Thursday update: Volunteer Odyssey pop-up parties, Farmers Market and more

A couple of days ago, I wrote that this year’s Downtown Vision Awards would be presented at the Halloran Centre on Wednesday, November 16, and that I was SUPER EXCITED about one of the recipients. Today the CA has an article about the awards. One of the Innovators’ Awards will go to my friends Patrick and Deni Reilly, owners of the Majestic Grille which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. They do so much to promote Downtown. They are very deserving of the award and I can’t think of a more appropriate year for them to receive it than this one. Congratulations Patrick and Deni.

Volunteer Odyssey is holding four pop-up volunteer parties at The 101, 101 S. Main, in the coming weeks. The dates and times are Monday, November 21 11 AM-2 PM; Tuesday, November 29 11 AM-2 PM; another party on the 29th 5-9 PM; and then another party in the evening Tuesday, December 6 5-8 PM. Pick the one that best fits your schedule and learn about ways you can do good in Memphis.

Savor the Season is the theme at Memphis Farmers Market this Saturday. There are only two Markets left in the regular season, this week and next, for you to savor the fresh produce, the food, the music, the friendly environment. After that the pavilion will be empty until April, except for a special holiday market on December 10. Adam Levine will supply the live music Saturday from 10 to 12:30. From 9 to 11 kids can make Thanksgiving- or autumn-themed crafts to take home. Real Good Dog Rescue will be there doing adoptions. The Market runs from 7 to 1 Saturday at the corner of Front and G.E. Patterson.

With only two Markets left, it goes without saying that I WILL BE THERE. Sadly, this will be the first Market all season long when it will be too cold for me to wear shorts. Post-Market, I will head over to Earnestine & Hazel’s to have a couple PBRs at Clarence’s bar, then over to Max’s Sports Bar where there will be plenty of good early Saturday football watching. State will attempt to knock off Bama, I’ll be a Kentucky fan for a week as they play Tennessee, South Carolina will clash with Florida, and the Longhorns of Texas will play good ole West Virginny, all at 11 AM. I wonder if those two girls who played all that good jukebox music at E&H will be back this week. I would like to be friends with them.

There’s a pre-sale for the WWE Smackdown Live tour coming to FedExForum in January. Use the code below to get your tickets a day before the general public can.

Country music artist and Grand Ole Opry member Pam Tillis plays the Halloran Centre tonight at 7:30.

MILESTONE: In over 10,000 blog posts, this is the first one where I have used “ole” twice.

Tomorrow evening, Brown Bear, Brown Bear and other treasured stories plays the Orpheum at 6:30. However, bring the kids early to make crafts:

Mini-mimosas in a can have made their way to the shelves at Miss Cordelia’s. These are perfect for tailgating.

Dear God. People in California are talking about seceding, in the days after Trump’s victory in the presidential election. There is also a petition to get electors pledged to Trump to vote for Hillary Clinton instead. I do not support either of those movements. As unhappy (and scared) as I am about what happened Tuesday, come January 20, Donald Trump is my president and I hope and pray that he will work to make ALL Americans’ lives better.

However, I don’t support the “stop whining, it’s over, accept it” people posting on Facebook either. Many voters believed that with their help, the glass ceiling would finally be broken and a woman would hold the highest office in the land 97 years after women were given the vote. That’s a big deal. Give those voters time to grieve the result of this election. However, I’d like to offer a word to those grieving. Bill Clinton described his wife as the biggest change-maker he has ever known. When you get done grieving, pick up the mantle from Hillary Clinton. YOU be the agent of change. Start a movement to get an amendment that abolishes the Electoral College. Start working on a plan for 2018, to sweep the bums in Congress who stood by Trump out of office. We can’t do anything about the White House for four years, but we can work together to get women into other important positions of power. Let this electoral setback embolden you into action.

As for me, I am going to be emboldened into having a few PBRs at the Silly Goose after work. Got a lot more news that will go up in either a late-afternoon post today or an early-morning post tomorrow.