{"id":24209,"date":"2020-10-08T08:05:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24209"},"modified":"2020-10-08T08:05:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:05:37","slug":"thursday-update-163","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/08\/thursday-update-163\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you need transportation getting to the polls on November 3 for Election Day, the city wants to help. This week the city council approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmcactionnews5.com\/2020\/10\/07\/mata-offering-free-fares-election-day\/\">free rides on MATA transportation<\/a> that day.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1231858533861591\/\">Downtown Dinner + Music Series<\/a> comes to Huling Station&#8217;s outdoor dining area this evening 5-7.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Southern Avenue (the band) at Main and Huling<\/li>\n<li>Marvin Frank at Main and Pontotoc<\/li>\n<li>J Buck at the I AM A MAN mural on Main<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Shrader at Main and Pontotoc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shelby County poll worker job fair for the November 3 election is this morning!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tomorrow at 10:30 AM, we will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShelbyVotes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShelbyVotes<\/a> Virtual Job Fair for poll worker &amp; absentee ballot processor positions. Register for the job fair to learn more about the opportunity to earn a paycheck and serve our community on election day: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4aPsL1dqgt\">https:\/\/t.co\/4aPsL1dqgt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CKbkv0KJk\">pic.twitter.com\/8CKbkv0KJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lee Harris (@MayorLeeHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorLeeHarris\/status\/1313920837385412609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A company called Pabst Labs is now producing a new drink called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/news\/nation\/pabst-blue-ribbon-cannabis-seltzer-thc-infused-drink\">PBR Cannabis<\/a>. It tastes like PBR and has no alcohol but does have a dose of THC. Not sold in Memphis yet, because it isn&#8217;t legal here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/950381882115016\/\">Johnny Maestro<\/a> plays Momma&#8217;s Saturday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>American Athletic Conference basketball teams including Memphis will play <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-tigers\/article\/17234\/memphis-tigers-basketball-american-athletic-conference-schedule\">a 20-game, double round-robin schedule<\/a> beginning in December.<\/p>\n<p>With restaurants now allowed to stay open until midnight, the Blind Bear has published its late-night menu. It&#8217;s available from 10 PM until last call at 11:45 PM. (Click to view in a larger size)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bear-late-night.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24210\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bear-late-night.jpg?resize=236%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bear-late-night.jpg?resize=236%2C500 236w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bear-late-night.jpg?resize=142%2C300 142w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bear-late-night.jpg?w=566 566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 85vw, 236px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Daily Memphian article about <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/neighborhoodsnorth-memphis\/article\/17349\/drop-in-center-will-offer-rest-food-safety-for-prostitutes\">a Summer Avenue drop-in center for prostitutes<\/a> claims that one of the top areas in Memphis for prostitution is Beale and B.B. King.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Flyer shared\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/memphis\/taco-time-eleven-memphians-share-their-favorite-local-tacos\/Content?oid=23926602\">favorite places to get tacos<\/a>, and a Downtown restaurant made the list. Bianca Phillips, communications coordinator for for Crosstown Arts, recommended the black bean tacos at Evelyn &amp; Olive out in The Edge District on Madison.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is now up to an 84\/15 favorite in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2020-election-forecast\/\">RealClearPolitics&#8217; election simulator<\/a>, another new record high this political season. Once he recovers from COVID-19, the Trumpster is going to need to throw a Hail Mary.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today. I haven&#8217;t been out after work since Monday so perhaps I will go have a beverage this afternoon. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need transportation getting to the polls on November 3 for Election Day, the city wants to help. This week the city council approved free rides on MATA transportation that day. The Downtown Dinner + Music Series comes to Huling Station&#8217;s outdoor dining area this evening 5-7. Southern Avenue (the band) at Main and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/08\/thursday-update-163\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday update&#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\/24209"}],"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=24209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24211,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24209\/revisions\/24211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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