Just one last reminder that the Downtown Neighborhood Association/South Main Association holiday party is tonight at Community Family Medical, 364 S. Front from 5 to 9 PM. You do not have to be a member of either organization to attend, although I’m sure it would make them happy if you considered joining. Complimentary food (by Rizzo’s Diner!) and beverages, along with live music.
This has been all over the news but in case you missed it: The only proton therapy center in the U.S. that accepts children has opened at St. Jude. Proton therapy is beneficial because it attacks tumors without harming normal tissue nearby. St. Jude’s beam is accurate down to 1-5 mm.
The Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team hosts the Southern Jaguars tonight at FedExForum at 7. Although schools with any kind of regional reference in their name are usually cupcakes, the Jaguars are not going to be easy to get by. They already hold wins over Mississippi State, Tulane, and Wyoming.
The Church Health Center tweeted that through December 31, all new monthly gifts will be matched dollar for dollar. Giving a monthly gift in someone’s name would be a great Christmas present if you know someone who is a big fan of the Center.
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Here’s a little Liberty Bowl preview for you: Liberty Bowl brings Snyder, Bielema back together
Bluefin is closed again as of 1:10 yesterday, according to Jennifer Biggs of the CA. General manager Nick Scott had been asked to stay on to help with the transition, but on Friday new owner James Woo asked him to leave. When he did, most of the remaining staff did too. Woo wants to revamp Bluefin to make it more like the other places he owns in the New York area. Does anybody else think this has BAD IDEA written all over it? Just because a concept works in other cities does not mean it will work in Memphis. See Republic Nightclub for a fairly recent example. I was talking to a multiple-restaurant owner the other day about how you have to know your market. It doesn’t sound like James Woo does. Also, I have known Nick for years – my famous I LOVE ROMANIAN GIRLS/Santa hat photo was taken at his wife Laura’s baby shower – and I can tell you, anyone who lets Nick go does not know what they are doing.
For those of you who remember Prime Minister’s Steakhouse, this is the direction I see the new Bluefin going.
The Rendezvous will be closed January 3-11, as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Here are full results from this past weekend’s grilled cheese fest at the Hi-Tone. Whoa! Weekend at Porky’s hit top three in one of the categories! (That’s the team many of the members of my Sunday brunch crew are on. Also the team that used a George Foreman grill at Burger Fest.) Here’s a slideshow of the festival.
That’s it for now. Just rollin’ through the last full five-day work week of 2015. Next week will be eventful. Blind Bear is my likely first stop after work, although it’s a pretty day and I haven’t totally ruled out a walk south to Max’s Sports Bar. Time to go grab some sushi (not at Bluefin) then back to work.