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In the news: One of the greatest Supreme Court Justices of modern times, John Paul Stevens, is retiring. More here.
Downtown Memphis is participating in national Bike to Work Day Friday, May 21. Those who live and work Downtown are invited to rediscover the bike as a means of transportation on that day. More details here.
A helicopter will be placing AC units on the top of One Commerce Square tomorrow at 7 AM. So I guess I can forget about sleeping late on a Saturday. Well, either that or I need to get so wasted tonight that I don’t even hear the helicopter, which is what happened the last time it showed up.
After work tonight I’m attending the Spirit of Memphis pep rally in Handy Park from 5:30 to 7. Speeches by Roby Williams and Kevin Kane, footage of old and new Beale, and a ceremony inducting R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough onto Beale’s Brass Note Walk of Fame. Come out and celebrate Memphis!
After that I gotta head to the Saucer for one beer… I’ve got to keep checking in, now that I know Venus is trying to steal the mayorship from me on Foursquare.
After that I’m heading to South Main for a party in friends’ parking lot. They told me about it last week. “Yeah we’re going to have a big cookout and maybe even live music,” they said. “You should come down.”
“Sounds like fun, I may have to swing by,” I thought.
“We’re cooking a bunch of wings,” they told me. “We have a team in Hot Wing Fest on the 17th, and we need to get feedback on wing recipes.”
“Sounds good, maybe I’ll head down to South Main,” I thought. (I also thought, “Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up.”)
Then they told me, “We’re going to have PBR. 24 ounce tallboys from the cash & carry.”
I thought, “PBR TALLBOYS? I’M THERE!!!!”
So that’s the plan for the evening. Probably an additional stop after the cookout… not sure where.