The NFL regular season begins tonight as the Philadelphia Eagles meet the Dallas Cowboys. Kickoff is set for around 7:20 Memphis time and the broadcast will be on NBC.
Dallas fans – my recommended place for you to watch the game is Earnestine & Hazel’s, where you’ll have Allison to cheer on DEM BOYZ with. This is not your father’s E&H, with one 35-inch cathode-ray tube TV with wavy lines all over the screen. These days the haunted dive bar has 65-inch flat screens with all the game packages. Plus, burger and beer specials!
Philly fans, I recommend you watch the game at E&H too. You can join the other bartender Danielle in rolling her eyes at Allison’s fandom of a team that hasn’t been relevant in 30 years, other than in a “what’s Jerry Jones done now” kind of way.
There’ll be a rare Friday NFL game tomorrow as the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers travel to Sao Paolo, Brazil. 7 PM, YouTube.
The Peabody Hotel will celebrate 100 years at its Union Avenue location this afternoon. The festivities begin at 4:30.
In other hotel news, South Main’s Central Station Hotel has been listed for sale. Memphis Tourism CEO Kevin Kane says that sales are common in that industry and this is not a negative indicator for Memphis.
Don’t put those summer clothes away just yet. A high of 96 is predicted for Memphis tomorrow.
Today is Eat an Extra Dessert Day.
MPD seeks two people of interest in the Labor Day shooting on Beale Street.
Loflin Yard will host a speed dating event for singles in their 30s and 40s on Wednesday, October 15. They’re guaranteeing an equal number of men and women. I wonder how they can guarantee that? It reminds me of an episode of Leave it to Beaver where Ward and June made The Beav take dancing lessons. There were more boys than girls, and Beaver was at the end of the line. It looked like he might get out of dancing due to lack of a partner.
Then the instructor, who had to be 75 if she was a day, said, “Mr. Cleaver, you may have the honor of dancing with me.”
That’s all for now. Back tomorrow.
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