The Memphis Flyer’s Bruce V (@sylamore1) recently started a Twitter thread asking his followers to get the good word out on local restaurants offering great tasting food, great service, and great delivery during the pandemic. The thread has now crossed over to the Flyer’s Twitter feed (@memphisflyer). Take a look at the comments on both to discover some yummy ways to keep yourself well fed during our house arrest social distancing.
In a completely expected move, Mayor Strickland has extended the house arrest Safer at Home order until April 21. Stickland also announced that 41 complaints of Safer at Home violations were received yesterday, including 15 at churches.
Golf fans: The Masters has been moved to November 12-15 in Augusta.
Furloughed hospitality workers are being offered a job opportunity by Memphis Tourism, formerly the Convention & Visitors Bureau. It’s call center work that pays $12.51 an hour.
Learn to be a storm spotter!
Hello #MidSouth spotters! Would you like to learn more about thunderstorms, how they work, and their environments? Join us online Monday evening for our advanced #spotter training webinar! Details below. 🔻 pic.twitter.com/TdzktIPrnJ
— NWS Memphis (@NWSMemphis) April 5, 2020
The Memphis central library is starting a new virtual yoga series every Saturday at 2 and Wednesday at 6. These are free to attend and they will post the Zoom link at the time of the class.
More yoga:
#OurYogaDowntown is back! Until we can gather by the river again, we’ll gather online! Tune into another season of @charliebaxterhayden with a free yoga class LIVE on @downtownmemphis ‘s Instagram tomorrow at 3 PM. pic.twitter.com/IlV0m5chsN
— Memphis River Parks Partnership (@MemRiverParks) April 6, 2020
The Kroc Center has a variety of virtual fitness and family classes.
Artists: Here’s a list of links to help get you through the coronavirus pandemic.
From stats site FiveThirtyEight: Why forecasting COVID-19 is harder than forecasting elections
From Lifehacker: Now is a good time to mix a bunch of different cocktail syrups
Why do chimpanzees throw poop?
That’s it for now. In case you missed it, I made a post about 11 AM with good news from health officials re: flattening the curve. Check back later today or tomorrow for another post.