{"id":11813,"date":"2012-04-13T12:56:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=11813"},"modified":"2012-04-13T12:56:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T17:56:34","slug":"fri-update-rajun-cajun-redbirds-thrilla-from-manila-mud-island-south-mainearthquakes-petrino-tube-top-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/fri-update-rajun-cajun-redbirds-thrilla-from-manila-mud-island-south-mainearthquakes-petrino-tube-top-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Fri update: Rajun Cajun, Redbirds, Thrilla from Manila, Mud Island, South Main\/earthquakes, Petrino, Tube Top Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some additional information on the Porter-Leath Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival, to be held this Sunday from noon to 6 PM:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16,000 pounds of crawfish. Buckets on sale for $20 starting at noon<\/li>\n<li>Lafayette&#8217;s Bayou Boys on the main stage<\/li>\n<li>Webb Dalton on the Beale stage<\/li>\n<li>Tout Le Mon on the Riverside stage<\/li>\n<li>Gumbo championship cook-off<\/li>\n<li>Crawfish eating contest, crawfish races, and bobbing for crawfish<\/li>\n<li>Cornhole tournament. One of the people running it is my buddy Bad Shane<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s area<\/li>\n<li>Wine bar<\/li>\n<li>Cigar bar<\/li>\n<li>Food truck vendors (I see the Revival truck is going to be there. Maybe I&#8217;ll finally get to try them)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s opening night for the Redbirds tonight, with a block party in the plaza starting at 5, game at 7. Giveaways for the first 5000 fans. Tomorrow night is a Fireworks Night with 6:05 game and Pop Rocks for the first 5000 fans. They&#8217;re going for a Pop Rocks eating world record in the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>Scanning the weekly DowntownMemphis.com email for other things going on tonight, here&#8217;s one that looks interesting: A &#8220;Thrilla from Manila&#8221; fundraiser with Filipino food, an auction, and door prizes at Church of the River. I&#8217;ve never tried Filipino cuisine before. 5:30 to 9 tonight, $25 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is the season&#8217;s opening day for Mud Island River Park and Mississippi River Museum. The scale model of the river and the 18-gallery museum is a great place to take kids. $10 adults, $7 for kids.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyer has a report on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/memphis\/shaken-up\/Content?oid=3159454\">South Main&#8217;s plan to retrofit buildings<\/a> to survive an earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>This is funny: <a href=\"http:\/\/outkickthecoverage.com\/lessons-learned-from-bobby-petrino.php\">21 Lessons Learned from Bobby Petrino<\/a>. Number 4 is a particularly good point. Now I understand why some of my friends carry two cell phones. Also, ArkansasSports360.com reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkansassports360.com\/30731\/jessica-dorrell-placed-on-paid-leave-by-arkansas-after-petrino-affair\">Jessica &#8220;Reach-Around&#8221; Dorrell has been placed on paid leave<\/a> by the University of Arkansas during its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A regular blog reader asked when I&#8217;m going to put the Countdown to Tube Top Month back on the sidebar. He said he needs to &#8220;be kept abreast&#8221; of the approach of Tube Top Month. I agree, it&#8217;s time. I&#8217;ll try to get the countdown back up this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; And that&#8217;s the news for now. Time to go outside for a little duck and goose time at the office pond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is some additional information on the Porter-Leath Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival, to be held this Sunday from noon to 6 PM: 16,000 pounds of crawfish. Buckets on sale for $20 starting at noon Lafayette&#8217;s Bayou Boys on the main stage Webb Dalton on the Beale stage Tout Le Mon on the Riverside stage Gumbo &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/13\/fri-update-rajun-cajun-redbirds-thrilla-from-manila-mud-island-south-mainearthquakes-petrino-tube-top-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fri update: Rajun Cajun, Redbirds, Thrilla from Manila, Mud Island, South Main\/earthquakes, Petrino, Tube Top Month&#8221;<\/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\/11813"}],"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=11813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11814,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions\/11814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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