The Green Beetle celebrates its first birthday tonight. Acoustic good time band The Po Boys will perform at 8 PM, and there will be specials and freebies as well. Happy birthday to the Beetle!
The Metal Museum will hold a hands-on demonstration of sandcasting tomorrow from 11:30 to 2:30. For $15 you can create your own mold, made out of sand, and then Foundry Artists will pour hot iron into the casts, creating one-of-a-kind objects. Viewing the sandcasting is free. Here’s a video of a previous iron pour.
Chez Philippe at the Peabody will hold a Bastille Day dinner tomorrow night at 7 PM, with cuisine to celebrate the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789. $85 per person, $30 extra for wine pairing. Call 901-529-4188 for reservations.
Also tomorrow is TNA BaseBRAWL at AutoZone Park. The stars of TNA wrestling will perform, including world champ Austin Aries, former champ Bobby Roode, Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy, and the hottest woman on earth Velvet Sky. Event starts at 7:30 PM. There’s also a meet and greet at 5:30 PM for $50 that includes admission to the event.
A local with a celebrity connection is a contestant on Big Brother this season. Frank Eudy is originally from Marion, Arkansas, although he now makes his home in Florida. Eudy is the son of Sid Vicious, a pro wrestler who held world titles in both WWF and WCW, as well as titles in local Memphis promotions. Sid recently appeared on an episode of WWE Monday Night Raw as “Sycho Sid,” the name under which he held his WWF championships. I occasionally see Sid at the Saucer and elsewhere around Downtown Memphis.
The first Tuesday of August every year is National Night Out, America’s night out against crime. Neighbors gather together for a block party, meet their police officers, and learn how to stay safe. South Main is having their National Night Out party at the pavilion at Front and G.E. Patterson where the Farmers Market is held. Lawn chairs and coolers are encouraged, and you can bring a pot-luck dish to share or buy dinner from the food trucks. Event is from 6-8 PM.
So, last night I headed south to Max’s Sports Bar for poker. I checked in on Foursquare, and one of my friends on that network commented “Yawn.” Then she checked in at the Texas Roadhouse in Horn Lake. Are you kidding me? I’m enjoying cold PBR, my favorite game, and good friends, and you have the NERVE to yawn at my checkin while at a boring chain restaurant in Missi-frikkin-sippi??? REALLY? Some people shouldn’t be allowed to use social media.
All right, time to hit Target and Zaxby’s then back to work. Maybe I’ll see the deer again this afternoon. Plans for tonight TBD.