Edit: see correction to Josh Pastner chat date below.
When I’m out at the bars, I use Evernote to jot down notes on things I hear that I need to blog about. It’s a high-tech replacement for the pen and note cards I carried around for years. So let’s see what notes I took from last night. I tend to abbreviate quite a bit.
“local 3 see fb”
I pulled up Local Gastropub’s page and remembered that they had announced the 3rd birthday party for the Downtown location. It will be tomorrow, Friday, January 11, starting at 9 PM. There will be $2 Fireball shots, giveaways, food specials, and beer and cocktail specials. They promised more details to come. “Like” Local’s Facebook page to read those details as they are posted.
“coming soon bear muder mystery every thur”
It took a minute to stir my memory on this one, partly because I wondered what I meant by “muder” and partly because I got bought a Jameson shot almost as soon as I sat down at the Blind Bear last night. Jeannette told me that they’re going to start a murder mystery night every Thursday. (I don’t think it begins tonight – Jeannette, if I’m wrong let me know.) That will be a lot of fun. Something different, and a 1920s style speakeasy is the perfect venue.
Sad news: Live from Memphis is closing up shop. The independent website covered Memphis music and the creative, positive side of Memphis for 12 years. Please click the link and read their message.
Kerry who writes the I Love Memphis Blog will have a live chat with Memphis Tigers basketball coach Josh Pastner (correction: next Friday, January 18). Got questions you’ve always wanted to ask CJP? This is your chance.
A few years ago, popular restaurant Circa by John Bragg closed its Downtown location (now the Blind Bear) and moved east to the Regalia Center. Many of us missed Circa, but traveling east to Regalia is about the equivalent to traveling east to Thailand in many Downtowners’ minds. Well, good news: Circa is moving back closer to us. Circa is relocating to the old Ronnie Grisanti location at Poplar and Humes. This is a good thing for John and the restaurant, because he can use the additional space. Sekisui is taking over the Regalia location.
I learned something this morning. Most of you who are on Twitter know that RT means “retweet,” but have you ever seen MT used in a similar context and wondered what the difference was? This article explains. Basically, a rewteet (RT) indicates that you did not modify the original tweet at all. If you did, it’s proper to use MT (modified tweet) instead.
So let’s say @twitter_guy tweeted, “Going to Dollars for Doggies this afternoon.”
I could tweet “Me too RT @twitter_guy Going to Dollars for Doggies this afternoon.” and that would be proper.
So would “Me too MT @twitter_guy Goin 2 $ 4 Doggies this afternoon.” if I needed to modify the original tweet to get it under 140 characters. See what I mean?
Plans for tonight: I’m going to check out the new poker night at Dancin’ Jimmy’s (corner bar in the old Pat O’s building) at 8. Prior to that, I’ll get out about 6 and pre-game at the Saucer and/or maybe the Goose. MemphisWeather.net has predicted possible severe weather with damaging wind tonight between 6 and 11. That block-and-a-half run from the Saucer to Dancin’ Jimmy’s may seem more like a mile and a half this evening. On the plus side, it will be warm enough to wear shorts in January, so there’s that.
I’ll try to take some pics of the new poker venue tonight. Happy afternoon everyone.