{"id":24634,"date":"2021-03-02T07:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T13:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24634"},"modified":"2021-03-02T07:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T13:23:34","slug":"tuesday-update-168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/02\/tuesday-update-168\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last couple of times the Downtown Memphis Commission board selected a president, they zeroed in on exactly who they wanted. Not so this time &#8211; the Daily Memphian reports that they are taking <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/business\/article\/20271\/search-for-next-dmc-president-taking-extra-time\">extra time<\/a> to determine the next person to run DMC. If anything, this decision probably indicates a rich candidate pool from which to choose.<\/p>\n<p>From the soon-to-open sandwich shop in the former Bluff City Law filming location:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re working hard to open soon at 265 S Front Street downtown! Until then, here&#8217;s another sneak peek at a breakfast menu item \u2014 Lox Dogs with nova lox, cream cheese, tomato, red onion, and capers on a brioche bun.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Kyle Tuna Gairhan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QO0DB9sNBk\">pic.twitter.com\/QO0DB9sNBk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Backlot Sandwich Shop (@backlotsandwich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/backlotsandwich\/status\/1366425088430661632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Memphis Tigers on TV alert: They have a road game at the South Florida Bulls this evening at 8 PM. The game will be televised on ESPNU.<\/p>\n<p>Send someone a taste of Memphis! WREG Live at 9 talks with Cristina McCarter and Lisa Brown about <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/on-air\/live-at-9\/new-business-sends-memphis-fans-a-taste-of-the-city\/\">City Tasting Box<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Warren Buffett has released his <a href=\"https:\/\/fm.cnbc.com\/applications\/cnbc.com\/resources\/editorialfiles\/2021\/02\/27\/2020ltr.pdf?utm_source=morning_brew\">annual letter<\/a> to Berkshire Hathaway stockholders. Even if you&#8217;re not an investor, his letters are filled with a combination of wisdom, humor, and self-reflection that are worth a read. Buffett is 90 and his longtime business partner Charlie Munger is 97, so we may not have many of these letters left.<\/p>\n<p>From the MBJ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/news\/2021\/03\/01\/memphians-more-comfortable-going-to-office-dining.html\">Memphians much more comfortable dining out, working at the office than they were last fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Local 24: Memphis River Parks Partnership provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/community\/tom-lee-park-construction-gaining-steam\/522-0eaf6673-dcaf-4e77-b1d8-6535e6b03860\">video update<\/a> on construction at Tom Lee Park<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shopsilknhoney.com\/\">Silk N Honey Boutique<\/a>, offering great fashion styles for women, is now open at 6 West G.E. Patterson Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Memphian has a look at Hustle &amp; Dough, the bakery &amp; cafe in the lobby of South Main&#8217;s Arrive Hotel, in this week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/food\/article\/20323\/new-eats-hustle-and-dough-arrive-memphis\">New Eats<\/a> column.<\/p>\n<p>Just outside the Downtown boundaries but worth a read: Out-of-town landlord, cited for numerous code violations in the Peabody\/Camilla area, <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/problem-solvers\/problem-solvers-peabody-valley-landlord-shows-history-of-code-violations\/\">brags about improvements he made<\/a> to a part of town that used to be &#8220;The Hood&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 task force noon press conference could be a good one today. Will outgoing Health Department Director Dr. Alisa Haushalter face the public, since after all she is on the taxpayers&#8217; payroll, or will she send a minion to speak for her? Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MEMCity\">City of Memphis<\/a> and tune in on Facebook Live.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies are in Washington to play the Wizards tonight at 6.<\/p>\n<p>MemphisWeather.net&#8217;s forecast is high 48, low 34, 60% chance of rain. I think I&#8217;ll pass on going out until it starts acting more like March outside. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com\/1.0.0\/button.prod.min.js\" data-name=\"bmc-button\" data-slug=\"paulryburn\" data-color=\"#FF813F\" data-emoji=\"\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-text=\"Buy me a coffee\" data-outline-color=\"#000\" data-font-color=\"#fff\" data-coffee-color=\"#fd0\" ><\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last couple of times the Downtown Memphis Commission board selected a president, they zeroed in on exactly who they wanted. Not so this time &#8211; the Daily Memphian reports that they are taking extra time to determine the next person to run DMC. If anything, this decision probably indicates a rich candidate pool from &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/02\/tuesday-update-168\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tuesday 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\/24634"}],"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=24634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24635,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634\/revisions\/24635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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