Woke up this morning and looked out the window… big flakes of snow were blowing around, and the Main Street Mall, Monroe, Second and Union were starting to see some snow cover. So I called in to work and told them I’ll be late, hoping that “late” would mean “tomorrow.” But the snow has stopped and the streets are clearing, so my excuse is gone… blast it all. I guess I’ll go in around 10.
I used the extra time to remove the Valentine’s Day Deals from my other blog, A Better, Bigger Deal, and I added some links on the right sidebar to online stores that tend to have Deal of the Day/Deal of the Week promotions. Check them out here.
Here’s a pic of the snow from my rooftop:
Last night I got my hair cut at City House Salon by my friend Amie C., who I’ve known for over 10 years, and she did a great job. She cut it exactly the way I wanted it, and she thought it was a great idea that I brought photos to give her an idea of what I wanted. If you’re looking for a new stylist I definitely recommend Amie. Here’s a link to City House Salon’s website. Their site proudly brags that it is CSS and XHTML compliant… good to know, I’d be horrified to think I was going to a hairstylist whose website didn’t contain valid XHTML.
Afterward I stopped by my apartment building’s leasing office and renewed my lease for another year… so Downtown is stuck with me until February 29, 2008 at least.
Here’s a flyer for a benefit concert to be held on Beale Street this Sunday. I don’t know the bartender personally, but Don McMinn and Night Train should be good, and there will be good people there.
Sorry the flyer looks a little funny… it was hanging in a window on a sunny day, so there’s a bit of a shadow.
Of course, there’s another benefit going on Sunday… Soup Sunday at the FedExForum, 11 am to 2 pm, benefiting Youth Villages. I’m going to skip it this year because Sunday will be one of the last-ever brunches (possibly THE last) at Sleep Out Louie’s. Soup Sunday is a good event though, supporting a good cause. As always, if you go I recommend you get there right at 11 AM; otherwise, be prepared to stand in long lines for soup. The most popular soups usually run out not long after noon.
Yay! It’s snowing again. Looks like a car was doing donuts this morning on the top floor of one of the parking garages. Fun fun!
Mpact Memphis and the Visible Film Festival are co-sponsoring The Concert to End Slavery, featuring the best in rock, hip-hop, spoken word and more, Friday night at 387 S. Main. Artists include Cool Hand Luke, Cayerio, Arma Secreta, The American Radio, and others.
Mike Fleming will be speaking tonight at the Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting, at the Muvico in Peabody Place. He’s not my favorite radio talk show host (I miss Leon Gray) but my conservative/Republican readers might enjoy the opportunity to meet him. Event starts at 6:30 pm, $5 cover unless you’re a member, in which case it’s free.
Yay! I got two blog posts written, and I did a load of laundry, so my “WTF?” shirt from ThinkGeek.com is clean now. It should snow every morning. Guess I have to go to work now… sigh.