Today’s post starts with Sunday Fun Day news: Double J Smokehouse and Saloon has scheduled the first of many parking lot parties to come for this Sunday, October 21. There will be live music by the Southern Edition Band and Jeff Ivy. There will also be a cornhole tournament for two-person teams, starting at 3 PM with two $25 gift certificates to the winners. At 6 PM there will be a BBQ slider eating competition, winner take all with a $50 gift certificate to the winner. Bring in your already-carved pumpkin for public judging 3-6 PM, with the owner of the winning pumpkin getting a $25 certificate. Inside, NFL Sunday Ticket will have all the games on in the Double J and upstairs in the Loft Bar, and there will be (ugh) karaoke on the Front Porch Stage at 7 PM. $1 from every beer sold will benefit the Streetdog Foundation. Should be a lot of fun. The Double J is at 124 East G.E. Patterson Avenue, about a block east of South Main Street.
Too bad my buddy Duck Finkley is on the boat right now… I bet he’d be all over that BBQ slider eating contest.
The Hungry Memphis blog has information about this Saturday’s Harbor Town Beer Festival. There are going to be SEVENTEEN beer/food pairings. Seventeen.
Need a new pair of sunglasses? SEE Memphis on the Main Street Mall will have an Oakley trunk show tonight from 5 to 7:30. For every pair sold, $20 will be donated to Young Survivors’ Coalition of Breast Cancer, and $2 to the American Cancer Society. There will be music, wine, and snacks. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up.
Rizzo’s Diner has a new website. Check it out here.
Joe Guyton will play the Cavern tomorrow night, Friday October 19, at the Brass Door. Doors open at 8 and the cover is $5.
The Better Business Bureau’s Secure Your Identity Day is this Saturday in the Commercial Appeal’s parking lot. If you have documents you don’t need anymore, bring them and shred them for free. You can also bring used cell phones, AC adapters, and batteries for recycling. The CA is on Union Avenue just east of Danny Thomas. Hours are 9 AM to noon.
How-to of the day: How to make a Tiramisu Martini.
That’s all I’ve got for now… I’ll be out at the usual places in the Downtown core around sixish.