{"id":15068,"date":"2014-05-06T12:46:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T17:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2014-05-06T12:46:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T17:46:29","slug":"tue-update-moody-ques-news-pop-up-vacation-greek-fest-groupon-grizzlies-save-iowa-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/06\/tue-update-moody-ques-news-pop-up-vacation-greek-fest-groupon-grizzlies-save-iowa-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Tue update: Moody Ques news, pop-up vacation, Greek Fest Groupon, Grizzlies save Iowa basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last remaining element of our BBQ team packets came in yesterday. I ran into the team president on the Main Street Mall and she handed me a rubber team wristband, used to show the doorman that you are indeed a team member:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-May-05-7-03-06-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15069\" alt=\"Photo May 05, 7 03 06 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-May-05-7-03-06-PM.jpg?resize=500%2C412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-May-05-7-03-06-PM.jpg?resize=500%2C412 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-May-05-7-03-06-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C247 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Photo-May-05-7-03-06-PM.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The team bags are now ready for members to pick them up. They will be at our sponsor the Blind Bear beginning at 5 PM today. The Bear is open 5 PM-3 AM Monday-Friday, 12 noon-3 AM Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/memphisque.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/reviving-old-landmarks-tennessee.html\">pics of the Tennessee Brewery and Schweinehaus<\/a> on the Memphis Que blog. Schweinehaus is being opened on Overton Square by Chef David Scott Walker, pitmaster of our BBQ team, and his family.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.memphisdailynews.com\/?p=33323\">pop-up vacation<\/a> in Court Square tomorrow from 11 AM to 2:30 PM. You&#8217;ll be able to experience a mini-vacation during your lunch break, with a putting green, a Metal Museum forge, mascots from local sports teams, an Elvis tribute artist, and more. The Peabody will fill the square&#8217;s fountain with hundreds of rubber ducks. The event is designed to show the importance of travel and tourism on jobs in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a Downtown event, but a lot of Downtowners like to visit the Greek festival that happens in Memphis this weekend. There&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groupon.com\/deals\/memphis-greek-festival-2\">Groupon<\/a> for discounted tickets going on right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/blog\/morning_call\/2014\/05\/memphis-grizzlies-sign-affiliation-iowa-energy.html\">The Grizzlies have saved basketball in Des Moines<\/a> by signing an affiliation with the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League. Four teams were interested in an affiliation with the Energy, but only the Grizzlies wanted to keep the team in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to change things up and lead off at Blind Bear tonight and hang out with whichever BBQ teammates show up. There&#8217;s poker there at 8 but I am going to take a hiatus playing until after BBQ Fest. Three more work days until vacation time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last remaining element of our BBQ team packets came in yesterday. I ran into the team president on the Main Street Mall and she handed me a rubber team wristband, used to show the doorman that you are indeed a team member: The team bags are now ready for members to pick them up. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/06\/tue-update-moody-ques-news-pop-up-vacation-greek-fest-groupon-grizzlies-save-iowa-basketball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tue update: Moody Ques news, pop-up vacation, Greek Fest Groupon, Grizzlies save Iowa basketball&#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\/15068"}],"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=15068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15070,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions\/15070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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