I stayed out last night. From 1:30 to 7:15 AM I sat on a park bench in front of the Moxy Hotel across from Court Square. I saw neither hide nor hair of the National Guard or any other federal agency that got sent to Memphis. All I saw was the occasional MPD car cruising the Main Street pedestrian mall and that’s normal.
I did hear that a lot of people were getting pulled over on Union for traffic violations. Better take it easy on the accelerator until this “deployment” wraps up.
Let’s have a look at college football games of interest this coming weekend.
Saturday
- Kentucky at 12 Georgia, 11:00 AM, ABC
- 9 Texas at Florida, 2:30 PM, ESPN
- 16 Vanderbilt at 10 Alabama, 2:30 PM, ABC
- Texas State at Arkansas State, 3:00 PM, ESPNU
- 3 Miami at 18 Florida State, 6:30 PM, ABC
- Mississippi State at 6 Texas A&M, 6:30 PM, SEC Network
- Tulsa at Memphis, 7:00 PM, ESPNU
God, what a craptastic slate of games. Arkansas, Tennessee, Ole Miss and LSU all have bye weeks.
National Guardspeople stationed in Memphis – come by in uniform to Bardog Tavern, 73 Monroe, for either
- a complimentary Original Memphis Slider; or
- 20 percent off food
Dine-in or take-out.
Catherine & Mary’s is getting some improvements to enhance the dining experience.
A haunting group exhibition called Danse Macabre comes to The Ugly Art Co. at 635 Madison in October.
The Sow Project offers free culinary training for the unemployed and underemployed. They’re having a fundraiser dinner Thursday at 64 S. Main.
Reggae in the Park After Dark will happen Fridays in October 7-11 PM in Court Square. Free to attend. Live music, Caribbean food vendors.
Soul & Spirits will hold a Halloween market this Saturday from 1 to 8.
I’m gonna stay out again tonight, because these upper 80s high/mid 60s low days won’t be around much longer. I’ll be at E&H tonight visiting Memphis Flyer poll winner Allison. She’ll be on day 15 of a 15x back-to-back and she has handled it like a champ. Back tomorrow with more news.
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