Quick morning update: Staying awake, trolleys, more

Here’s a WikiHow article that should be useful to Downtowners who like to go out to the bars on the weeknights: How to Stay Awake at Work. I’m disappointed that the article didn’t specifically mention Mountain Dew though.

I meant to link to this last Friday, and forgot, but it’s too good to leave behind: Bruce VanWyngarden from the Memphis Flyer took his car into the repair shop last week, and since the shop was on the Madison Avenue line he decided to use the trolley to commute to work. Read about his experience here. The public transportation system in Memphis is a complete joke.

New promo on the discount restaurant gift certificates I talk about from time to time: Enter FALL to get 60% off on them. These are $25 face-value restaurant gift certificates that normally sell for $10, but with 60% off they’re $4 for the remainder of the month when you enter the promotional code FALL at checkout. Scroll to the bottom of my blog’s right sidebar to find a box where you can search by zip code. Enter 38103 to search for Downtown restaurants (or your zip if you don’t live Downtown). A lot of Downtown restaurants participate – Big Foot, Stella, Pearl’s, Blue Fin, Blue Plate Cafe, McEwen’s, and many more. Note that some restrictions apply (generally you can’t redeem them for alcohol, for example) – be sure to read the restrictions before purchasing.  Yes they are legit – many of my readers have purchased them and have told me they used them successfully.

The Rapscallions didn’t make the top 3 in trivia last night, but at least we have $135 in prize money to show for our efforts over the past month. As opposed to the team of St. Jude scientists, who have not even one dollar in prize money for the same period.  I notice they didn’t use “Finding Cures and Drinking Beers” as their team name last night.  I’d suggest “Might as Well Face it, We’re Addicted to Losing” as an alternate name.

I won’t be at the Downtown Alive! Latino-themed party at Court Square tonight, even though it sounds like it will be a lot of fun.  Got a private event to attend elsewhere Downtown… more on that later today.