Paul Ryburn’s Journal

The Nuh-Uh Girl's two favorite phrases are "free food" and "all you can eat."

This afternoon’s blog post features a couple of news items that will make Downtown foodie the Nuh-Uh Girl very happy. Perhaps they will make you happy too.

The food fight blog has reported that vendors at farmer’s markets have been given the OK [...]

This is the 10-week point prize not for the whole league, which encompasses Silly Goose, Bar None, and Bayou as well, but just the 10-week prize for the top point total at Bardog Tavern.

A 42″ TV (no I didn’t win. Congrats Jeremy). The league prize is even bigger. If you think you’re [...]

The Overton Square Crawfish Fest has been announced for Saturday, April 9. People always get these two festivals confused, so here it is:

- The Midtown crawfish fest will be on the 9th, next to the Bayou in Overton Square

- The Downtown crawfish fest will be on the 17th, on Wagner between Union and Beale

Both festivals run [...]

MyFoxMemphis is reporting that the building at 118 Madison, whose roof collapsed Saturday, will have to be completely torn down. Previously it was thought the building might be able to be stabilized with only the top floor removed. Other neglected Downtown buildings are being targeted with aggressive anti-blight measures to make sure this continues to happen.

Meanwhile, [...]

All right, catching up on two days’ worth of news… first of all, congrats to the U of M and Coach Josh Pastner. They agreed to a new deal that will extend Coach P’s contract for 5 years and pay him $1.7 mil/year. Excellent move by the University. Details on the deal can be found in [...]

That’s been the reason for the lack of posts the past two days. Allergies really got to me this morning, almost as bad as they did Saturday afternoon when I had to forego the second session of the beer fest.

You know, it’s funny, every time I walk around Walgreens with Dristan, people commented, “You have to [...]

Yesterday at noon, I walked over to Handy Park for River City Brewers Festival. It was the festival’s sophomore year, and it has improved to the point where I’d have to rank it as one of the city’s best beer fests. This is one reason why:

If you’ve attended beer fests before, you’ve [...]

The roof of this building at 118 Madison, at the corner of Madison and November 6th Alley, collapsed yesterday afternoon. It had been raining hard for most of the morning, and it’s possible that the weight of the water caused the roof to give way.

Sad to see it happen. I [...]

This weekend’s Groupon is $89 for a one-room paint job, up to a $300 value. Normally this would fall outside my blog’s radar, but I know the guy who owns the company… Jason is a former student of mine from the U of M. His company JRI Design/Build designs and remodels kitchens and bathrooms. Check out [...]