Photographer Frank Chin has 50 photos of the Stumbling Santa pub crawl on the Memphis Flyer site. I’ve been told the pub crawl, which raised toy donations for Porter-Leath, drew between 1100 and 1200 participants. I also heard that around 7 PM Saturday, the line to get in the first stop, the Flying Saucer, extended from the Saucer’s front door all the way down to Texas de Brazil.
The January I Love Memphis podcast, hosted by Holly Whitfield and Kevin Cerrito, is going to be a must-listen: Their guest will be none other than Paula Raiford. They are recording the podcast today.
Congratulations to Memphis Tigers football coach Justin Fuente, who has been named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. The selection was unanimous. Six Tigers made the All-AAC first team, and four more made the second team. Tank Jakes is co-Defensive Player of the Year, and Jake Elliott is Special Teams Player of the Year.
From Vox: The Elf on the Shelf is the greatest fraud ever pulled on children
Venezuelan restaurant Arepas & Salsa’s cachapas have made John T. Edge’s list of top 10 dishes for 2014.
If you’re a fan of Christmas movies, there’s Christmas movie trivia tonight at Tamp & Tap at 7.
Kerry Hayes (@kerry901) tweeted a game-changer yesterday: The First Tennessee ATM inside the Peabody dispenses bills in increments of $5. It’s hard to find any ATM that dispenses in increments of smaller than $10.
Classic computer game SimCity 2000 can now be downloaded for free.
From the Orpheum’s blog: Win tickets to the upcoming Trace Adkins Christmas show. You must enter by 11:59 PM today.
Last night I had a nightmare, of all things, about poker at the Blind Bear. I dreamed that I won this coming Sunday’s league final table, but that the second-place finisher stole part of my first-place prize. The final table, which begins at 6:30, will prevent me from going on a 7 PM field trip my friends are making to the Gold Club. I really couldn’t care less about the Gold Club itself, but the people who are going will make it a very entertaining night, I am sure.
Time to get back to work. Back later today or tomorrow with more news.