Minor holiday alert: Today is National Kale Day. I recommend celebrating with a dozen Chili Cheese Pups at Krystal.
The I Love Memphis Blog hosts a happy hour at Memphis Filling Station (MFS) Thursday 4:30-6:30. Drink and food discounts, prize drawings including a Sunday Supper at JEM Fine Dining.
This Saturday is a big day at Grind City Brewing: It’s their Oktoberfest and 5th anniversary celebration. Food trucks, games, special beer releases.
Downtown Nutrition is celebrating its 1 year anniversary this week. There’s a different special each day.
Tomorrow is Theater Thursday at Loflin Yard. Watch Practical Magic and Hocus Pocus in the Coach House. Complimentary popcorn with drink purchase.
Grizz vs. ‘troit in preseason action Monday at 7 at the Grindhouse. All fans will receive a schedule magnet. Tickets TV: FanDuel Sports
Bluff City Dental is hiring a front desk worker. If interested, send your résumé to patientcare@bluffcitydental.com. Previous experience in a dental office is preferred.
Here’s a look back at the life of Memphis wrestling announcer, Lance Russell, considered by some to have been the nicest man in the business.
The Doubletree Hotel on Union Avenue is closing its doors permanently.
Also announcing its permanent closure is Mulan, the Asian bistro in Cooper-Young. It suffered $100,000 in damages due to a fire earlier this week.
A very happy birthday to Earnestine & Hazel’s bartender Dani. May she have unlimited coasters to throw and unlimited plastic/foam bullets for her orange Nerf gun. She’s back in town and works open to close today.
Again I spent ~1:30-7:30 this morning on a park bench outside Court Square’s Moxy Hotel. And again I didn’t see the National Guard. What I did notice was an greatly increased MPD presence on the Main Street Mall. A cop in a Chevy Traverse shined his brights on me to see if I’d get up off my bench and scurry away like I had something to hide. I stayed put. After a few minutes he decided I was OK and he drove off. The cops left me alone the rest of the night.
I did notice a couple of things earlier in the day yesterday, in the 4 PM hour:
- A state trooper driving through the intersection of Main and Beale. It’s unusual to see them on city streets other than interstate or U.S. or state highways.
- Two men in uniform – light blue shirts, gold badges – drove through Jefferson and Main in an unmarked white Jeep Wagoneer SUV with government plates. I guess they were with the U.S. Marshals or one of the other federal agencies Trump sent.
This is kinda cool. I’ll be your man on the street, eyes and ears open even in the wee hours, reporting from a homeless perspective…
… as sleep permits. And I definitely cannot go another night without sleep. Plus I need a shower. So I’m gonna drop 6 bucks on the Union Mission and avail myself of their services. PRO TIP: If you check in in the afternoon, you get 20 minutes to take a shower as opposed to 15 if you wait ’til evening.
Back tomorrow with more news.
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