Southwest Airlines is doing a deep discount sale that ends today: One-way tickets to all their major cities $30-90. The thing is, the sale ends at 11:59 today, so if you plan to fly, you better jump on it. Tickets must be used between September 9 and November 18 and can’t be used on Friday or Sunday. Details here. True, Southwest doesn’t have a gate at Memphis International, but unlike all the commercial airlines that land at Memphis International, Southwest doesn’t suck. Little Rock has Southwest service and is only a 2 hour drive, and Nashville does as well and is a 3 hour drive.
If you’re a member of MPACT Memphis, there are a couple of events happening Downtown within the next week. Friday, July 10, they’re having a Lunch Bunch gathering at Wrapzody, a restaurant that specializes in wrap sandwiches. They’ll meet at noon. The restaurant is on the ground floor of the Renaissance Apartments building, 99 N. Main.
Next Tuesday at 6, there will be an MPACT Memphis happy hour at Grill 83 in the Madison Hotel. This is a chance to get to know other MPACT members in an informal, laid-back setting… hmmm that’s right around the corner from where I live… I could hit happy hour there and still make it to trivia not long after 7… may have to RSVP for this one.
In other news, Capital One has bought the Horizon Building. The Horizon is the unfinished tower building at 717 Riverside, which has been sitting there since the old owner defaulted. Hopefully they can finish it and get people in it soon, whether as condos as originally intended, or apartments which became the plan later.
I read online (can’t remember if it was Twitter or Facebook) that the Peabody plans on announcing the lineup for its New Year’s Eve party soon. They’ve done a great job turning around their weekly rooftop parties… can they do the same for the New Year’s party? For the past 5 years my stance on their NYE party has been “won’t even consider it,” but they seem to have a renewed commitment to customer service in 2009. Still skeptical given the quality of previous NYE parties, but at least willing to hear what their plans are this year.
Probably going to hit the Silly Goose for a couple of beers after work. I doubt I’ll stay out late though, because I want to get home and work on yet another website idea. Busy busy…