I got to the Main Street block party about 6 last night. Hung out on the Majestic’s patio for a while, had a mojito. Then I decided I wanted to try the Center for Souther Folklore’s Southern food buffet. It was outstanding and a bargain too, $5 for Cornish hen, BBQ pork, greens, and peach cobbler.
So, I was sitting at a table with one of my regular blog readers, who introduced herself to me at the Center last night. At the next table over was arts writer Skipford M. Blank. And then it happened… I shoulda known it. The presence of food attracted the Nuh-Uh Girl. She came in and ate off my plate, then ate off Skippy’s plate, then talked the guy running the buffet to give her a bowl of greens. Here’s a pic of the Nuh-Uh Girl eating the greens:
Then she left to go home and bake for the Nuh-Uh Sister’s birthday, so no doubt the Nuh-Uh Girl ate yet again when she got done baking.
After that I headed to the Saucer for the Dempseys. Stayed for the first two sets, then decided it was time for a venue change to Bardog.
Sign on Bardog’s chalkboard: “We close bar checks upon maid’s exit.” Attn BFF Jenny: Did you read that? They have BARMAIDS there!
The staff at Bardog was just super-nice to me last night. It was nearly 3 AM before I got out of there. Thanks to everyone there for treating me so well.
All right, let’s get to the news. There are specials at Sauces (under new ownership) this weekend. They are black bean soup with ancho lime crema, asian wings with spicy peanut hot sauce and wasabi blue cheese, fish tacos, and grilled ribeye with cheddar grits and wilted garlic spinach.
Great article on Circa and Chef John Bragg’s five-course Sunday evening wine dinners in today’s Commercial Appeal. John was voted “Best Chef” in this year’s Memphis Flyer poll, and Circa was one of five businesses who threw the block party last night.
Harlan T. Bobo plays Automatic Slim’s Saturday night at 10. Slim’s isn’t closing, but this will be the last night for Automatic Slim’s as we have known it for many years. More details to come.
SabaFest, in support of St. Jude and in memory of Bill Saba, is tonight at the Cadre Building. I’m was going to attend, but now that I’ve been laid off, I need to conserve money until I’m on to the next gig. Should be a good time though. Walrus and Punching Nicholas will play.
All right… going to take my “what’s the fire sale” walk, and go vote. After that it’s cleanup day – clean up the apartment, answer a pile of unanswered e-mails from yesterday, upgrade the software on some of my sites. Will be out later tonight.