The Peabody is starting a monthly wine club that will meet in their corner bar. First meeting is Wednesday, February 2 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, and will feature four wines from Tuscany paired with light bites from their Petite Phillippe menu. $15, or buy an annual pass for $100. Details here. Sounds very intriguing, but that start time is awful early for people who live Downtown but work in other parts of the city. I’d only be able to make it to the last 30 minutes most days.
South of Beale sent out its weekly newsletter today. For those of you who don’t subscribe, be aware that there’s a Foursquare special – show your checkin to get $3 off any “plate” item.
Foursquare, by the way, is really irritating me lately. Last night it took me two minutes to start the app, change the tab from “Friends” to “Places,” have the app list possible places it thought I could be, pick the Saucer, type a comment and check in. Way too long. I should be able to do that in no more than 30 seconds. I saw there was an update to the app and downloaded it, which if anything made it even slower. Get it together, Foursquare!
For my Mississippi readers, I want to mention an organization well represented at Saturday’s Winter Warmer beer fest – Raise Your Pints. This is a group lobbying to change the arcane Mississippi beer alcohol content law. When Mississippi legalized beer after Prohibition (over 30 years after), the only way they could get it through the legislature was to limit alcohol content to 5%. Other states did this too but every other state has repealed this limit. Mississippi has not. Most craft beers, including most IPAs, Dubbels, Trippels, Trappist ales and many more, are above 5%. So Mississippians can’t enjoy those high-quality beers unless they travel to other states to purchase them (thus denying Mississippi of tax revenue). If you live in MS, please consider supporting Raise Your Pints. More info about them here.
Speaking of beer festivals, tickets are now on sale for the 2nd annual River City Brewers Fest, to be held March 26 in Handy Park. Festival will benefit the Autism Society.
If you dine at the Trolley Stop Cafe, be sure to check out my friend Boo Gardo’s pottery while you’re there.
Attn Hog fans: The 2011 Razorbacks football schedule has been released. The Arkansas-LSU game is back to the Friday after Thanksgiving, where it belongs.
I also, I learned that the Hogs’ baseball team will visit AutoZone Park on March 23 to play the Memphis Tigers. Very cool… if the Razorbacks win, I promise not to disrespect the home team by plugging my iPhone into a local bar’s speakers and playing the Arkansas fight song, the way a certain person played “Rocky Top” after the Tigers-Vols basketball game.
That’s it for now… I actually have several more things but I need to eat. Possibly a second post tonight.