Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Got to the Saucer about 9 last night… the Dempseys were already setting up for their show.  My BFF and her mini-me (my BFFMM?) were both working so there was a hell of a lot of attitude to deal with.  I printed out my receipts for my 3 plate beers and moved to the band [...]

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A blog reader sent me this story from the NWTN Today website (from Union City, TN) about an armed robbery of a visitor from Knoxville Saturday night who was in town for the Memphis-UT game. The robbery started on Beale Street and ended in a nearby residential neighborhood around 11:15 PM Saturday night, and [...]

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We had a GREAT time tonight.  The gang met at Itta Bena a little before 6, where the complimentary appetizers this week consisted of sushi and Asian chicken.  After a few drinks there, we moved on to the Red Rooster, where we had reservations.
One of the owners, the one with whom I had made the [...]

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Be sure to check out the opinion column in today’s CA where Downtowner Barbara Bradley shares her thoughts on panhandlers and how much they scare her and people who come to visit her.  “We’re at a tipping point, CCC,” she writes.  “Please help save Downtown.”

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Posting from the Second Street branch office and reading the Memphis Flyer during my lunch break.  For lunch today:  Clausthauler (a nonalcoholic beer), and LaBatt Blue (which is alcoholic, but is basically Canadian Bud Light so it’s not like one pint will do anything).  I’ll be eating twice in a short time span tonight, so [...]

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… And I’m back.  Couple of quick items before I head to work.  It’s Tiger Blue Day, as deemed by an e-mail sent out by the Leadership Academy, and I have blue on.  Do you?  For those of you who missed last night’s post:  1) Game has been changed to 7:00, so Rapscallions/extended family/random hot [...]

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(PROFANITY/VULGARITY ALERT:  This is a drunk post.  If R-rated and above topics offend you, skip this post.)
Pictured above is the “Maple Leaf,” one of the 34 oz. mixed drinks on Big Foot Lodge’s drink menu.  According to the menu, it consists of Forty Creek Canadian whiskey, spiced rum, Southern Comfort, banana liqueur, cranberry juice and [...]

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So I got to Pint Nite last night and saw John D sitting at the bar.  So I figured I’d sit at the bar with John D and start a tab there.  But before I made it to the bar I was intercepted by the waitress who calls me her “BFF.”  “WHAT DO YOU WANT,” [...]

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I just took a walk to the ATM a few minutes ago, and as I walked down Madison I noticed that the restaurant at 143 Madison, just east of Second, is undergoing renovations.  That’s the former King of Wings location that closed about a year ago.  A sign in the window says the place will [...]

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Anthony Bourdain and his show “No Reservations” will visit ROMANIA in an all-new episode tonight, Monday, February 25 at 9 PM CST on the Travel Channel. Romania has a lot to offer… the food, the history, the culture. Also, the girls there are really hot.
Thanks to my former bartender Josh for calling and [...]

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