Sorry there was no lunchtime post. Meetings made my lunchtime schedule rather awkward, so didn’t have a chance to write anything.<\/p>\n
There will be a new event on Beale Street later this month. On Saturday, November 26, the Beale Street Merchants Association will present the first ever Big Wheel Race on Beale from 1 to 4 PM. Teams of 4 can enter for a fee of $80; fee includes pre-party, T-shirts, gift bag, and prizes. All proceeds benefit the Angel Tree Foundation of Memphis. Big Wheels will be provided. Space is limited, so if you want to enter, sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Peabody has introduced two new checkin specials on Foursquare<\/a>, the location-based smartphone app that lets you earn badges, mayorships, and discounts when you check in. For Capriccio: “Show your Check-In and receive 25% off your bill. Excludes alcohol, tax, and gratuity. $25 maximum savings. Can not be used in conjunction with any other deal, promotion or event.”<\/p>\n For Corner Bar: “Spend $20 and receive a free Dessert Shooter upon showing your Check-In. Excludes alcohol, tax, and gratuity.” Both specials are unlocked every time you check in.<\/p>\n If you’re a Memphis wrestling fan, you can now buy the DVD of Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’<\/em>. It’s sold at Shangri-la Records, Booksellers of Laurelwood, Valle\u00eds Italian Rebel, Goner Records, and Tater Red’s. Four hours of vintage wrestling footage from the ’50s through the ’80s.<\/p>\n It’s Monday night, and my plans are the usual: Pint Nite at the Saucer, then poker at the Silly Goose at 10. Heading out now…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sorry there was no lunchtime post. Meetings made my lunchtime schedule rather awkward, so didn’t have a chance to write anything. There will be a new event on Beale Street later this month. On Saturday, November 26, the Beale Street Merchants Association will present the first ever Big Wheel Race on Beale from 1 to … Continue reading “Mon update: Big Wheel race on Beale, Peabody Foursquare specials, Memphis wrestling DVD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10912"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10914,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10912\/revisions\/10914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}