Actually, it’s not just June any more, but “Memorial Day weekend through July 4 weekend is Tube Top Month” won’t fit on a plate.
Thursday is the third Thursday of the month, which means it will be time for another block party in the Main and Peabody Place area. There will be music by Star & Micey, Blind Mississippi Morris, and the Johnny Yancey trio. Shops and restaurants will have specials and discounts. This is a great way to pre-game before heading to Lucero on the Peabody rooftop, or to another party in the area if you have one to attend. Free to the public, and music starts at 5:30.
Of particular interest at the Third Thursday party: My friends Shelton Clothiers will celebrate their 6th anniversary Downtown. They’re throwing a party to help the recent flood and tornado victims. A minimum $5 donation to the Red Cross gets you award-winning Squeal Street BBQ and Ghost River beer. Squeal Street BBQ? I’ll be there! Not only is their food delicious, but I deeply admire how organized their team was at BBQ Fest. Not everyone can pull that off. There’s a 20% off special at Shelton, and at the women’s store Christine by Shelton Clothiers down the street, for the entire month of June.
More clothing store news: Kerry from the I Love Memphis Blog is teaming up with Lansky at the Peabody to give away a pair of Tom’s shoes to a lucky guy and lucky lady. All you have to do is send a photo of your grossest, grubbiest, worn-out shoes. Details here. Wish I hadn’t thrown away an old pair of sandals earlier this week. They might have won.
The Memphis Flyer has a good article about Johnny G’s Creole Kitchen, the new restaurant on Beale. I want to eat there soon. Friends of mine have been and told me the food is very good (the shrimp po-boy in particular was raved about) and the prices very reasonable. Why do I keep overlooking Beale Street when deciding where to have dinner? Several of its restaurants are not bad at all.
There’s a Wootoff today.
Seen on Twitter this morning: Top Ten Most Annoyingly Misused Homonyms and Non-Words. Yep. Agree with all of those and would add “specific/pacific” to the list. I once was asked to join a professional organization, and was told to “be very pacific” when describing what I do for my job. I didn’t join.
Majestic Grille co-owner Deni Reilly will be on Local Color on WKNO this week, along with event producer Kim Hill and Chris Davis from the Flyer. They will discuss local cocktails and music, and list their favorite signature drinks around town. It will air at 6:30 PM Thursday and 1:30 PM Saturday on WKNO, and 11 PM Thursday on WKNO2. Set your DVRs!
What to do tonight, where to go? It used to be so easy… we’d all meet at the Saucer for trivia. The gang seems to be pretty much done with Saucer trivia, although one of our group has been doing “Saucer trivia” on Twitter the past couple of weeks and it’s been pretty hilarious. Ferraro’s has upped the stakes on their trivia night (starts 8 PM). They’re offering a trial run of their $15 all-you-can-eat pizza and all-you-can-drink PBR deal. $50 to the winning team and a pitcher of PBR to the team with the best name. If there is a 3-way tie for best team name, there will be a dance-off. I’m surprised Saucer management didn’t think of including a dance-off when they revised their trivia night a few months ago.
Then on the other hand, some of my group have been going to trivia at the Silly Goose (also 8 PM). Very much like the old Flying Saucer format (not the current format), and good questions. I wish members of the group would more careful checking into Foursquare though; it attracted unwanted attention last week.
Meanwhile, there are other, non-trivia options as well, including Pint Night at Bardog (all drafts $3, including the most premium draft of all, PBR). Bar None has a tremendous deal, $5 half-yard drafts, tonight. All of these things are good options. Then again, I could stop by the Saucer, and exercise my Master of the Universe powers to get the “DUH, WHINING” glass early. Which option to choose for tonight? We’ll see…
(Edited to add: I knew I forgot to mention something. Tuesday night is steak night at the Downtown Monkey. I won’t be there myself, but friends who went last week praised it. If you like to eat, and you like steak, you should check it out.)