Paul Ryburn’s Journal

I just received confirmation that Calhoun’s, the new sports bar on GE Patterson Avenue, will be open at 10 AM tomorrow and will be serving beer and bar food.  That’s where I’ll be for the Cotton Bowl then.  Assuming I get up that early, that is.  I’ll take the camera with me and try to get [...]

I’m trying to figure out where I’ll watch the Cotton Bowl tomorrow, which comes on at the ridiculously early time of 10:30 AM.  I could watch it at home, of course (and I may have to for the first quarter), but what fun is that?  I want to watch my Hogs at a bar, hopefully with [...]

No idea why I’m up this early, considering that I don’t have to work today.

Yesterday at brunch Otto came up with a great idea for a new drink: the PBRtini.  It consists of Pabst Blue Ribbon in a martini glass.  Now that’s about as lowbrow as martinis can get.  We were discussing what one would use [...]

Updated Sunday 12/30 with a few more.  I’ve also added a few cover charges which were unknown at the time of the previous update.  Originally posted 12/21, which is why you see me talking about going to Christmas parties at the end of the post.

One of my readers requested that I start making a list of [...]

The Klitz, an all-girl punk band that formed in Memphis in 1978, reunites tonight to play a show at Automatic Slim’s. They were well before my time, but I’ve been told that they were the most talked-about girl group in Memphis during that era. Might be something interesting to do tonight if you’re looking [...]

As many of you know, I’ve been fed up with the Blogger blogging engine for quite some time now. I almost switched to WordPress about this time a year ago, but there were problems importing my existing posts due to Google rolling out “Blogger beta/the new Blogger.” Well, WordPress is now able to import [...]

The Tenessee presidential primary is less than six weeks away (it’s on February 5) and I have no idea who I’m going to vote for. Early on I was a huge fan of Barack Obama. I appreciate his fresh ideas and I believe he’s the candidate most likely to use the presidency as a [...]

Just had lunch at Blue Plate Cafe. Turkey and dressing with blackeyed peas and boiled cabbage and cornbread. It was excellent. Service was great too – food was out in 5 minutes and the waiter brought me an extra Coke without me even having to ask.

While I was eating I flipped through RSVP [...]

I’ve heard from two different sources that Calhoun’s, the sports bar on G.E. Patterson in the old convenience store space, will open for business on the 31st. The info, I’m told, went out in an e-mail newsletter that its neighbor down the street Delphinium sent to its customers.

Liberty Bowl parade on Beale today at 4:00. Better [...]

Last night I hit Circa’s Wednesday night happy hour where they have $8 wine flights – three 2 oz. servings of any of their by-the-glass wines, normally $12. I did two flights, first a red flight and then one with sweet white wines. Not being a wine expert (that’s part of why I’m doing [...]