And I’m back with the lunchtime update posts… so much news today that there will be a second one, either after work or after I get home from the bars…
There’s a new promotion in the Peabody’s Corner Bar tonight. It’s Tweet-Up Tuesday from 5-7 PM with $1.50 domestic longnecks, an appetizer buffet, and a chance to enter to win Sunday brunch for two. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up. They have new promotions running the other weekdays too, and I’ll share more about those in future posts.
Tomorrow the Silly Goose is hosting a Superhero Party. Dress up as your favorite superhero, and enjoy drink specials. Action kicks off around 9 PM. I was in there a couple of days ago, and Daniel had a costume suggestion for me: He thinks I should make a costume out of old PBR boxes, and go as PBR Man. I’m considering it.
Two big festivals coming up this weekend. The first is the Cooper-Young Festival, one of the biggest neighborhood street parties in Memphis. Stretching nearly half a mile, there will be over 400 vendors, live music on several stages, and plenty to eat and drink. If you’ve never been to this, I highly recommend you check it out. I’ll probably cab it down there about 11 AM, hang out until the festival ends at 7, then walk up Cooper and check out the Slider Inn.
The other big event is the Smokin’ Aces BBQ Championship down in Tunica at Harrah’s Friday and Saturday. My team does not enter this regional BBQ event, but my friends on the Squeal Street team do, and they told me it was a LOT of fun last year. One of the festival events will be the Double Down Beer-Rita Fest, a huge beer and margarita tasting on Friday, September 16. Part of the proceeds from the festival benefit Porter-Leath.
Just over a month until the Cooper-Young Regional Beerfest (not to be confused with the Cooper-Young Festival; they’re separate events). However, if you want a sneak preview, head to the Cooper-Young Farmers Market the morning of Saturday, September 24 at 10:30 AM. They’ll have a “Everything You Wanted to Know about Homebrewing (But Were Afraid to Ask)” presentation. Mid-South Malts will be on hand selling supplies. You’ll also be able to buy tickets to the October 15 beerfest if you don’t have them already.
The Madison Hotel will host a fundraiser rooftop party this Thursday night. Format will be similar to its Sunset Atop the Madison Series, with music from 6 to 10, cash bar and tapas menu. The Living Daylights will entertain. 100% of the admission funds will be donated to the American Diabetes Association. Come support a good cause! I can certainly think of worse places to pay a cover charge (don’t get me started on that, though).
Time to hit OfficeMax and buy a new wireless router. I’ll be out somewhere tonight, just not sure where yet. Might be up for hitting the Corner Bar thing around 6 if anyone else I know is going.