Paul Ryburn’s Journal

There’s an event at Stop 345 this weekend that sounds pretty interesting… it’s a soul music revue called Soul of America ‘09, to be held Saturday, July 4 from 10 PM to 2 AM. It features local talent including Don Valentine and the Hollywood Allstars, Willie Covington, Tonya Dyson, Nate Dogg, and Joyce Henderson, [...]

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Congratulations to my friends Chris and Katie, who got married yesterday at the Cadre Building.  Since it was June, Katie went with a tube top wedding dress.  Good choice!

The Cadre was a beautiful venue, perfect for a combination wedding and reception.  Here are a few pics of the facility:

Guests wait to go through the receiving [...]

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Walked by Bangkok Alley in the old Sawaddii location today and noticed they were open. So I went in and ordered the red curry. I like spicy, so I asked them to kick it up a notch.
“We can do anything from 1 to 10,” replied Raj the manager, who used to work at the Saucer. [...]

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I scored a free book last night at Trolley Tour.  A guy came up an identified himself as an author and said, “What’s your mailing address?  I want to send you a copy of my new book when it comes out in September.”  He handed me a card.  The book is titled Sputnik, Masked Men, [...]

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For once I actually got a good night’s sleep on a Thursday night, so tonight is definitely a going-out night. And a good going-out night it is, with the Trolley Tour happening in South Main. The SMA will grill free burgers and Boscos beer for members – if you want to become a member and [...]

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On July 4, 1826, John Adams, the 2nd president of the United States, lay dying.  He commented to one of the people in the room that Jefferson still lives.  He didn’t know that Thomas Jefferson, his friend and political rival and the 3rd president, had just died.
Yesterday was the July 4, 1826 of modern pop [...]

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The Memphis Flyer interviewed me about the foods I eat yesterday, and today the article appeared on their “Hungry Memphis” blog – you can read it here. I’m pretty proud of the article, and I’m especially happy that they mentioned my Buy-Paul-a-Beer.net site.
Last night I bought the Amstel Light glass at the Saucer’s “Buy the [...]

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Another hot day. Memphis officially hit 100 for the first time this year yesterday. Today’s predicted high is a cool 95.
Calhoun’s e-mailed to let everyone know that they’ll have the NBA Draft tomorrow night on their big screen on the patio. They’ll also have three fans out there to try and cool everyone off. Hmmm… [...]

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Congratulations to Shane Adams, who won the crossword puzzle contest.  There were two earlier entries, but not all the answers were correct.
A couple of people told me they never saw this morning’s post.  Weird because I pulled it up from my work computer just fine, and there were definitely people who saw it, because I [...]

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Click here to view the crossword.
First one to fill it out correctly and fax it to my eFax number at (561) 760-6376 or scan or digitally photograph it and e-mail it to paul@paulryburn.com wins a beer at the Downtown Memphis Flying Saucer on my tab, maximum $6 value, to be redeemed at a mutually agreeable [...]

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