Sat update: The Cedar Room, Pageboy Salon, Tigers, Globetrotters, Grizzlies, Flight dinner, Cardinals Caravan, tube top news, Exchange Building and more

Apologies for no post on my lunch break yesterday. The reason for that was, I had no lunch break. I had a consultant at my desk and we were troubleshooting server issues. “Okay, I’ll push my lunch break back from 1 to 1:30,” I thought. Then it became 2. At 2 we were nowhere done. About 2:20 I had lunch, consisting of two bags of buffalo wing flavored cheese curls from the vending machine. They were not bad.

According to a post on Nextdoor, two new businesses are coming to Harbor Town Square. The Cedar Room will carry men’s clothing and accessories by established brands, and also cigars. Pageboy Salon will offer men’s and women’s washes, cuts, colors, and blowouts.

The Tigers play Temple this afternoon in a 2:00 road game. You can watch it on ESPN2.

Meanwhile, back at the FedExForum, the Harlem Globetrotters put on a show tonight at 7. Get tickets here.

In other basketball news, the Rendezvous will host the official Grizzlies watch party Wednesday night, January 15 at 6:30. The Grizzlies vs. the Milwaukee Bucks will be shown on the upper level on the big screen. There will be a free sausage & cheese buffet plus other surprise samples, $2.50 Bud Light bottles, and valet parking will be only $5 if you have on Grizzlies attire. Free sausage & cheese buffet? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up. No, wait, she’ll be out of town watching her sister be a contestant on Jeopardy. So, plenty of sausage and cheese for all.

Flight is having a Piggy Bank Dinner to raise funds for the Southern Foodways Alliance on Thursday, January 23. The first three courses will include Hawaiian bigeye tuna carpaccio, Benton’s bacon and poached apple salad, and scallop and lobster Benedict. Entree choices will be Muscovy duck, slow smoked Newman Farms pork shoulder, and braised Wagyu short rib. A pineapple upside down cake will be the dessert. Tickets are $75. Call 901-521-8005 to purchase tickets. To find out more info about the Southern Foodways Alliance, visit their website.

The Cardinals Caravan makes its yearly trip to AutoZone Park next Sunday, January 19. Gates at 5:30, program at 6:30. This year’s attendees include former Redbirds Keith Butler, Seth Maness, and Kerry Robinson. Former National League All-Star Andy Benes and the newly-acquired Randal Grichuk will also join the Caravan along with broadcasters and former Cardinals Al Hrabosky and Rick Horton. Autographs for kids 15 and under following the event. They’re implementing an autograph ticket system and limiting it to 400 kids, so get there early. The Redbirds’ store will be open 5:30-7:30. The event is free and complimentary food and drinks will be served. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up. She should be back in town by the 19th.

One of my Twitter followers tweeted me this link: Things We Wish Women Would Wear More Often: Leather Tube Tops. Now, I’m not saying I agree or disagree with this article. I’m just putting it out there as information my readers may find useful.

Bad news for folks who live in the Exchange Building at Second and Madison: A pipe break has caused the building to shut down the elevator system. As someone who lives in a 16-story building myself, I feel the pain of the people who have to take the steps to the building’s upper floors. I hope it gets fixed soon. Glad my buddy Duck Finkley is working a shift on the boat on the Mississippi so he doesn’t have to deal with it.

Here’s a unique idea for a coffee shop: The coffee is free, but you pay a few cents a minute to sit there.

If you’re wondering why there are dudes in dress shirts and blazers walking around Downtown this weekend, it’s the annual Pi Kappa Alpha national convention.

The Church Health Center is having an open house from 9 to 1 today. There will be exercise classes available (boot camp and yoga). They will have information on membership options and benefits, a model for healthy living, the medical clinic, diabetes education, insurance reimbursement plan options, faith community outreach, and behavior health resources. They will offer free blood glucose screening and free bone fracture risk assessment. The center is at 1115 Union in the medical center district.

I’m starting off at Brooke’s bar at Bardog today as usual. Later in the day the team leaders of the BBQ team are getting together to talk. I’m not a team board member, but I have a trusted senior advisor-type role on the team so I get to go to some of these meetings. It may seem like we’re off to a late start, but we figured out so much last year that we have a huge head start. We figured out the ideal booth design (with a generous assist from Holliday Flowers), we got the right guy cooking the meat (Chef David Scott Walker), and the right people running the bar (Blind Bear). With that groundwork in place, our time and resources are freed up to focus on the remaining pieces of the puzzle. If anything blog-worthy comes out of the meeting I will let you know. I’ll also find out whether we’re seeking new members, because I’ve had a couple of people inquire already.

All right, outta here for now. Looks like it may be warm enough to wear my PBR hoodie and shorts to the meeting, which will make me quite happy after all the cold weather we’ve had lately.