On weekend nights I tend to surf social media on my phone a good deal, to see what my friends are up to. However last night, my friends’ activities were not the main reason I kept checking Twitter. A kitten, 6 to 8 weeks old, was found stuck in a vertical drain pipe about 2 inches in diameter. It had been there since Sunday, and early reports indicated that the kitten might not be able to be rescued. By mid-evening the kitten had its own hashtag on Twitter, #PipeKitty, and the main person rescuing it created a @MyPipeKitty account to update everyone. At the time I last checked Twitter (more on that in a minute), they had lowered a camera into the pipe and determined that the kitten was still very much alive.
This morning, the first thing I did after waking up was check the Twitter account, and there was good news. About 4:00 in the morning, the kitten was rescued. It’s said to be in good spirits, very vocal and playful, and the man who rescued the kitten is going to talk to the Humane Society about adopting it. The kitten was dug free thanks to Greenway Home Services, who had their equipment there until 4 AM. If you need plumbing, HVAC services, or major appliances, please consider doing business with them.
Anyway, after about 12 I couldn’t get updates on #PipeKitty because my phone’s Twitter app froze on this picture. Well, if you must freeze up, that’s a good pic to do it on. It’s a pic of Double J Smokehouse and Saloon’s new Wagon Wheel appetizer sampler platter, with hot wings, fried pickles, onion rings, cheese sticks, a sampler of their sausage and cheese plate, and BBQ nachos. I count NINE cups of dipping sauce on this thing. It’s $25, but the restaurant’s “mayor” on Foursquare, Mikey, told me last night that it’s easily enough food to feed five people. I hope to try the Wagon Wheel soon – but, not when I’m dining alone.
Also while checking social media, I saw that my friends Katie Mac and the Nuh-Uh Girl went to the lake this weekend. Katie took the Nuh-Uh Girl to a bar, and conveniently forgot to tell her it was a karaoke bar until they got there. Ugh. The Nuh-Uh Girl usually isn’t into karaoke bars, unless they happen to have an all-you-can-eat buffet. So glad we don’t have to deal with karaoke on the weekends in Downtown Memphis anymore.
On with the news… the Peabody is doing a Sunset Happy Hour on the rooftop on select Fridays and Saturdays from 4:30 to 8:30. Today is one of those select days. If you’ve never enjoyed a relaxing sunset on a Downtown rooftop with a cocktail in your hand, this is your chance. More info here.
Police, firefighters, EMTs, and Civil Service are invited to have 71 cent hamburgers at the Hard Rock Cafe on Thursday, June 14. It’s their Founders’ Day Celebration and all are welcome, no cover. This will be the music lineup:
12PM – Chad Nordhoff
1PM – Tori Tollison
5PM – Amy Hart
6PM – J.W. Williams
7PM – The Mike Dees Band
8PM – the Near Reaches
9PM – Pengea
10PM – Shive
All proceeds from the day will benefit the Church Health Center. The Hard Rock has a made-from-scratch kitchen, so civil servants, those 71 cent burgers will not be frozen burgers from SYSCO – they’ll be the real thing. More info about Founders’ Day here.
There will be an “I ♥ the ’80s” party tonight at Mollie Fontaine Lounge from 11 PM to 3 AM. No cover, 21 and up. DJs will spin your favorite ’80s and early ’90s tunes. Costumes are highly encouraged. More info here. The only problem I have with the ’80s-early ’90s is that it was the era when tube tops were out of fashion.
Gizmodo has a post on how to make absinthe pops, the summer treat that will melt your face. Oh my goodness. This is Trouble with a capital T.
Time to hit Publish, get dressed, and hit Bardog at noon for brunch and some $2 Coronas with Panda Manda. Later tonight I’ll decide if I feel like taking a cab over to Mollie’s for the ’80s party.