{"id":161,"date":"2005-08-01T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=161"},"modified":"2005-08-01T23:05:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-01T23:05:00","slug":"a-magazine-every-downtowner-should-subscribe-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/01\/a-magazine-every-downtowner-should-subscribe-to\/","title":{"rendered":"A magazine every downtowner should subscribe to"},"content":{"rendered":"

Modern Drunkard<\/a> << click the link, lots of good stuff to read online<\/p>\n

Reminds me, one day a couple of years ago I was sitting around Sleep Out’s on a Sunday with my friends Kit and Kelly. We had an idea for a REAL magazine for downtowners – not the kind of fluff Downtowner publishes, not a bunch of ads like the Downtown Merchant Guide, but a magazine covering the issues that downtowners truly care about.<\/p>\n

We were going to call it “Three Sheets to the Wind.” Articles proposed for the first issue included:<\/p>\n

Drinking on a Budget: Happy hours, pint nights and other ways to get drunk downtown without breaking the bank<\/p>\n

Open containers: Recommended ways to hide your alcohol as you walk around downtown<\/p>\n

Trolley Tour: Which art galleries serve the best free booze<\/p>\n

Bum of the Month: Profile of a Downtown Resident<\/p>\n

Escape Routes: Best ways to get home without getting a DUI or Public Intox charge<\/p>\n

This is one of these great ideas that never quite made it to fruition. Publishing a magazine takes a lot of time and money, and all of us had other jobs to tend to. But I’d love to see someone take this idea and run with it. I think it has potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"