Paul Ryburn’s Journal

A few notes to end 2008…
The Hard Rock Cafe on Beale e-mailed me and asked me to inform everyone that they are among the Downtown businesses offering free Wi-Fi to customers.
The Liberty Bowl parade is on Beale Street tomorrow at 3 PM.
I had someone e-mail me and ask if I know of any place serving [...]

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Tomorrow will be the 9th anniversary of “the Y2K bug,” when people believed that computers wouldn’t be programmed correctly to understand that it was 2000, and due to two-digit years would reset to 1900.  It turned out to be much less of a problem than people thought.
However, today I’ve been revising some code for a [...]

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Orleans on Front, the Cajun restaurant on Front that used to be Cayenne Moon, sent me an e-mail with lots of good info to post.
First of all, they’re having a New Year’s Eve dinner tomorrow.  $5 cover includes a strawberry mimosa and music.  Special entrees for the evening include shrimp and crab stuffed whole flounder, [...]

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Today was errand day.  I replaced a lost pass to my parking garage, made a run to West Memphis for groceries, and dropped off some liquor I’m donating to the New Year’s Eve party in South Main tomorrow night.  On the way back I stopped at BP Riverside for gas.  I came in and gave [...]

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After posting yesterday that my friends and I plan on having dinner at the Majestic on New Year’s Eve and then head to a party in the South Main area, I had a couple of people approach me and ask, “The Majestic dinner – can I get in on that?”  The people who approached me [...]

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Calhoun’s will be open at noon Thursday, January 1 and Friday, January 2 for those who want to watch early-afternoon bowl games.  They have added extra TVs and are now up to 8 total.  There’s a special purpose in mind for a couple of those TVs after bowl season is over.  Don’t know if I’m [...]

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Right after I did my last New Year’s Eve post, someone sent me a link to McEwen’s New Year’s Eve menu.  For anyone interested in celebrating there, here it is.

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I’ve heard about some more places Downtown throwing New Year’s Eve parties, and I’ve received additional details about some of the parties I already knew about.  So here’s Take 2:
AUTOMATIC SLIM’S
There will be a set menu dinner at Slim’s at 6:30 and 8:30.  At 10:30 Walrus takes the stage, and will play until 3 AM.
WHO [...]

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Thanks to the people who e-mailed me about a couple of New Year’s Eve events I missed in my last post.  I also got a copy of this week’s Memphis Flyer and found several more.  I’ll do Draft 2 of “what’s going on Downtown New Year’s Eve” tomorrow or Monday.
Been busy.  Took the laptop to [...]

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I’ve been promising this for a while, and here it is, or at least Take 1 of it.  Here’s a look at what’s going on New Year’s Eve in Downtown Memphis.  Since different events appeal to different people, I’ll give my assessment as to who might enjoy each.  Venues listed in alphabetical order.
BARDOG TAVERN
Bardog will [...]

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