Tue update: Coco & Lily sale, river park reopened, RiverArtsFest poster party, Memphis pedestrian-unfriendly (but Downtown very friendly) and more

Last night as I was walking to the bar, I looked across Second and saw a big sign outside women’s clothing store Coco & Lily. “Blowout sale,” it advertised, “everything 50% off.” Ladies, this is an excellent opportunity to stock up for Tube Top Month, which starts in only 3 days.

Actually, I prefer to see tube tops 100% off, but that has nothing to do with price…

Mud Island River Park has finally re-opened. With the flood waters receding, guests are welcome back as of 10 AM today.

RiverArtsFest, the big fall arts festival in South Main, will unveil its 2011 poster this Friday. They’ll have a poster launch party at the Memphis College of Art grad school at Main and Butler from 6 to 8 PM. Party will honor 2011 artist Dolph Smith. It’s also South Main Trolley Night, so there will be plenty else to see and do in the area… and when you’re deciding what to wear, don’t forget that Tube Top Month starts at 5 PM!

Can you tell I’m getting excited about Tube Top Month?

Memphis has been named the seventh-least-friendly pedestrian city in the US. I’d like to point out that Downtown is VERY pedestrian-friendly! I walk around in the core, to South Main, to the Pinch all the time… never any problems.

You know, the Saucer is three and a half blocks from my front door. I don’t know if there are apartments three and a half blocks to the Fox & Hound Cordova, but if there are, I’m pretty sure those people drive to the bar. Which is why Cordova sucks. Well, it’s one of the many reasons.

Brick finally got her revenge on me at poker last night. It’s well known that Brick will call my all-ins with any two cards, for the satisfaction of trying to beat me. Sooner or later she had to be dealt a real hand. Getting short stacked, I moved in with A-7, and she called with K-10 suited. Both the King and the 10 paired the board, and Brick got a victory. However, I scored a moral victory, as the name “Katie” was all but forgotten by the end of the night and the entire bar was calling her “Brick.”

What to do tonight, what to do? It’s Tuesday trivia night at Ferraro’s with Kevin Cerrito at 8 PM, and I had a good time there last week. Then on the other hand, I got a message from a bartender at the Silly Goose begging me to come up there for their new trivia night. My team the Rapscallions is pretty much done with trivia at the Saucer for the time being. Then there’s always pint night at Bardog (all pints $3 from 7 PM to 3 AM).

Beale Street ambassador Rudy Williams is still missing. Please keep him in your prayers.