Last night I hung out with one of my blog’s readers, and she commented on my lack of early-morning posts lately on the weekdays. There are a few reasons why those have been lacking this week:
– I discovered that I can sleep as late as possible in the morning, throw on clothes, brush my teeth, walk to work, and come home at lunch to shower. When I first started the job the VP of Development told me to show up “sometime between 8 and 9” in the morning, which means if I delay the shower I can sleep past 8 in the morning and still make it to work on time. That means I can stay out ’til 1 and still get a decent night’s sleep. So I just haven’t had time to do my morning posts the past few days.
– Work has been extremely busy. Our lead developer is in from NYC this week stepping us through the application we’ll be working on. There’s been a lot to learn, so I just haven’t had much time to think about material for future posts.
– I learned yesterday that a friend of mine, a person who was truly the heart and soul of the South Main community, passed away yesterday. I’ll do a post in his memory sometime in the next few days but as of yet have not been able to find the words.
Found out that the Cuban restaurant I had heard about will eventually happen in the space next door to Pearl’s that is currently a salsa dance club. Friends of mine went there and told me it’s a very nice space, with big dance floor, well stocked bar, and an eclectic mix of people. Their plan is to eventually open a Cuban cafe inside but it has not happened yet. My friends say that the new place, to be called the Rumba Room, already has quite a following and everyone seems to have a great time there.
I’m still on John Kerry’s e-mail list from when I joined prior to the 2004 election… got an e-mail from him today saying that he has come to a decision on which candidate he will support – Barack Obama. Wow. When he was running, I wasn’t a huge Kerry fan – I just saw him as better than the alternative in the general election (hell, a chimpanzee would’ve been better than the alternative, and smarter too). But he’s still one of the BIG names in the Democratic Party and his voice counts. I’m still undecided whom to vote for in the upcoming primary, but I’m swaying a little bit toward Obama.
My plans to watch last night’s Tiger game at McGuinness got scrapped when I received a text informing me of the Saucer’s Fire Sale – Dos Equis Special Lager. Needless to say, that changed everything. I stayed at the Saucer for about 4 hours, then moved to Hoop’s Bar. The sales and marketing people from work were there and I hung out with them for a while. My core group of friends was at the bar too, and also some Saucer regulars I haven’t seen in a while. Good times.
I’ll probably take a night off from going out tonight, in order to catch up on sleep and chores around the apartment. That way I’ll be refreshed for the weekend.
Holy crap! My favorite blogger/MILF’s blog is gone! Gonna have to find out the 411 on that.
Bad news for Downtown reported on the Memphis Business Journal’s site: Two more stores in the Peabody Place Mall have closed. Particularly sad to hear Napoli Pizza is gone. They had inexpensive Italian fare, and we need places Downtown where you can fill up for $7-8 or less. Fortunately Roma opened a few blocks up Third, and they have a similar menu.
Also in the MBJ – owners of Downtown restaurant Neely’s BBQ (it’s on Jefferson just east of Danny Thomas) will have their own show on the Food Network beginning in February.
These lunch hours fly by way too fast. Back to work.