– I was just flipping through the Flyer and was sad to find an auction notice, auctioning off everything inside “the building across from the Tennessee Street Brewery, at 11 E. Butler.” I quickly realized that they meant the Butler Street Bazaar. I wonder if that means it’s not going to reopen? The Bazaar was a place where independent vendors and artists could rent a booth for a minimal fee, and have a space to sell their wares. They also had food vendors, a farmer’s market, and bands on the weekends. They shut down in fall ’04 with plans to reopen in 2006 after doing some remodeling. Now I’m wondering if those plans have been scrapped. The only thing wrong with the Bazaar was that it was a few years ahead of its time, opening in 2001 when there weren’t yet a lot of people living in South Main. If it had opened a few years later, I have a feeling it would have been a huge success. My best wishes to the people who ran the Bazaar, who were honest, ethical people with a strong sense of community.
– All right. On to happier things. I went to the Beale Street St. Pat’s parade on Saturday, where fellow blogger Kat was riding in the Ptolemy Krewe float and promised to toss me some good beads. And when she saw me, she pulled off a green strand with a shot glass medallion and threw them my way – but somebody else caught them. Oh well – before the parade, she said that if I didn’t get any beads, she’d give me a peek at “the girls” sometime as a consolation. (“The girls” is her nickname for her breasts.) Ya think maybe I missed that catch on purpose?
– I did catch some beads from the Boll Weevils later on. You haven’t really lived in Memphis until you’ve caught at least one strand of beads from the guys in the big green bus.
– The word on the street is that the Majestic, the restaurant on the Main Street Mall that will take the old Gordon Biersch spot, will open April 10. I ran into someone who got hired as a server there, and she seemed quite happy – looks like they’re going to treat their employees a lot better than most downtown bars and restaurants, not that surprises me considering who will be running the place. Good luck to them, and I guess in about 3 weeks I’ll have yet ANOTHER bar to sit at.
– Speaking of bars… it’s Pint Night at the Saucer, so I gotta cut this short. This will likely be the only weeknight I go out this week, as several of my business projects are nearing fruition and I’ve got to get them done by month’s end. Back later with more blogging!