Happy St. Patrick’s Day and I apologize for the late post! My web hosting service GoDaddy had some issues this morning.
Here’s some St. Patrick’s-appropriate news. Silky O’ Sullivan’s has won Food Network Magazine’s Irish Pub Award for Most Interesting Drinking Buddies.
Blind Bear has $4 Guinness 14.9 ounce cans for $4 as well as 2 for $10 Irish car bombs to celebrate the holiday today. Go see Tre, Kat, and Michael this afternoon/evening.
Here’s a reason to support your local Walgreens: It recently became the only Fortune 500 company with a Black woman as CEO.
Paul Young, the director of the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development, has been selected as the new CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission. He’ll start on April 1. Congratulations, Paul!
Join Grind City Brewing Co. for Yoga, Sunset & Beer at 5:30 PM on Thursdays beginning tomorrow, March 18. All levels are welcome. For those of you who have never been to Grind City, the river views are gorgeous. Yogis 21 and up get $2 off their first Grind City beer following the 45-minute Vinyasa class. YOGA!
Action News 5’s latest 5 Star Story is from The Edge District, where they take a look at Edge Motor Museum. The museum showcases sports cars “from post-war to ’74.”
The Orpheum will host an outdoor Candlelight Concert Series beginning next month. TIckets are $25 per show and can be bought in pairs. There will be socially distanced, limited audience seating and masks will be required. The lineup:
- April 23: Nick Black
- April 30: Strings in the City: Memphis Music
- May 14: Amy LaVere
- May 21: Symphony Sounds: Made for Brass
- June 4: Kela Johnson & The Xperience
From Republic World: All the locations where The Firm starring Tom Cruise was filmed. There were several scenes filmed in Memphis.
From stats site FiveThirtyEight: The favorites and Cinderellas of the 2021 NCAA men’s tournament. I can’t say I’m thrilled that they like 14 seed Colgate’s chances against my Arkansas Razorbacks.
GREAT thread I found on Quora recently: What apps do narcissists use to hide their calls, texts, and online communications from their spouses or significant others? LOL! Narcissists better hope their wives don’t read my blog. Phone always on silent and face down when not in use is a big red flag.
An interesting thing I learned on Medium: Want to get the best price on your airline ticket? Clear your cookies before visiting the airline’s website. Remember, what you pay for your airplane seat is not necessarily what the next person pays. Don’t allow your past browsing to help the airline figure out what is the maximum amount of money it can screw you out of!
Cheers to the Memphis City Council on fighting the good fight against environmental racism yesterday. All 12 Council members present supported a resolution opposing the Byhalia pipeline.
HELLO, stimmy! It deposited in my account today! $1400 will buy a lot of PBR.
Y’all be careful driving home this afternoon. Severe weather is expected. Turn on your headlights, slow down, and don’t tailgate.
Back tomorrow if there’s any additional news to report. Otherwise, back Friday.