{"id":15217,"date":"2014-06-04T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T17:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=15217"},"modified":"2014-06-04T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T17:56:51","slug":"wed-update-james-lee-house-memphis-flyer-25th-cheap-southwest-flights-to-chicago-of-ireland-born-entrepreneur-on-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/04\/wed-update-james-lee-house-memphis-flyer-25th-cheap-southwest-flights-to-chicago-of-ireland-born-entrepreneur-on-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed update: James Lee House, Memphis Flyer 25th, cheap Southwest flights to Chicago, “Of Ireland Born,” entrepreneur on podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though she moved to California, the Nuh-Uh Girl has not forgotten what month this is. She wore a tube top to the crawfish boil she held\u00a0this past weekend.<\/p>\n

It looks like the Mississippi Senate Republican race is going to a runoff. Why do I care about that, and why am I mentioning it on what is normally a Downtown blog? Because I found this tweet too funny not to share:<\/p>\n

@yorkspork: “At a ceremony held this morning in Jackson a rat crawled out of a dumpster and saw its shadow signaling three more weeks of political ads.”<\/p>\n

The Huffington Post has an article about the James Lee House bed and breakfast at 690 Adams that is worth a read: $1 Memphis farmhouse gets a makeover you have to see to believe<\/a>. Nice photos of the accommodations at the B&B.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the Memphis Flyer on its 25th anniversary! Be sure to pick up a copy of the 25th anniversary issue from a Flyer box this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Southwest Airlines is having a three day sale<\/a> on flights from Memphis to Chicago for $45 one way\/$95 round trip if traveling between late August and mid-December. There are also discounts on flights to Houston and Tampa. Hmmm maybe I should hop on a plane this fall and go have a meal at Honky Tonk Barbeque and see my former BBQ teammates Chuck and Willie and Imran.<\/p>\n

Bosco Hogan, star of The Tudors<\/i>, The Borgias<\/i>, and In the Name of the Father<\/i>, will be at the Brass Door next Tuesday, June 10 from 6 to 8 PM for a special presentation called “Of Ireland Born.” He will read from a sampling of works that helped create The Republic of Ireland including Yeats, Synge, O’ Connor, and O’Casey. There will be live music by Robert Johnson and John Albertson as well.<\/p>\n

12-year-old fashion entrepreneur Moziah Bridges of Mo’s Bows is this month’s guest on the I Love Memphis podcast with Holly Whitfield and Kevin Cerrito. Listen here.<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s it for now. I will be out at the Silly Goose after work, but it will be a rather early night for me because I have to be back at work at 7 AM to launch a website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"