{"id":20288,"date":"2017-11-03T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=20288"},"modified":"2017-11-03T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:30:23","slug":"friday-update-tree-lighting-and-lots-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/03\/friday-update-tree-lighting-and-lots-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update: Tree lighting and lots more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/502496920129367\/\">holiday tree lighting<\/a> will happen at the corner of Main and Peabody Place on Saturday, November 18 (my birthday!) from 5 to 7 PM. There will be appearances by Fabled Santa, hot cocoa and S&#8217;mores, carols by Soulsville Charter Schools, holiday arts &amp; crafts, and a station where kids can write and mail letters to Santa. Holiday ornaments and magic light wands will be for sale, with the light wand sales benefiting St. Jude.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Tigers beat Lemoyne-Owne 101-78 last night. The Tigers logo looks pretty snazzy on the new FedExForum video board.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How &#8217;bout that new video board <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoTigersGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoTigersGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UZruQh3nhc\">pic.twitter.com\/UZruQh3nhc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. M. David Rudd (@UofMemphisPres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UofMemphisPres\/status\/926232548220588032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grizzliesstore.com\/Memphis_Grizzlies_Hoops_For_Troops\/\">Hoops for Troops gear<\/a> has arrived in the Grizzlies Store.<\/p>\n<p>India Fest is tomorrow at the Agricenter. Normally I don&#8217;t recommend events in Cordova but this one is worth it. Indian cuisine, Bollywood dance shows, clothing, jewelry, and vendors. $5 adults, kids 5-12 $1, kids under 5 free. Supports the Mid-South Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Lansky 126 at the Peabody Hotel now has Happy Socks featuring Yellow Submarine. Perfect gift if you have a Beatles fan in your life.<\/p>\n<p>New Memphis is looking to hire an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmemphis.org\/about-us\/new-memphis-hiring-outreach-leader\/\">Outreach Leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that Ghost River has a lot going on tomorrow to celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/905209759632048\/?ti=icl\">its taproom&#8217;s one-year anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WWE Monday Night Raw returns on January 8, 2018. Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 10 at 9 a.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p>Details \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KF3n78VmiY\">https:\/\/t.co\/KF3n78VmiY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iomboTWCHs\">pic.twitter.com\/iomboTWCHs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FedExForum (@FedExForum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedExForum\/status\/926469246368043008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just weeks before the Royal Rumble, the second most important WWE pay-per-view of the year. The Memphis RAW show should help clarify what can be expected from the red brand at the Rumble.<\/p>\n<p>Great article and great recommendations from Southern Living: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/travel\/tennessee\/what-to-do-in-memphis-tn\">Memphis gets its groove back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trumpster is off to Asia for a 12-day trip. His daughter Kremlin Barbie flew out a day earlier for the annual World Assembly of Women. Wonder if Mueller will release any more indictments while Mr. Tangerine Man is busy on the other side of the world?<\/p>\n<p>Plans for tonight: With the Tigers having a football game vs. Tulsa, nationally televised on ESPN2, I have my sights set on Max&#8217;s Sports Bar after work! Been a while since I watched a Tigers game there. It&#8217;s Fireball Friday with $3 shots until 7, and maybe I&#8217;ll try something from Max&#8217;s new hot dog menu. If I do, I&#8217;ll be sure to get a picture. It&#8217;s nice to be able to post photos of your dinner on Facebook without crazy people &#8220;liking&#8221; them and commenting on them. That&#8217;s the benefit of a well-curated friends list. <img src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/classic-smilies\/img\/icon_mrgreen.gif?w=840\" alt=\":mrgreen:\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> Anyway, I&#8217;m outta here for now, back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual holiday tree lighting will happen at the corner of Main and Peabody Place on Saturday, November 18 (my birthday!) from 5 to 7 PM. There will be appearances by Fabled Santa, hot cocoa and S&#8217;mores, carols by Soulsville Charter Schools, holiday arts &amp; crafts, and a station where kids can write and mail &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/03\/friday-update-tree-lighting-and-lots-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday update: Tree lighting and lots more&#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\/20288"}],"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=20288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20289,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20288\/revisions\/20289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20288"}],"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! -->