The city and Memphis River Parks Partnership are being sued by a group called Tom Lee Park for All. The group claims that the plan to redesign Tom Lee Park violates the mediation agreement between the city, MRPP, and Memphis in May. Memphis in May is not a party to the lawsuit.
Congratulations to Ja Morant, who was named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week yesterday. Morant celebrated by turning in another All-Star-worthy performance last night as the shorthanded Memphis Grizzlies took down the Brooklyn Nets, 118-104.
Penny’s Memphis Tigers return home tonight to host Tulsa. The game will be at 8 PM and televised nationally on ESPNU.
Earnestine & Hazel’s will be closed this week and will reopen Friday, January 7 just in time for the weekend.
If you know anyone in Arlington, Texas, let them know some good Memphis food is on the way. Chef Tam (of Chef Tam’s Underground Cafe in The Edge District) plans to open an express location there.
Bardog has added a new mocktail to its drink menu. The Re-Salud-tion is made with cranberry winter syrup, ginger beer, and orange juice and is garnished with an orange peel swath and cranberry. It’s a good choice for those doing a Dry January or merely looking to cut back now that the holidays are over. Tag your photos of this drink with Bardog Tavern and Edible Memphis for the chance to win a $100 gift card to the restaurant of your choice.
Speaking of Bardog, it’s the best place Downtown to celebrate National Spaghetti Day today – with Grandma’s New Jersey meatballs, of course.
The Design Review Board will consider a colorful mural proposed for the outside wall of the Hyatt Centric at Beale and Wagner. It’ll give people doing donuts in their Chargers and Challengers, as well as the cops parked nearby doing nothing about the reckless driving, something pretty to look at.
The MemphisWeather.net forecast for Thursday is worth noting. Thursday will start off with a low near 30, and during the day there will be a “decent chance of snow and rain” with the high only making it to the mid-30s. The low Thursday night/Friday morning will be in the upper teens.
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s husband dumped her for a yoga teacher while she was locked up in solitary. LOL! It couldn’t have happened to a nicer person. There is nothing a narcissist hates/fears more than being discarded. Oh, wait, maybe there is one thing a narcissist fears more – getting old. Ghislaine turned 60 over the holidays.
The New York Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed the Trumpster and his two eldest children, Don Jr. and Ivanka, in an investigation of the family’s business practices.
That’s it for this chilly Tuesday. Back tomorrow with more news.