Ghost River doing brunch tomorrow, Santa’s Wonderland, and more Saturday news

There’s a new brunch option Downtown this Sunday! Ghost River will have Sunday brunch from 12 to 9 in their new taproom at Main and Crump. Flying Sobies Food Truck Chronicles will be on site serving up chicken and waffles, and of course football will be on in the taproom.

Santa’s Wonderland is back at Bass Pro. There will be a special preview this afternoon, with Santa’s arrival at 5 PM. Free Santa stress balls will be given away and there will be tons of crap that kids like to do.

Geez. It’s November 12. Then again, you have to think of it from a kid’s perspective. I remember the Christmas when I was six years old – on September 5 I got the Sears and JCPenney Christmas catalogs and went through them circling the items I wanted Santa to bring me and talked about them nonstop for the next three months and 20 days. So yeah, I guess I see Bass Pro’s point here.

“World of Wonka” is the theme today at Craig Brewer and Black Lodge’s Pandemonium Cinema Showcase at the historic Cossett Library at 4 PM. This is a free interactive film screening that invites you to go beyond the movies. Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the original movie will be shown, followed by James and the Giant Peach, and then a second screening of Willy Wonka. There will be sing-a-longs, shadow casts, shifting sets, visual tricks and interactive candy. What is that you ask? It means that Oompa Loompas will bring you the candy you see when the scenes happen in the movie.

Thank goodness I haven’t attempted any of these after Sunday Fun Day at the Blind Bear: 30 reasons why drunk people need to stay out of the kitchen

There will be a celebration on Thursday, December 8 from 4-7 for the grand opening of the Edge Triangle. The Triangle is a collaboration between Memphis College of Art, the Medical District Collaborative, Memphis City Beautiful, and the neighborhood association out there to build a truly public greenspace that humans and their dogs can enjoy. There will be food vendors, music, and other activities.

You know what I realized as I typed that last paragraph? I have covered happenings in The Edge lots of times in my blog, but other than BBQ team meetings at Holliday Flowers I haven’t gone out there. I have talked the talk. I haven’t walked the walk. That needs to change. I WILL BE THERE on the 8th!

A computer bug killed a lot of people on Facebook yesterday.

I missed the Raspberry McStout Face!

I need to make a field trip to Memphis Made sometime soon. I need to arrange it so I can walk next door and see my fav bartender Hannah at Aldo’s Pizza Pies Midtown, then up to Slider Inn to see my “DAWG” John D.

OH DEAR GOD NO:

I had a friend who traveled to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (if I can be serious for a minute) for work a few years ago and he told me they were really nice places. Put Cruz on the Supreme Court and I will be finding out if that’s true.

In better news, this is a third part of a trilogy I would like to see:

Time to go get my morning caffeine. Heading out to the Memphis Farmers Market about 10.