Paul Ryburn’s Journal

- Before we get started, let me remind everyone that today is the last day to buy discount restaurant gift certificates for 60% off and get an additional $10 certificate free with every order. That means that instead of getting a $25 face-value certificate for $10 (regular price), you can get it for $4 (60% [...]

Here are a few pics I took on Trolley Tour night of Pearl’s Oyster House, at the corner of Main and Pontotoc (one block south of Linden), where the tattoo parlor used to be. They told me they will open this coming Wednesday. I only took pics of the upstairs – downstairs wasn’t ready [...]

One of the benefits of wandering around all over Downtown is that I meet a lot of interesting people. Today’s post is a story about one of the people I met last December… a group of us had gone to EP’s for dinner, and I discovered I didn’t know the guy sitting to my left. [...]

For those of you who weren’t able to attend the wrestling show featuring Hulk Hogan last night at the Forum, results [...]

The Downtown Flying Saucer turns 10 years old today… they have a clock counting down to the magic moment at 10 PM tonight. They’re having a big party – I didn’t hear all the details but I did overhear “jello shots” and my ears instantly perked up.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to be there at [...]

Beatles aficionado Jeff Golightly will perform Beatles music as well as covers by other British Invasion bands (the Kinks, the Stones, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc.) tonight at Bluff City Coffee, 505 S. Main, during Trolley Art Tour from 6:30 to 9 PM. He has some great Beatles stories to tell, so if you’re a [...]

Before I get started with the day’s news, fellow blogger Rachelandthecity asked me to post this:

(Click on the image for larger size) It’s a concert to benefit the Crisis Center, at Neil’s tonight. Susan Marshall, Cory Branan, Ben Nichols, Giant Bear and more.

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Here are a few pics I took at last Sunday’s Rajun Cajun Crawfish Fest on the river:

The crowd, as seen from the rooftop of Barton Flats

This was the line to get buckets of crawfish about 1 PM. You can see the crawfish tent, with the yellow top, on the far right. Another hour and [...]

I was just made aware of this and wanted to pass it on:

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This site has lots of name-brand shoes, including Adidas, Reebok, Kenneth Cole, Skechers, DC, Converse, and many more. Worth checking out if you [...]

Last night was trivia night at the Saucer. Now, a few weeks ago I predicted that the other downtown trivia team – currently calling themselves Imus and the Nappy-Headed Hos – were on the beginning of a downhill slide, and while they might pick up the occasional victory once in a while, they would soon [...]