Second Thursday update and Moody Ques team packet information

Enough news for a second post today. Let’s do this.

The Flyer has a very interesting article about The Majestic Grille and Celtic Crossing, two restaurants that beat the odds and made it through their first 10 years. The two businesses opened around the same time and there are a lot more similarities among the owners than I ever realized.

From Mashable: Yesterday a TV anchor wished everyone a happy dry hump day. There are probably a few nightclubs around town that could make a promotion out of this.

From the Daily Beast: B.B. King’s family is being held hostage by his manager, his family claims, and is not getting the care he needs and is cut off from his friends.

The Hungry Memphis blog has an article with a couple of pieces of news that may be of interest to my readers. First of all, there’s a beer festival this weekend – but not Downtown. It’s out on Broad Avenue at Wiseacre.

Also in the same article: Felicia Suzanne’s has a Mother’s Day dinner you can order for take-out.

Moody Ques announcement: There are a lot of first-year members who are confused about the stuff in their member bags. Here’s the deal:

  • Red/white swirl (in some cases pink) rubber wristband with “The Moody Ques” and “2015” on it: This is your team wristband. It’s how door security knows you are a member.
  • Red plastic Memphis in May wristband: This gets you in the park during regular park hours Thursday, Friday, and Saturday without having to purchase a ticket. You need to plan to keep this on for all three days straight, or put it on loose enough that you can slip it off at night.
  • Green plastic 24-hour Memphis in May wristband: This lets you go in and out of the park anytime, park hours or not. People who have these are expected to WORK. I get offered one of these every year and turn it down.
  • Paper wristbands: These are to be given to your invited guests, and they are used by our doorman to identify people as invited guests who are not on the team. These get guests in the booth, but they still have to pay to get in the park.
  • Wednesday night ticket: This gets you in the park for Friends & Family Night 5:30-10:30. Guests are not allowed this night. If you do not plan on being there Wednesday, PLEASE arrange to give us back the ticket because we need extras. This is always a problem with large teams.
  • T-shirt: I hope I don’t need to explain what you do with this.
  • Park map: Our booth is highlighted. If you enter from the north end of the park as I do, better wear comfortable shoes, because you have some walkin’ to do.

Any questions, shoot the team an email at moodyques@gmail.com. In other team news, I have confirmed that we will have Jello shots and PGA-infused gummy worms again this year. Those worms nearly got me in a lot of trouble Thursday of BBQ Fest ’14. And yes, the Jello shots will be normal shots, not pudding body shots off a man in a Speedo and tiger head like a certain other team (who didn’t win a trophy in 2014 like the Moody Ques did).

Time for PBR. One more day until my spring break!