, Delta Pecan Orchard, Dinstuhl’s, Wade & Company Catering, Firehouse Subs, Gibson’s Donuts, Godiva Chocolatiers, Just Catering, Makeda’s Homemade Cookies, Carmela’s Caffe, Ciao Bella , Costco, TCBY, Nestle, Blue Bell, Great American Cookies and many more...........

 Tickets are $16 in advance and $18 day of event.

Soon a portion of one Memphis street could be named after civil rights Icon Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior.

At the request of the Memphis City Council, the Land Use Control Board is set to vote next January 12th to turn a 37-hundred foot section of Linden Avenue into "Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Avenue"

The segment goes from Wagner to Danny Thomas Boulevard close to Clayborn Temple A.M.E. church, a place where civil rights activists met in the 1960s.

The Downtown Memphis Commission is hosting the first Downtown “Howliday” Pet and Family Parade this Saturday, December 10.  The parade begins at the corner of Main Street and Monroe (in front of One Commerce Square) at 3 pm and marches to Court Square for an afternoon of games, caroling, pet photos and other activities.  Pets and people in the parade are encouraged to dress in festive, holiday attire.  Anyone can participate and there is no registration fee.

Also this Saturday, Downtown’s first off-leash dog park, The Barking Lot, will open on the corner of Jefferson and Main Street.  Property owners Pinkney & Janice Herbert partnered with the Downtown Memphis Commission to transform what was a vacant, blighted lot into a multi-use space that includes the dog park and a landing space for food trucks.  ServiceMaster by Stratos has donated maintenance of the park for one year.