The Commercial Appeal has a “crime report” article about the arrest of Sketch Artist Bum, who allegedly approached a couple at 4:30 this morning Downtown and offered to draw their picture. The female works as a waitress. The CA reports that SAB saw a chance to grab her tip book and take off running, but her boyfriend and the police apprehended him. He’s been arrested “Illegal sales and exhibitions in pro. area” four times and once for “viol itinerant vendor/peddler” in the past two years. As is the case with most of our regular bums, SAB is not homeless – he has a place in the Klondyke neighborhood in North Memphis. This guy has been hanging around Downtown doing the sketch artist gimmick for a while. If he approaches you, tell him you’re not interested in being sketched, and walk away. Hopefully he’ll be locked up for a while.
Friday night, I may finally get to hear a band I’ve been wanting to see in concert for three years. Jeffrey and the Pacemakers will play Escape Alley Sundry Friday, July 9 from 7 to 9 PM. They are a ’60s British Invasion cover band, playing songs from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Animals, the Who, and other bands of that era. I love that music… I’ve had several opportunities to see them before, but every time, something came up. I hope my calendar remains clear this Friday so I can go.
MarksMenus posted on Facebook that when you go out to eat tonight, look on their website or mobile app so you can find out where to get a free appetizer. Now I know why the Nuh-Uh Girl ordered an iPhone.
Speaking of the Nuh-Uh Girl, what do you think heaven would look like to her? I think it would look something like this: Eat your way through 63,000 square feet of foods of every type, from Greek to Japanese, American to Mexican and from hot wings to steak from white tablecloth chefs to fried chicken cooks, to barbecue pitmasters to peanut farmers. Save the date, because October 9 will be heaven on Earth for the Nuh-Uh Girl, as The City Taste comes to One Commerce Square Downtown. More details about the event on their website, and you can go here to “like” them on Facebook.
In celebration of Independence Day, AntiDuckface.com is doing a 50-part series of stupid-looking duck faces across all 50 states. I have a duck face photo I need to send them, but can’t decide if it should count as a Mississippi duck face or a Tennessee duck face.
I want to apologize to Chef Michael Patrick for missing his cookout on top of Number 10 Main last night… I was headed that way, but received an SOS from a friend at the Saucer and went back there. I got a free beer out of the deal, but I’m sure I missed some great food and maybe a tube top or two.
Having a good holiday Monday so far… I’m a member of the poker training site PokerVT.com and have spent the morning watching videos. Today I’ve been taking notes as pro Bryan Devonshire plays a HORSE tournament (HORSE = a mixed game of Hold’em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Razz, Stud, and Stud Hi/Lo). Good way to learn strategy for several games at one time, and see how his strategy changes as the final table gets shorthanded and as he gets heads up with his final opponent.
I won’t be staying home all day today though… if memory serves, we have Magan working day shift at Kooky and Jessica working day shift at the Saucer. Two very good reasons to start early. And there’s one very good reason to end late… I don’t have to go to work tomorrow! I took the day off to have a 4-day weekend. May possibly do poker night at the Goose at 9.
Right now, though, another hour of poker videos before I go out… wonder if the pizza place at Third and Peabody is open today? If they are that might end up being lunch.