Even though she moved to California, the Nuh-Uh Girl has not forgotten what month this is. She wore a tube top to the crawfish boil she held this past weekend.
It looks like the Mississippi Senate Republican race is going to a runoff. Why do I care about that, and why am I mentioning it on what is normally a Downtown blog? Because I found this tweet too funny not to share:
@yorkspork: “At a ceremony held this morning in Jackson a rat crawled out of a dumpster and saw its shadow signaling three more weeks of political ads.”
The Huffington Post has an article about the James Lee House bed and breakfast at 690 Adams that is worth a read: $1 Memphis farmhouse gets a makeover you have to see to believe. Nice photos of the accommodations at the B&B.
Congratulations to the Memphis Flyer on its 25th anniversary! Be sure to pick up a copy of the 25th anniversary issue from a Flyer box this afternoon.
Southwest Airlines is having a three day sale on flights from Memphis to Chicago for $45 one way/$95 round trip if traveling between late August and mid-December. There are also discounts on flights to Houston and Tampa. Hmmm maybe I should hop on a plane this fall and go have a meal at Honky Tonk Barbeque and see my former BBQ teammates Chuck and Willie and Imran.
Bosco Hogan, star of The Tudors, The Borgias, and In the Name of the Father, will be at the Brass Door next Tuesday, June 10 from 6 to 8 PM for a special presentation called “Of Ireland Born.” He will read from a sampling of works that helped create The Republic of Ireland including Yeats, Synge, O’ Connor, and O’Casey. There will be live music by Robert Johnson and John Albertson as well.
12-year-old fashion entrepreneur Moziah Bridges of Mo’s Bows is this month’s guest on the I Love Memphis podcast with Holly Whitfield and Kevin Cerrito. Listen here.
That’s it for now. I will be out at the Silly Goose after work, but it will be a rather early night for me because I have to be back at work at 7 AM to launch a website.