Rendevouz is one of the only bright spots in Memphis. I don't blame the president for taking him there. Then again, Platinum Plus is kind of nice.
ROFL - You should explain what Platinum Plus is for those that don't live here!
Hey, hey, watch it, now! <g>
Actually downtown Memphis has changed radically in the last few years. The building of the downtown AAA baseball stadium, kind of a miniature in the style of the one in Baltimore, then the Peabody Place development and most recently the FedEx Forum, where the NBA Grizzlies play. Beale Street and the downtown shops and restaurants are all really doing well. There's also some nice stuff going on over near the Civil Right Museum (the old Loraine Motel where Dr. King was killed). That area is becoming very much an artist's colony and some interesting shops and restaurants are showing up there. It's still not a great area, but it's better than it used to be.
As to Platium Plus, I remember when they opened that place up. There were picketers complaining that it would "drive down the quality of the neighberhood." I laughed out loud. If you know the area then you know that the neighberhood is full of car dealers. The "gentleman's club" would raise the quality and the morals of the neighberhood.
I've got one of those credit cards, too.