What a day at work!\u00a0 The office building had a water main break this morning, and when we arrived to work we were told there would be no running water in the building all day.\u00a0 We were told we could\u00a0walk to the nearby Morgan Keegan office tower to use the restroom.\u00a0 Of course, my apartment building is just as close so I went there.\u00a0 In any case, I had to walk in pouring rain, which was not fun.<\/p>\n
Then we saw a severe storm on the radar, moving toward Memphis from the west.\u00a0 The temp was hovering around 32 at the time, and when the precipitation started it was sleet.\u00a0 At that point management told everyone who drove to work that they could go home.\u00a0 That was a nice gesture, even though a warmup of a couple degrees caused most of the precipitation to fall as rain.\u00a0 I remember a few years ago, when I worked for a company that said “WE HAVE A POLICY OF NOT CLOSING FOR BAD WEATHER,” and one day when sleet moved in at noon no one did the sensible thing and left.\u00a0 Of course, everyone was so stressed out over the anticipated dangerous drive home that no work got done that day.\u00a0 People were too busy looking out the window.\u00a0 By the time 4:30 rolled around, I had to drive home on Sam Cooper on an inch of sleet (it never changed to rain or snow that day).\u00a0 I did about 20 mph and got home fine, although the\u00a0car in the next lane was going 50 and nearly sideswiped me.\u00a0 That’s why it’s dangerous not to close Memphis offices in bad weather; it’s not that you\u00a0don’t know how to\u00a0drive home in it, it’s that\u00a0all the other idiots on the road don’t.<\/p>\n
So anyway, I was one of a few remaining people in the office.\u00a0 If I were set up on the VPN so I could use Remote Desktop to connect, I would’ve worked from home too.\u00a0 Need to talk to the sysadmin about that but he’s in New York right now.<\/p>\n
On to today’s news:\u00a0 The International Blues Challenge competition takes place on Beale Street today and tomorrow.\u00a0 If you feel like rooting for the home team, the Eric Hughes Band is one of the bands competing.\u00a0 You’ll be able to buy wristbands for all the participating clubs on Beale tonight and tomorrow; finals are at the Orpheum on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Food Network has been doing more filming Downtown than the previously-mentioned Alcenia’s piece.\u00a0 They also went to the Little Tea Shop on Monroe.\u00a0 They were there Wednesday filming and talking to owner and Downtown legend Suhair.\u00a0 They loved Suhair and will be back filming the lunch crowd on Monday, so stop by and maybe you’ll appear on TV.\u00a0 It’s for their “American Classics” series.<\/p>\n
Circa will be back open for lunch from 11-4 weekdays starting tomorrow.\u00a0 Chef John Bragg e-mailed me a copy of the menu.\u00a0 Some of the standout items:\u00a0 cornmeal fried oysters with red chili sauce ($9); half-pound certified Angus steakburger ($9); crab cake sandwich with roasted pepper remoulade ($12); beef tenderloin medallions with mushroom bordelaise and mashed potatoes ($14); grilled chicken and pasta with pancetta and scallions in white wine cream sauce ($13); and for vegetarians there’s a chef’s vegetarian special ($12).\u00a0 They have Wi-Fi so you can take your laptop and do a working lunch.<\/p>\n
My plans for the rest of the week:<\/p>\n
Tonight:\u00a0 Dempseys @ Saucer.\u00a0 They take the stage at 9:30 but I’ll probably get there at 7:30-8ish so when they ask from the stage, “You drunk yet, Paul?” I can say yes.\u00a0 I’ll stay through all three sets then walk home.\u00a0 of course mcguinness is on the way home<\/font><\/p>\n Tomorrow:\u00a0 Field trip to The Cove on Broad Avenue from 6 to approximately 9-10ish.\u00a0 I’ll bring the camera and take pictures to post.\u00a0 After I get back – not sure, maybe the IBC on Beale, will figure it out when I get back Downtown.<\/p>\n Saturday:\u00a0 No idea.\u00a0 There’s a Tiger game at noon.\u00a0 May go someplace close by to watch it, or maybe I’ll just sleep late and turn it on the TV when I get up.\u00a0 “Buy beer for Sunday’s Super Bowl party” is the only item on my agenda.<\/p>\n Sunday:\u00a0 McGuinness 11-12:30; Saucer 12:30-2; Super Bowl party at friend’s house nearby 2 til about an hour after the game ends.\u00a0 I’ve invited a few people who read this blog – if you want to meet up with me at McG or the Saucer beforehand you can walk over with me, otherwise call my cell.<\/p>\n And that’s the news.\u00a0 Be careful if you drive tonight.\u00a0 Predicted low is 30 and the streets are still wet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What a day at work!\u00a0 The office building had a water main break this morning, and when we arrived to work we were told there would be no running water in the building all day.\u00a0 We were told we could\u00a0walk to the nearby Morgan Keegan office tower to use the restroom.\u00a0 Of course, my apartment … Continue reading “What a day!”<\/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\/1536"}],"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=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}