Rajun Cajun crawfish fest yesterday was COLD!!!!! It seems like it’s been blazing hot or windy & cold most of April. What we need is some Poplar Avenue weather
Know what Poplar Avenue weather is?
72/57.
Look it up on a map if you don’t get it.
I discovered a new Mexican food truck at the festival: Slutty Salsa.
So, I told you that Thursday we had Commissary BBQ sandwiches for dinner at the Union Mission. Now let me tell you about Friday.
We had a rich, thick chili whose flavor was tremendous- tangy and spicy, yet not overpoweringly hot. I noticed the chili appeared to have hunks of steak rather than ground beef.
After dinner, in chapel the pastor told us that the chili meat was a donation from Capital Grille.
Daaaang. As well as we’ve been eating lately, I gotta worry that the Union Mission will start requiring a jacket and tie in the dining room. Seriously, though, it’s a testament to the fine work the Mission does that so many of Memphis’ best restaurants want to partner with it.
Oh, and one more reason I’m a fan of the Mission: Friday night, some of the guys requested the channel be changed on one of the common area TVs. They wanted to watch WWE Smackdown, where Solo Sikoa is breaking out as the next must-see heel.
I tried a sample from that chocolate vendor at the Farmers Market Saturday. Delicious! I tried milk chocolate. They also had dark chocolate, white chocolate, and 3 other varieties. I want to go back and try one of their parfaits.
I got to try a slice of the guava cheesecake at Bardog on Saturday. Perjorie T. Roll and Bartender Supreme #1 posed for a picture with it::
It was good, although Perjorie was a little disappointed it wasn’t the same color as her hair.
Monterey Bay FC beat Memphis 901 FC 2-1 Saturday. It was 901’s fifth straight loss. TANK TANK TANK. …wait, wrong team.
Yuta Watanabe is gone from the Grizzlies. He declined his player option and is headed back home to Japan to play.
Memphis Tiger David Jones has declared for the NBA draft. He will be able to maintain his college eligibility if he backs out.
There was a shooting at Fourth and Adams Friday night that injured two juveniles.
Brit Floyd, the Pink Floyd tribute band, plays the Orpheum Wednesday. The tour is said to be “a faithful recreation of Pink Floyd’s final Division Bell tour.”
O.J.’s white Ford Bronco is for sale.
The Memphis Flyer’s 2024 Beer Bracket Challenge is going on. Vote for your favorite local beers.
Bike Night on Beale will be monthly rather than weekly this year.
The DM has a recap and photos of Africa in April.
Overheard at Bardog: “An El Camino is like a car with a mullet”
POLITICO Playbook discusses what to watch for in the Trumpster’s criminal trial. The jury has been seated and opening arguments are today. Is the Stormy Daniels matter just a well-known affair, or is Trump’s handling of it a case of criminal corruption?
The Memphis Redbirds seek a marketing manager.
The South Main Association’s inaugural South Main Social of 2024 is Tuesday night at Wiseacre Downtown. One free beer per SMA member, bites from Little Bettie, DJ, guest speakers from various South Main businesses.
I had a story get “boosted” on Medium last week. That means the editors liked it and flipped a switch to show it to a wider audience. The article was about homeless outreach and things to do/not to do when traveling around an urban area distributing food and supply bags. It’s my first boosted story since I returned to that platform last month.
I have more Medium ideas and am probably going to stay out of the Mission Tuesday and Thursday nights so I can be at the Cossitt Library until 8 PM working on them. (I’d stay out tonight but it’s too cold.)
Back tomorrow with more news.
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