Today’s the last day to vote in the Memphis Flyer Best of Memphis poll, so if you haven’t voted, today’s your last chance. Voting is all online this year – there are no paper ballots.
Many people have used the restaurant search box (scroll to the bottom of the right sidebar) on my blog to buy $25 restaurant gift certificates for $10. They’re running another special through the 17th – enter code GOODBUY at checkout for 50% off. That reduces the cost of their $25 certificates to $5. Discount also applies to their Dinner of the Month Club promotion.
I didn’t make it to the South Main Association meeting last night, but friends of mine did and came back with news. Safari, the tapas bar on South Main next door to Onix (just south of Huling), is now open for lunch at 11 AM. With free trolley rides at lunchtime this week, it’s a good time for Downtowners who work in the core to try it out. They’ll have their grand opening August 29 (which would be trolley tour night).
The South Main Association will have a Christmas parade on November 21. Appropriately enough, the parade will happen on South Main.
I watched the women’s gymnastics team finals last night. I have a complaint about the TV coverage though – WHERE WERE THE ROMANIANS??? The camera followed every move of the Chinese and US teams, but there was hardly any coverage at all of the third-place Romanian team. Beautiful Romanian girls on uneven bars = ratings. Hopefully they’ll do better on the individual competition coverage.
Tonight’s Elvis glass night at the Saucer. It’s a really nice Pink Cadillac glass this year. They go on sale at 7 and will sell out immediately – the Elvis glass is the most popular one of the year. Best advice is to get there at least a half hour early, get seated, and let your waitress or bartender know you want to order one the minute they go on sale. By 7:10 they will be gone. Show up late, you lose. Also, they usually do a one-glass-per-person limit on the popular glass nights, so sending a friend to get you a glass may not work if they’re getting one too.
We’re having a party at work this afternoon to celebrate our recently expanded office space… and it’s my favorite kind of party… one with BEER! (John D: “Whaaaaa? …Paul, what kind of beer are they having? Didn’t you tell me they had Bud Light in the refrigerator? Can you get me invited?”) Looking forward to getting started an hour early this afternoon.