A few weeks ago I mentioned that Lansky at the Peabody had created a coffee table book detailing the store’s 65-year history. Hal Lansky was on Live at 9 this week to talk about the book. The interview can be seen on YouTube here.
One of my New Year’s resolutions (yeah, I know it’s June) is to use Evernote more. It’s a fantastic note-taking tool. It has text recognition, so you can take photos of documents and then find text within them. There have to be 101 uses for Evernote that I haven’t discovered yet. They made a great move yesterday, when they brought one of my favorite authors, Tim Ferriss, on as an advisor. Tim is the author of The Four-Hour Work Week, and in this interview he discusses some of the ways he uses Evernote to save time.
South of Beale normally opens at 4 PM, but they’ve announced that next Saturday, June 12, they’ll be open at noon for the US vs. England soccer match.
If you’re a summer intern, or if you have summer interns, check out this excellent Leadership Academy program. It helps interns in town for the summer get connected in the community, and to develop friendships while experiencing all the great things Memphis has to offer. This is a program that really works – back when I was active at MPACT Memphis, they did something similar and saw an increase in the number of interns who returned to Memphis to take full-time permanent positions after graduation.
I’ve been asked to ask a favor of my blog readers. Go to the Flying Saucer, and order Spaten products (Spaten Lager, Oktoberfest, or Franziskaner) from Whitney, pictured below.
There’s currently a contest going on where the Saucer employee who sells the most Spaten products gets a prize. Whitney, by the way, didn’t ask me to make this announcement – people who want to see her win did. And it’s an opportunity to throw a tube top pic on the blog, so, win/win.
For ideas for stuff to do this weekend, check out Kerry’s post on her I Love Memphis blog. It’s a good resource to check every Friday as you plan your weekend.
Time for lunch… thinking Arby’s today. No big plans for tonight, but I’ll be at the Saucer for happy hour and see where the evening takes me after that.