WMC-TV has released a list of street closures for the Memphis Marathon tomorrow. Let me summarize: If you plan on driving anywhere Downtown between about 7 AM and 1 PM tomorrow, you’re screwed. Just don’t do it.
Welcome to all the runners who are in town. If you’re looking for locations to carb up tonight, here’s a list of area restaurants who will have specials or discounts. In most cases you have to show your official race number. If you want a recommendation, I’ll say that the Mardi Gras Pasta at King’s Palace Cafe on Beale Street is one of the best pasta dishes I have ever had.
Tonight is also the party to end Movember at Max’s Sports Bar. For the month of November, many men in Memphis took the pledge not to shave and to grow a Movember moustache. The Memphis chapter, I was told last night, was one of the most active nationwide, raising $8,000 for men’s prostate cancer research and awareness of men’s health issues. Great job guys!
My plans for tonight: Will make a quick stop by the Saucer, where my friend Jake will be celebrating his fifth plate. That means he’s now a Master of the Universe and gets a snazzy black membership card. I’m 133 beers away from joining Jake in the club.
Afterward it looks like some of the gang will head over to Bar None to celebrate our friend Clay’s birthday a day early. “What’s Bar None?” you’re probably asking. It’s the chef’s pub that John Bragg has created in the old Circa location. They’re open for a sneak preview 8 PM to midnight tonight and tomorrow night, with happy hour prices all night long. There will also be menu tastings and I know for a fact the Nuh-Uh Girl will be there, so expect photos.
Speaking of the Nuh-Uh Girl… Air Traffic Mike has invented a new holiday in her honor. It’s called HaNuh-uh-kkuh. Read about it here.
All the talk about pasta has made me hungry… think I’ll hit Fazoli’s for lunch. Outta here for now.