When we last checked in with the Nuh-Uh Girl, she had moved to California to go to school to become a sommelier. Two months later, as a wine student she has started her own blog: Eat Drink and Whine. You can keep up with all her wine adventures there. Not surprisingly, the very first post I read talked about her mooching some sweetbreads from another student. Some people never change.
At the behest of Otto I finally got this blog upgraded to WordPress 3.9. We will be using WordPress’s enhanced photo gallery capabilities for this year’ BBQ Fest photo albums, rather than using Facebook as in years past which presented problems for people not on Facebook. The official team website is also using 3.9 so I will probably do the gallery there except for any NSFW photos which I will save for my own blog.
Productive day yesterday. After writing the BBQ Fest load-in theme song, I had a key meeting with team president Moody at Bardog at 11. Moody lives in my building and we discussed how we both have clothes dryers that squeak. After that I held down the fort at the Saucer for a while, ate some Aldo’s Pizza, took a nap, more holding down the fort at the Saucer, and then our sponsor Blind Bear where I did some more product sampling of this “Fireball” thing which is going to be in our booth.
I did come up with one idea: I think Saturday through Tuesday preceding BBQ Fest should be named “Load-in Fest” and given equal status to that of Music Fest, BBQ Fest and Sunset Symphony. The way I see it, load-in for BBQ Fest is as much fun as BBQ Fest itself. I will propose the idea to one of our sponsors who sits on the Memphis in May board this week.
Big day today. I’m going to represent the Moody Ques at Pint Nite at the Flying Saucer, which kicks off at 11 AM today. Mid-afternoon I plan on giving a live performance of the load-in theme song at the team booth. I’ve been given permission to leave my command center for a few minutes to come to Tom Lee Park. Very excited about that. There may be a nap on this afternoon’s agenda as well.
Time to hit Publish and get going. They don’t call me “Mr. Load-in” for nothing. Much to do.