The 13th annual Stumbling Santa pub crawl has been announced for Saturday, December 2, beginning at 7 PM at the Downtown Flying Saucer. Dress up as Santa, Mrs. Claus, a reindeer, or whatever and stumble with other Santas to bars around Downtown. And I mean, a LOT of Santas… last year there were over 1200 and it was so big that had to close off Peabody Place and put up a canopy for all the participants (wonder what they will do now that Peabody Place has tables and bike lanes and stuff?) There is no cost to attend this event, but they ask that you bring a new toy as a donation to Porter-Leath. They need to raise 6000 toys to make sure all Memphis-area families are covered. Don’t have a Santa suit? You have a month to get one!
For those new to Downtown Memphis, by the way, the first Saturday of December is a BIG day down here. It starts off with the St. Jude Marathon in the morning. Then there’s a Tigers men’s basketball home game at 4. The bars will fill up with people wanting to watch the SEC championship game, which will almost certainly be Alabama vs. Georgia. Then at 7 the Santas stumble. There’s so much to celebrate that weekend that I’m taking Monday the 4th and Tuesday the 5th off!
The riverfront trails are going to be rebranded as RiverLine, the MBJ reports. Yellow spheres will be placed every 1/8 mile along the 4.75 mile trail connecting the Harahan Bridge river crossing to the Wolf River Greenway.
I will say it once again, University of Memphis president Dr. M. David Rudd is a cool guy.
Found a new holiday sweater. Can you believe I got this half off. And my daughter tells me I have no fashion sense. #GoTigersGo pic.twitter.com/EDfJcl8kmP
— Dr. M. David Rudd (@UofMemphisPres) November 2, 2017
Dr. Rudd is not going to win any ugly sweater contests with his recent discount purchase, though. To do that he’d have to put on a Tennessee Vols sweater.
Do the Hustle! The final roster for the Grizzlies’ G-league team the Memphis Hustle has been revealed, and former Memphis Tigers teammates Austin Nichols and Trahson Burrell both made it. Also, keep an eye on Dusty Hannahs this season – he was a lot of fun to watch when he played for the Arkansas Razorbacks. I Love Memphis contributor Austin Crowder has a guide to the Hustle that is an excellent read for those unfamiliar with the team. Agreed, the Hustle will be to the Grizzlies as the Redbirds are to the Cardinals, and I also agree that the Hustle will be a way to transition college basketball fans into fans of professional basketball.
Preview of the Brass Door’s new menu. They’ll be back open soon.
A little sneak peek! We’re getting closer to our Re-Opening! Stay tuned… pic.twitter.com/lb3iOgVnid
— The Brass Door (@TheBrassDoor1) November 2, 2017
Off to work. Probably back at lunchtime with a second Friday post.