{"id":21124,"date":"2018-06-19T12:56:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T17:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=21124"},"modified":"2018-06-19T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T17:56:55","slug":"tuesday-update-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/19\/tuesday-update-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Held on July 22 at the South Main Market food hall at 409 S. Main, the Butcher Board Festival<\/a> will be a celebration of charcuterie. As you enter the festival, you’re given a small butcher board and are free to walk around sampling meats, cheeses, pickled items, fruits, sweets and other accompaniments as vendors talk about their offerings. You also get a tasting glass so you can pair your food with wines, beers, and ciders. This is going to be a lot of fun! Memphis has gotten creative with its food festivals the past few years and I love it!<\/p>\n

I will repay the kindness of the organizers with lots of photos and information from the event. Expect to see lots of photos of a troll on a butcher board Monday, July 23.<\/p>\n

Kemp Conrad has en excellent opinion piece<\/a> on the new Bird scooters and how shared mobility is a benefit for everyone. I’m beginning to warm up to the scooters although I haven’t ridden one yet. The cool thing about them is they are dockless – you can leave them most anywhere. The app shows you where nearby scooters are so you don’t have a problem locating one. I will probably give these a try soon. They will make places accessible that are slightly too far from where I live to be walkable.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Flyer has a How to Ride the Bird video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Demolition has begun on the Tri-State Bank building at Main and Beale.<\/p>\n

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117 Prime has started a new Oyster Happy Hour at their bar. Every day (Monday-Sunday) from 4 to 7 PM they will have Gulf oysters for only 50 cents each.<\/p>\n

Starting today, the Main Street trolley line will run every 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

The results of the Handy Park redesign challenge will be announced at a public meeting at the park, corner of Beale and B.B. King, tonight from 5 to 7. Challenge entrants will discuss ideas for making the park more engaging and active. Register for the event here<\/a> and first 200 to register get a free drink ticket. This event is 21 and up.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 20 is Walk 2 Lunch Day in the Memphis Medical District. Tag photos of your walking adventures with #W2LD2018 for the chance to win some awesome prizes.<\/p>\n

Kilchoman Cask Strength is the Whiskey of the Week at Belle Tavern. Taste it for half off the regular price through Sunday.<\/p>\n

Yesterday for lunch, I went back to Amerigo. Multiple people had told me, “Paul, you must go on Monday. Their Monday lunch special is my favorite thing on the menu.”<\/p>\n

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The Chicken Courtbouillon is a grilled chicken breast over angel hair pasta, with mozzarella, a spicy Creole tomato sauce, and vegetables. The server asked if I wanted some shaved Parmesan on top, and of course I did. This is a dish that lived up to its reputation. Very very good. The people at Amerigo recognize me at this point, and say “Welcome back” rather than just “Welcome.” I plan on coming back soon, my plan being the Chicken Marsala that is on the regular lunch menu. I want to try their lasagna too.<\/p>\n

It’s time to CALL THOSE HOGS!!! Arkansas plays Texas Tech in the 1-0 game of their bracket tonight at 6 on ESPN. I can think of no better place to watch the game than Max’s Sports Bar. I will head down there after work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"