Four days and counting ’til my favorite festival of the year, Cooper-Young. Just checked the weather forecast… high 77, low 56. PERFECT. Actually I prefer highs in the 80s for Cooper-Young because you get more tube tops when it’s warmer. I’ll take 77 though.
Been debating whether or not to ride my bike to the fest… I’m now thinking nah, I’ll drive. If I stay in the neighborhood after the festival ends at 7 and drink and party, I’ll take a cab home and come back Sunday or Monday to get the car. Since I do consulting from home, it’s not a big deal to be car-less for a day or two.
I probably need to buy some new sandals before the fest though… I tend to view Cooper-Young as an all-day event, getting there about 10 in the morning and wandering around and talking to people until the thing shuts down at 7 PM. I’m not sure the sandals I bought on sale for $7.99 at Payless two years ago have nine hours of constant wear left in them.
In other news – ran across this software that looks kinda cool:
If you’re running out of space on your iPod
Or you could just buy the 160 GB iPod Classic
Dammit… I forgot to set my DVR to record the mayoral debate last night! Of course, it was Pint Nite so I wasn’t home. I wanted to show my support to the Saucer for keeping the Pint Nite price $2.50… as a matter of fact, I showed my support 10 times last night. Anyway, early voting starts Friday and I’m still undecided whether to go for Morris or Chumney. I bet all the mayoral candidates will be working the Cooper-Young Festival and handing out stickers. I think I’ll print an “Anybody But Willie” sticker and wear it.
So today’s the 6th anniversary of 9/11. It’s also the 7th anniversary of 9/11, and the 8th anniversary of 9/11, and the 2784th anniversary of 9/11, but you know what I mean. The 6th anniversary of THE 9/11. It’s a day to honor firefighters, paramedics and all the other people who put their lives in danger to keep us safe. Since I don’t have a personal connection to the 9/11 attacks, I’ll mention a different date – 10/6. That was the morning that a church and a building in Court Square burned, and the embers that resulted could have sent half of Downtown up in flames had the Memphis Fire Department not done such a diligent job with their “ember patrol.” MFD deserves all the thanks and praise we can give them, so say “thank you” to a firefighter if you see one today.
I have it on good authority that a Downtown bar is considering getting NTN Trivia. The little blue crack boxes may be back soon! Currently the only place that has NTN is TJ Mulligan’s, but that’s too far to walk. I don’t want to name the place yet, but trust me, it’s a place where Downtowners would (and already do) feel very comfortable. Old Sleep Out’s regulars – e-mail me and I’ll tell you who it is privately. I could use a little help convincing the bar’s management that NTN is a good idea.
Ah, how I miss Sundays at Sleep Out’s, kicking Skippy’s ass at trivia game after game… and then occasionally, he’d get lucky and get a game with all opera questions or something, and he’d win one and cackle about it for days.
Looks like the Sunday brunch crew is going to adopt a “two-and-two” policy for a while, since there are now two bars that serve brunch (Majestic and Dan McGuinness) that we hold in equal esteem. So the plan is to do two weeks at one, then two weeks at the other. We’ve been at the Majestic for the past two, so this Sunday and next it will be McGuinness, then back at Majestic on the 30th and October 7. We’ll probably continue the two-and-two plan until the downtown Blue Monkey reopens.
Coming soon… info about an upcoming party where you can gain exposure to the arts, and enjoy free food and booze! Also, the drinking game I mentioned about one of the other local bloggers.