Paul Ryburn’s Journal

So I went to the Saucer tonight to hear The Dempseys. I stayed through all three of their sets and left about 1:30. About 11 my waitress (from Romania) got cut and asked if I’d tab out with her. I asked if she wanted her tip in money or kisses. She said [...]

The Nuh-Uh Girl sent me a link to this Memphis Business Journal article about Sauces, the new restaurant to open this fall on Main Street between Union and Gayoso. Their motto is “our plate, your canvas,” and is taken from a menu they have where you select a meat and then top it off with [...]

A fundraiser is being held for Congressional candidate Steve Cohen this Sunday, September 24 at 7 pm. It will be held on the top of the rooftop at Pembroke Square at the corner of Main and Gayoso. Suggested donation to attend is $25, or $5 for students. Of course, if you want to [...]

First of all, congrats to my friend and fellow blogger AngieDawn who returned to Memphis a few days ago. AngieDawn has landed a great job promoting the city (I’ll let her tell you about it in her own blog) and Memphis is lucky to have her. Welcome back!

Sitting here at High Point Coffee on [...]

This weekend I was watching TV, and a Harold Ford Jr. campaign commercial came on. He said something that annoyed me a bit, but probably endeared him to quite a few Tennessee voters. He said something like, “My parents brought me up right… they forced me to go to church.”

Ya know… I’m probably in [...]

So, I went to Cooper-Young Fest on Saturday. It’s the 14th time I’ve been to the annual festival, but this year I did something I’ve never done at a CY Fest before.

I didn’t drink.

Honestly, I got down there and didn’t want or need to. For one thing, I didn’t want to take any chances [...]

Today I’ve had a couple of songs stuck in my head. One is a TV commercial from about 1980 that has a catchy jingle:

Someone’s gonna win ten thousand dollars- just like that! -Ten thousand dollars?- just like that! -Someone’s gonna win ten thousand dollarsIn Crispy Wheats & RaisinsCash Reward

The other song I’ve had in my [...]

Today’s lunchtime post comes to you not from one of my branch offices, but from the main office. My work. The city schools are having a cookout for us, so I’m typing this as I munch on a burger and beans and slaw at my desk.

It’s almost here… my favoritest day of the whole [...]

I don’t usually do inside comments as an entire post, but to a longtime faithful reader of my blog: Susie: I know what you don’t know (in parentheses), and it’s on Tuesday night at 7 if you want to add random knowledge. [...]

Thanks to PDS for forwarding me this link to an article on the WREG-TV website: Criminal concerns flowing like beer on Beale. The article quotes Beale Street authorities like Rickey Peete and John Elkington as saying that this is a much more aggressive group of people that are hanging out on Beale now, and [...]