About Me 
- E-mail: paul@paulryburn.com
- My Facebook page
- Twitter: Follow me at @paulryburn (personal account) and @firesale (daily updates on the Fire Sale at the Downtown Flying Saucer)
- My LinkedIn profile
- My resume
- Member, Ques Brothers Memphis in May BBQ Fest team, 2007-10; Third Place, Shoulder category, 2008
- Founding member, Rapscallions trivia team
Awards
- First Place, Best Blog category, Memphis Flyer 2007, 2008, 2009 "Best Of" reader poll
- Reader's Choice, Best Blog category, Memphis Flyer 2006 "Best Of" reader poll
Photo Albums
- Christmas in July at the Red Rooster, July 25, 2008
- Big Foot Lodge 3rd birthday, June 16, 2008
- Closing night at Dan McGuinness Pub, June 14, 2008
- Memphis in May BBQ Fest 2008 (Part 1), Sunday-Friday, May 11-16, 2008
- Memphis in May BBQ Fest (Part 2), Saturday, May 17, 2008. Third place in World Championship Shoulder!
- Rapscallion Party VI, February 8, 2008
- Super Bowl Party 2008
- Preggo baby shower/Sunday Fun Day, December 9, 2007
- Stumbling Santa, December 1, 2007
- My birthday at the Flying Saucer, November 18, 2007
- Halloween 2007
- Memorial Day weekend 2007
- Memphis in May BBQ Fest 2007, May 16-19, 2007
- Rapscallion Party II/Mike's plate party, Flying Saucer, December 1, 2006
- My birthday at Sleep Out Louie's, EP's, and the Flying Saucer, November 18, 2006
- Halloween 2006
- Rapscallion Party I, August 5, 2006
- Wild night at Sleep Out Louie's with whipped cream and "duck farts," May 29, 2006
- Memphis in May BBQ Fest 2006, May 16-18, 2006
- Plate Party I, Flying Saucer, January 7, 2006
- Halloween 2005
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A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had bought a Kindle book called The No BS Guide to Winning Online No Limit Texas Hold’em. It helped my game almost immediately. Prior to reading the book, I had finished in the money in single-table Sit’n’Go tournaments but had never won one. Within a day of reading [...]
Due to transportation issues I’m still in town. The car wasn’t ready to go until 5:05 yesterday, and by then my mother was out of surgery and recovering well and I’d already talked to her on the phone. I revised my plan to go out of town Sunday. I was going to come back for Halloween [...]
Sitting here waiting on the car to get serviced so I can get on the road to Little Rock. I hoped to be on the highway by 9:30 this morning… didn’t get up until 11 though. Oops.
While I’m waiting, I’ll go ahead and post some pics from the Halloween party last night at Kooky Canuck.
Two big events going on today. One is Creative Conversations, an event sponsored by Mpact Memphis at Memphis College of Art. The Creative Conversations are local gatherings of emerging leaders in communities across the country and are part of a grass roots movement to elevate the profile of the arts in America during National Arts and [...]
I forgot to mention a couple of South of Beale news items in the last post:
First of all, if you’re going to the Grizzlies game tonight at the FedExForum, show your ticket for 20% off food items before or after the game.
Also, the debut of Ghost River’s new Black Magic beer will be at South of [...]
First of all, a very happy birthday to our friend Mikey aka Mikey the Camera Nazi, Mikey the Other Trivia Guy, etc. Mikey is the instigator of a lot of the shenanigans that happen Downtown, and the neighborhood wouldn’t (Edit: had ”won’t” there before, giving the impression that he’s leaving, which he’s not, thanks for the catch ATM) be [...]
I’ve decided it’s time to jump on the “Healthy Memphis” bandwagon. Here are 10 tips for Downtown Memphians to stay healthy and get in better shape.
1. Rather than walking to your favorite bar, jog. That way you’ll get there earlier, and may be able to squeeze an extra beer in before happy hour ends.
2. Drink at [...]
I’ve been asked to update the list of Halloween parties that are open to the public Downtown. Here’s the list – hope I’m not leaving anything off as I do this from memory.
Thursday, October 29
Kooky Canuck – they’ve been handing out tickets, so you may want to stop by beforehand and get one to make sure [...]
If you have the ArtsMemphis iPhone app, check the App Store for an update. The update will let you save events to your [...]
Check Woot.com for bargains throughout [...]
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Where I live

Number 10 Main
Luxury apartments in the Downtown core. I've been there 7 years and love it. Feel free to e-mail me if you have questions, and be sure to mention that you heard about Number 10 on my blog.
Downtown Memphis Information
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My other sites: Drinking and booze related
My other sites: Sports and college
My other sites: Women’s fashion shops
My other sites: Miscellaneous
Recent Entries
- “Brick” Quote of the Day
- Fri update: Memphis Music & Heritage Fest, Peabody expansion stalled, beer fest
- Thur update: Skating rink at zoo, festival-related Groupon deal, MFM brunch at Sole
- Bardog 2nd birthday St. Jude fundraiser: Results
- Wed update: SMA meeting, Peabody birthday, 9/01, and more
- Bad tippers
- Pics: Bardog’s second birthday
- Mon update: Bravo discount, beer news, Memphis Music & Heritage Festival
- Bardog pics coming soon
- Sometimes, you gotta go with the flow and let plans change…
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