Sixteen mini-parks will appear tomorrow on Peabody Place, in spaces usually reserved for metered parking. The parks will be open to the public from 11 AM to 6 PM, and will have various themes such as a desert oasis with belly dancing, a mini-bike trail, and a human library. The CA has the entire list of all the parks. This is a celebration of International Park(ing) Day.
The Flyer’s Hungry Memphis blog has some photos of the yummy food on South of Beale’s new lunch menu. Dammit, one more great Downtown lunch spot that I’ll rarely get to enjoy because I work in Horn Lake. Even a hardcore carnivore like myself has to admit that their hummus plate looks really tasty.
Okay, this is simply awesome. If you’re concerned about the University of Memphis football program, take a minute and 25 seconds to listen to this audio clip. This is the caller who called in immediately after athletic director R.C. Johnson had been an on-air guest on the Chris Vernon show. R.C. had been saying that people were overreacting to the loss of two football games. The caller said that R.C. did not deserve to be fired for losing two games. However, he deserves to be fired for firing Larry Finch in front of a hot dog stand, hiring Tic Price, allowing Calipari’s NCAA violations to go unreported, allowing Cal to take his recruiting class with him when he took the job at Kentucky, allowing a number of bad contracts and buyouts, not capitalizing on the success of the football team 2003-05, not even coming close to getting a BCS conference invitation, and not quickly addressing the problems Tommy West had recruiting after 2005. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. The caller accused R.C. of “coasting until the end” and that is exactly what he is doing.
The Peabody’s new promotions in the Corner Bar continue today. On Thursdays, from 5 to 7 they will sell “Duck Flights of Jack” for $20. The flights will include shots of Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7, Gentleman Jack, and “Peabody Select” Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel. There will also be an appetizer bar with Jack Daniels flavored apps, and music from Memphis Music Foundation artists.
Plans for tonight: With the weather cooled off, I think I’m going to skip Thursday night poker at Max’s Sports Bar and hit the Main Street Block Party instead. Weather would be near perfect, if the wind would die down a bit.