{"id":1107,"date":"2007-07-17T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2007-07-17T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T12:01:00","slug":"wait-maybe-downtown-memphis-isnt-a-panhandlers-paradise-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/17\/wait-maybe-downtown-memphis-isnt-a-panhandlers-paradise-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, maybe Downtown Memphis ISN’T a panhandler’s paradise after all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bumwine.com<\/a> has added a “Where to Buy”<\/a> page, letting its readers know which stores across the U.S. carry all five of the top bum wines (Cisco, MD 20\/20, Night Train, Thunderbird and Wild Irish Rose). There aren’t any Downtown Memphis listings, making me think that maybe we need to round up our street people and put them on a bus to one of the listed cities, where they’ll be happier. There is a listing for Nashville… let’s send ’em there.<\/p>\n

And as far as I know, there AREN’T any places Downtown that carry all five of the wines. CeCe’s has MD 20\/20 and Wild Irish Rose. When Frank’s was open, it carried Thunderbird and Wild Irish Rose, and used to carry Night Train years ago. I don’t know of anyplace Downtown that carries Cisco, although there may well be a store in the South of Forum district or on Crump that does.<\/p>\n

The Bumwine site has also added a page explaining why Boone’s Farm does not count as a bum wine<\/a>. Glad they put that page up to clear up misconceptions: It’s a great wine for college students on a budget to get trashed on, but at only 7% alcohol the hardcore bums aren’t going to waste their time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"