{"id":2000,"date":"2008-05-08T13:56:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T18:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2008-05-08T13:56:59","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T18:56:59","slug":"vote-for-calhouns-for-best-memphis-sports-bar-also-bbq-former-bff-sma-meeting-tech-entrepreneur-event-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/08\/vote-for-calhouns-for-best-memphis-sports-bar-also-bbq-former-bff-sma-meeting-tech-entrepreneur-event-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Calhoun&#8217;s for best Memphis Sports Bar.  Also:  BBQ, former BFF, SMA meeting, tech entrepreneur event tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calhoun&#8217;s, the friendly neighborhood sports bar on G.E. Patterson in the South Main District, has been nominated for Best Sports Bar in Memphis Sport Magazine&#8217;s annual poll.\u00a0 Go <a href=\"http:\/\/themawards.surveyconsole.com\/\">here<\/a> to vote for Calhoun&#8217;s.\u00a0 Lots of reasons to vote for Calhoun&#8217;s&#8230; awesome flat panel TVs&#8230; awesome game packages on the TVs&#8230; awesome beer selection&#8230; awesome bartenders&#8230; awesome owners&#8230; awesome beer specials when the Cardinals and Cubs are playing.<\/p>\n<p>Had a 4-hour\u00a0BBQ team planning meeting last night at the Saucer.\u00a0 Earlier in the week I asked to be more involved, and boy did I get my wish and then some.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all coming together though.\u00a0 Can&#8217;t wait for the end of next week!<\/p>\n<p>I guess I need to get back on good terms with my former BFF, so I can invite her and her roommates and her mini-me and her Club\u00a0Atlas\u00a0party buddy to our BBQ booth.\u00a0 Although, the way she drinks, that could add a couple extra hundred dollars to our liquor budget (not to mention a huge bottle of Gatorade for her to chug after she&#8217;s all drunk and dehydrated).\u00a0 She was in the Saucer last night and I thought about going over and talking to her, but she was with someone who doesn&#8217;t seem to be able to observe the Mikeyism &#8220;this is an A and B conversation, so I&#8217;d better C my way out.&#8221;\u00a0 I hate to say it but I actually miss her a little.\u00a0 Hopefully I&#8217;ll get to talk to her and extend the booth invite sometime in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The South Main Association has its next meeting next Tuesday, May 13 at 6 PM, and they&#8217;re doing it in a great venue&#8230; the Red Rooster!\u00a0 Free appetizers, cash bar, presentation by Reggie Williams, VP of Community Relations for the Memphis Redbirds.\u00a0 Free for SMA members, $5 for non-members.\u00a0 More details at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southmainmemphis.org\">southmainmemphis.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LaunchMemphis&#8217;s kickoff party, the Tech Fuel Networking Event, is tonight from 5 to 7 at the Fox &amp; Hound Sanderlin.\u00a0 This is a place for technologists, entrepreneurs, and business professionals to share ideas.\u00a0 Open to the public, free appetizers, discounted drink specials.\u00a0 More events coming this month too&#8230; check them out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.launchmemphis.com\">launchmemphis.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still thinking Itta Bena after work (gotta hand out BBQ invitations there too), then Saucer, then Rooster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calhoun&#8217;s, the friendly neighborhood sports bar on G.E. Patterson in the South Main District, has been nominated for Best Sports Bar in Memphis Sport Magazine&#8217;s annual poll.\u00a0 Go here to vote for Calhoun&#8217;s.\u00a0 Lots of reasons to vote for Calhoun&#8217;s&#8230; awesome flat panel TVs&#8230; awesome game packages on the TVs&#8230; awesome beer selection&#8230; awesome bartenders&#8230; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/08\/vote-for-calhouns-for-best-memphis-sports-bar-also-bbq-former-bff-sma-meeting-tech-entrepreneur-event-tonight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vote for Calhoun&#8217;s for best Memphis Sports Bar.  Also:  BBQ, former BFF, SMA meeting, tech entrepreneur event tonight&#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\/2000"}],"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=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->