Paul Ryburn’s Journal

I received a great e-mail from one of my regular readers this morning, and am quoting the entire thing here, with her permission. If anyone has ideas to help with the questions she poses in the second half of her message, e-mail me and I’ll put you in touch with her.

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Just reading the newsletter of [...]

Raiford’s successfully got its beer permit. According to their site, they’re now looking at an October 5 opening date, rather than September 28 as [...]

Last night I finally made it to Happy Hour at the Daily Grill in the Westin, and was very, very impressed. As I had been told, they have a happy hour mini-appetizer menu consisting of smaller portions of their regular menu items for $2.95 each. I ordered two of the items, pictured below.

This is [...]

Just got back from early voting. King Willie claimed in his press conference that there were problems with the machines, particularly that if you touched the screen near the top line above a candidate’s name, it would register as a vote for the wrong candidate. So I tried several times to do this and [...]

In preparation to early vote, I’ve been reading questionnaires filled out by the candidates on bettermemphis.org. Here’s a quote from Herman Morris:
“I will insist police officers get out of their cars and make contact with the community they are charged to protect and serve.”

BRAVO, Herman.

I was also very impressed with Trennie Williams’ questionnaire (Super District [...]

Just caught the circus, er, I mean, press conference orchestrated by King Willie. There were actually two separate conferences, one with Herenton the mayor and one with Herenton the candidate. One of his comments was that Morris cannot mathematically win the race, and that the race is between Herenton and Carol Chumney.

To me, that [...]

My friend Kaleigh, an Uptown resident and fellow Rhodes grad, writes a blog called The Musings of Yet Another Working Mom. She and her husband and two kids bought a house in Uptown two years ago, and today she wrote a great post about the changes that are happening in the neighborhood. Her blog [...]

One of my readers e-mailed and reminded me that I still need to try the Daily Grill’s happy hour, inside the Westin Hotel. During happy hour they have miniature versions of their appetizers for $2.99 each, and the reader who e-mailed recommended the seared ahi tuna, hummus with pitas, and mini-crab cake sandwiches. So [...]

Mayor Herenton will hold a press conference at 11 AM this morning. He claims that the voting machines being used to early-vote for the mayoral and city council races are defective. He says he has received “numerous complaints” about the machines, and will ask the Election Commission to stop early voting.

I bet the mayor’s [...]

Those of you who live or work Downtown: You know the bum with the tumor below his ear lobe? Can’t remember which ear. Well, he was begging at Second and Peabody Place tonight. He engaged a sweet girl in conversation about midnight. She waved money around, then came into the Saucer. [...]