Paul Ryburn’s Journal

Big win for the trivia team last night. Our tab starts anew with our $50 prize. We also won a $25 Blue Fin gift card which will be auctioned off within the team.

Rocky Patel, a cigar producer who has been called America’s top cigar celebrity, will be in town for a big event Saturday, August 28. [...]

I’ve had a couple of “top 10 list” requests.  One is to list the top 10 buffets in Memphis.  The other is to list places to take the Nuh-Uh Girl on a date.

I think I can combine those into [...]

A few options if you’re looking for things to do tonight: First of all, there’s live music at the Silly Goose, by Star & Micey, at 9 PM.

Meanwhile, over at Rockbottom in the basement of Rehab Disco, DJ EZ-Lay spins ’80s music from 10 to 3. There will be beer and shot specials.

The organizer [...]

It may not be fall quite yet, but the start of the fall outdoor party season is upon us. It kicks off this Sunday, August 29, with Bardog Tavern’s second birthday. They’ll be partying in the alley next door to Bardog from 9 AM to 6 PM, and then the party will continue inside until 1 [...]

As always on Monday, I went to Pint Nite at the Saucer, where I met my friends Clay and Lee.  I started at the bar, but comfy couches and chairs came open, and we decided to relax.  Lil’ Kim, realizing we were now in her section, came over, and said, “Paul, can I get you anything?”  [...]

It’s a slow Monday and there’s not much to report, so I’ll keep this one brief.

Usually when I post about deals, I restrict them to Downtown restaurants, but today I’m going to make an exception. LivingSocial has a deal for $20 worth food and drink from Uncle Lou’s Fried Chicken for $10. The deal expires at [...]

If you’re trying to think of something to do this afternoon, Gone with the Wind is playing at the Orpheum at 2 PM.  Most of us have seen the movie on TV, but I’ve been told it’s magnificent on the big screen in a theater that was around when Gone with the Wind was first released.  [...]

Last night got off to a slow start.  Was bored at the Saucer.  Was bored at Bardog.  About 11 I got hungry for breakfast food, and decided to go back to the Saucer, to bide my time waiting for Cockadoos to open at midnight.  As I walked down Second, I got a text: “Don’t [...]

Yesterday I posted that my friend Air Traffic Mike is doing a $100 challenge – he bought $100 worth of groceries, and starting yesterday, he’s seeing how long he can live on them, how cheaply he can eat.  ATM is a retired air traffic controller and can afford to eat out every day, but he was [...]

Fellow blogger Air Traffic Mike is a retired air traffic controller.  Even in retirement, air traffic controllers make very good money, and he could afford to eat out every day if he wanted.  However, times are tough, and he sympathizes with people he knows who are out of work.  So he decided to do the Air [...]