Last night as I was walking down the Main Street Mall, I noticed that the new bar at Blue Fin is now open. It has its own separate entrance, through a wood door to the right of the patio, and is much larger than the old bar.
They were still putting the finishing touches on the place when I walked in about 6 PM. Also, they’re getting two 55-inch TVs hooked up today.
The folks at Blue Fin commented that the new bar is part of the restaurant, yet separate from it, and they expect it to develop a vibe of its own. It will be open until 3 AM Thursday-Saturday. Sunday-Wednesday, the hours are still being determined, but it will stay open later than the old bar did.
The bar has its own lounge area upstairs, complete with DJ booth. I came back later in the evening, and while it appears that the bar has yet to really be discovered, quite a few people were in there enjoying it. I never went to the old bar much, except when I was meeting someone for sushi or when it was a stop on a pub crawl, but this is a place I can definitely see myself hanging out from time to time.
In other news… we didn’t win, but what a great finish to the season for the Memphis Tigers. We were in the game until the very last seconds. My congratulations to Coach Pastner and the team. My goodness, what a force we will be next year! We totally proved that we belonged in the NCAA tournament. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Vols proved that they should have been in the NIT, losing to 8-see Michigan by 30 points. Any predictions for when Bruce Pearl will be fired? My guess is Tuesday. If the school’s top officials have any sense at all, they’ll send AD Mike Hamilton out the door right behind the Bruchebag.
I was amazed at all the celebrating I saw on Facebook and Twitter yesterday over the AP Stylebook changing “e-mail” to “email” as the official spelling. Really, who f-ing cares? Quite honestly, people who get all up in arms about things like spellings of “email” and one space vs. two after a period annoy the living piss out of me. This blog does not use the AP stylebook, so I’ll spell words however I feel like, although at some point laziness will finally win the day and I’ll realize it’s less work to type “email” instead of “e-mail.”
Plans for today include watching basketball and drinking beer. I have more posts to come, so check back.