Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Those of you who’ve read this blog for a couple months know I keep Sonny Salt handy to sprinkle on food I bring home.  (They sell it at A. Schwab on Beale, and I believe at Lit on Union too.)

Sonny Salt on calamari from Bardog?  Pretty badass, I must say.  Possibly the best match I’ve [...]

At the Saucer with the netbook. This is a live, drunk post.

There’s a large water bottle on the bar, taking up a collection for some cause, related to autism I think. Bartender Hannah has decided that her new favorite thing to do is to shake the bottle right in my face.

I’m Hannah’s friend on Facebook, where [...]

Several big news items came up after I did my lunchtime post, necessitating a second post before I head to the bar with the netbook.

First of all, there will be a Spirit of Memphis rally Friday, April 9 in Handy Park on Beale from 5:30 to 7 PM. Tired of hearing people complain about Memphis? [...]

The Majestic Grille is serving a special Easter Brunch menu in addition to their usual Sunday brunch and lunch menus. Options will include Spring Asparagus Soup, Lobster Benedict, Seafood Wellington, and Roasted Loin of Niman Farms Lamb. They’ll have live music by the Rudy E. Scheidt School of Music from the U of M. Reservations are [...]

I’ve been forgetting to blog about the April schedule for Sunset at the Madison, the Thursday night rooftop parties. They sent me the list last week. Schedule is

April 15: Memphis All-Stars
April 22: Grant Garland Band
April 29: Elmo & the Shades

The parties are from 5:30 to 10 PM on the rooftop of the Madison, every [...]

Kerry from the I Love Memphis Blog has.  Read her review of the new place on Marshall here.  (Edit: I forgot to compliment Kerry on her EXCELLENT choice of beverage.  See the pic in her post to see what I mean.)

Random stuff I learned on Facebook and Twitter:

In the 1970s, if the cops saw a car [...]

While digging around Google News for stories related to John Calipari, I found some interesting stuff about World Wide Wes.  Wes, whose real name is William Wesley, is a behind-the-scenes power broker in basketball who helped bring Derrick Rose to Memphis, and we all know how that worked out.  It seems that Wes is now a [...]

If you’re capable of seeing humor in religion, you should follow @jesus on Twitter.  The J-man is a [...]

Bye bye Bruchebag
Bye bye Bruchebag
Bye bye Bruchebag
Bruce Pearl’s a big fat douche.

C-ya next year.  Frank, you have anything to add?  Nuh-Uh Girl?  Carmel?  Master Polo?  Didn’t [...]

The MacBook is going to the Saucer with me today… looking forward to an interesting discussion. In the classic book Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised, Napoleon Hill talks about the importance of forming a Master Mind group to discuss ideas that lead to wealth.  Well, one of my BBQ teammates [...]