{"id":1963,"date":"2008-04-30T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2008-04-30T09:37:02","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:37:02","slug":"wed-update-two-new-patios-bake-sale-bff-parking-scammer-veggie-wrap-and-whos-showing-the-kentucky-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/30\/wed-update-two-new-patios-bake-sale-bff-parking-scammer-veggie-wrap-and-whos-showing-the-kentucky-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed update: Two new patios, bake sale, BFF, parking scammer, veggie wrap, and who’s showing the Kentucky Derby?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rapscallions took second in trivia last night, bringing our total gift certificate stash to $50.\u00a0 Afterward I headed south to Calhoun’s.\u00a0 I got an advance look at their new patio, which is not open yet but will be very, very soon… really, all that remains is acquiring furniture.\u00a0 Should be a very nice spot to hang out and will add another 20 people or so to the place’s capacity.<\/p>\n

The Red Rooster has also added a patio.\u00a0 There’s an exit door to the right of the stage which leads outside to 6-8 tables of patio seating.\u00a0 I can envision myself sitting out there sometime very soon, enjoying a Yuengling and the Rooster’s mountainous order of nachos.<\/p>\n

The Residence Inn (formerly the Wm. Len) at Main and Monroe is having a bake sale Friday, May 2 in support of Make-A-Wish.\u00a0 Sale will run from 10 to 2, so those who work Downtown will be able to hit it in their lunch hour.<\/p>\n

So, earlier this month I asked my readers to advise me on whether to kick my BFF to the curb and get a better one, or keep her.\u00a0 So far my BFF has managed to survive being kicked, despite the votes going over 90% against her.\u00a0 And they keep coming in.\u00a0 Last night Sunday brunch crew member Air Traffic Mike was out in East Memphis, and someone who describes herself as “an avid reader of my blog” asked Mike to get this to me:<\/p>\n

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This is a person I’ve never even met.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 No one likes my BFF.\u00a0 She’s still very close to being kicked, but I can’t do it to her so close to her birthday.<\/p>\n

The Downtown safety patrol and the Handling-Panhandling<\/a> forum got a trophy recently.\u00a0 The patrol caught one of the area’s worst parking scammers charging people to park cars on Beale Street near Main.\u00a0 He had a credential\/badge on him issued by a business on Pontotoc near Third.\u00a0 That didn’t add up.\u00a0 A\u00a0parking credential from a business several blocks away does not entitle a panhandler to charge people to park in public metered spaces, although it could be used to\u00a0confuse out-of-towners enough to cause them to fork over some money.\u00a0 Handling-Panhandling co-founder Mike King went to the business that issued the credential to investigate.\u00a0 Turns out they had hired the panhandler one time, several years ago, to park cars on their lot (Pontotoc is near the FedExForum, so they can make money on game nights).\u00a0 However, he is now not allowed on their lot, they’ve filed two Authorizations of Agency against him to make it illegal for him to trespass on their lot, and he is definitely not their representative in any way.\u00a0 Proof positive that the guy is a scammer.\u00a0 Needless to say he is no longer in possession of the parking credential.\u00a0 Congratulations to the safety patrol and to Mike King – great job!\u00a0 More evidence that we need to keep the patrol past the 90-day trial period.<\/p>\n

Is anyplace Downtown having a special screening of the Kentucky Derby?\u00a0 I have a blog reader who wants to know.<\/p>\n

I’ve had several people who\u00a0read my Majestic new menu post inquire as to what’s in the veggie wrap.\u00a0 It’s hummus, grilled artichokes, roasted peppers, goat cheese, and tomatoes in a whole grain tortilla.\u00a0 Sorry, guess I should’ve included the ingredients in my earlier post… guess I need to make the blog vegetarian-friendly.\u00a0 The wrap does sound good, although it would sound even better with some tasty dead animals added.<\/p>\n

Time to get some work done.\u00a0 The thing is, I enjoy my job, but when people ask, “How was work today?”, it’s hard to come up with anything interesting to tell them.\u00a0 “I revised some C# methods in our product’s business logic layer to eliminate bugs” is not exactly stimulating conversation.\u00a0 I used to tell people I skate in Sesame Street on Ice and play the role of Big Bird.\u00a0 Maybe I’ll go back to doing that.<\/p>\n

Oh.\u00a0 Speaking of Big Bird… one more thing before I go.\u00a0 I’ve been told the new Downtown Blue Monkey (which is STILL not open) building has been painted bright, bright, bright yellow.\u00a0 Really, really bright.<\/p>\n

Okay… now I’m outta here.<\/p>\n

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The Rapscallions took second in trivia last night, bringing our total gift certificate stash to $50.\u00a0 Afterward I headed south to Calhoun’s.\u00a0 I got an advance look at their new patio, which is not open yet but will be very, very soon… really, all that remains is acquiring furniture.\u00a0 Should be a very nice spot … Continue reading “Wed update: Two new patios, bake sale, BFF, parking scammer, veggie wrap, and who’s showing the Kentucky Derby?”<\/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\/1963"}],"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=1963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}