{"id":14726,"date":"2014-01-13T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2014-01-13T17:20:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T23:20:01","slug":"mon-update-aac-tournament-tickets-on-sale-shaq-goodwin-chocolate-themed-dishcrawl-wiseacre-gets-distilling-license-marc-gasol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/13\/mon-update-aac-tournament-tickets-on-sale-shaq-goodwin-chocolate-themed-dishcrawl-wiseacre-gets-distilling-license-marc-gasol\/","title":{"rendered":"Mon update: AAC tournament tickets on sale, Shaq Goodwin, chocolate-themed Dishcrawl, Wiseacre gets distilling license, Marc Gasol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tickets for the American Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament are now on sale. The tournament will be held at FedExForum March 12-15 and you can get tickets here<\/a>. One of the good things about Memphis’ move to the AAC is that the championship game will be at 5 PM on Saturday the 15th. No more awful 10:30 AM start time for the final game as we had in Conference USA.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the AAC, congratulations to Memphis Tigers forward Shaq Goodwin on being named the AAC’s Player of the Week. It’s the second time this season Shaq has won the award.<\/p>\n

A new Dishcrawl is being planned for Downtown on Wednesday, February 19. It will be a Savory Chocolate Crawl<\/a>. Diners will walk from restaurant to restaurant to enjoy treats that are dipped, filled, or covered with chocolate. I imagine there’s hardly a wife or girlfriend out there who wouldn’t appreciate a ticket to this crawl as a Valentine’s Day gift.<\/p>\n

Local brewer Wiseacre<\/a> received its distilling license today. That means that the brewery will be able to produce beers greater than 6.2% in alcohol by volume. By Tennessee law those beers are considered liquor, so a different license is needed.<\/p>\n

Chris Vernon announced this morning that Marc Gasol has been medically cleared to return to practice. It looks like the Grizzlies are only a couple of weeks away from having their best player back on the floor.<\/p>\n

That’s the news for now. I’m home from work and on my way out. My first stop will be Flying Saucer for a few Pint Nite beers. Then I will walk over to the Blind Bear for dinner. I have four gift cards that I won at poker and I plan on using them this week to try out the new menu items. I’ll post photos of my food to social media, and start gathering up photos for a Paul’s PBR Review of the Bear in about a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"