A correction to something I wrote in an earlier post: The FedExForum didn’t sell out 3 times in 3 days – it sold out 3 times in 26 hours. AC/DC, the Tiger day game the next day, and then the Grizzlies game that night were all sellouts. Congrats to the Forum on a very successful 2009 so far.
Don’t forget the South Main Association meeting tonight at Earnestine & Hazel’s. Free for members, $5 for non-members, and it will be an important one because the topic is crime in South Main and an MPD major will speak. If there is a question-and-answer session afterward, I plan on asking if anything can be done about Jumper Cable Guy, who is in the area running his scam on almost a daily basis. Program starts at 7:00. I’ve heard times of both 6:00 and 6:30 (not sure which is correct) for social hour prior to the meeting. Free Soul Burgers.
If you’re a member of Mpact Memphis, don’t miss their happy hour tomorrow night at The Cove, on Broad a block or two east of Hollywood. The Cove is a very cool little bar, the kind of place that existed in the ’50s… best way I can describe it is a very classy dive bar, with a nautical theme. Downtowners – if you like Bardog you’ll probably like the Cove as well.
Thursday night is the Memphis Flyer’s annual “Hotties” party at the Red Rooster. This is the party to celebrate their annual list of Memphis “hotties” (male and female) that they pick for their Valentine’s Week edition. I don’t think they can possibly have a Hotties cover that is more talked about Downtown than the one they ran last year.
Amazon has released the newest version of their electronic reading device, the Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
New Restaurant.com discount code: Enter TREAT at checkout for 60% off. That means their $25 face-value gift certificates good at many Downtown restaurants, normally $10, can now be had for $4. They’re also throwing in a $15 FTD reward with purchase. Good through Sunday, February 15.
Go Tigers! #8 AP, #10 ESPN. A 2-seed in the NCAA tournament is looking more and more likely. The way we’ve been playing with Tyreke Evans at point guard, I think we could go toe-to-toe against any 1-seed in a regional final.
Outta here, time to do some work, will be at trivia tonight after the SMA meeting. Hmmm… it’s supposed to rain tonight… getting to E&H and then back to the Saucer is going to SUCK. Oh well, I’ll deal with it somehow.