Voting has started for the Memphis Flyer’s Best of Memphis 2013 poll. There are several best-of polls conducted by newspapers and magazines throughout the year, but none of them has the clout the Flyer’s has. Vote here.
John Branston of the Memphis Flyer has a great idea: While the city is ramping up efforts to collect on parking tickets, he thinks we should get rid of parking meters Downtown altogether. He has a point. Just to pick an example, Shelton Clothiers has better stuff than what you’d find at Oak Court Mall, but you don’t have to pay to park at Oak Court. It puts Downtown businesses at a disadvantage.
Shelton Clothiers, by the way, is having a buy one, get one free sale through Saturday.
WMC has a good story and photo gallery of Tamp and Tap, the new coffee and beer spot on Gayoso. I’m a lot more interested in the “beer” aspect of their product line than the “coffee.” They’re already selling bottled beer, and they are under construction to have taps installed. They want to increase awareness of great craft beer. With Tamp and Tap, Aldo’s Pizza Pies (which carries 60 beers), and Flying Saucer (which carries 200 beers) all within about a block walk of each other, that part of the Downtown core is becoming the beer Mecca of Memphis.
Speaking of the Flying Saucer: On Saturday, July 20, they are doing a “Can Beer & Seafood Boil” event. For $30 you get a table full of shellfish, corn and potatoes, seasoned to perfection. Remember, the people who run the Saucer also run the Flying Fish down the street, so they do know a thing or two about seafood. They’ll have $3 Abita cans, and will also have six other craft beers in cans that day. Advance reservations are required; call 901-523-8536 to make them. They’re also doing it at the Cordova Saucer for those of you who made the unfortunate choice to live in suburbia.
Some of the top iOS apps have had their price reduced to zero temporarily in the iTunes Store. These include a popular DJ app, a diary/journal, a media organizer, and a world atlas for kids, as well as several games.
Today is an effective weekend night for me. Our office will be closed tomorrow for power line repairs, so I have the day off. Plan is to stay out late tonight, then tomorrow I will enjoy a rare Downtown weekday lunch and get the first haircut I have had since January. Most likely I’ll start off at the Silly Goose tonight a little after 5:30.