A Downtown Memphian is flying out to L.A. this week to compete on Jeopardy.\u00a0 I’ll post more details about the date the show will air at a later date.<\/p>\n
In case you missed the newspaper over the weekend, the Commercial Appeal ran several Downtown-related stories:<\/p>\n
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- A story on a Downtown Memphis ghost tour<\/a> offered by Backbeat Tours.\u00a0 They’re the ones with the old bus that parks outside Blues City Cafe on Beale Street.<\/li>\n
- A story on the Ghost River Brewery<\/a> and its plans for the future.\u00a0 They are the microbrew arm of Boscos, brewing at the corner of Main and Crump.<\/li>\n
- And, today the CA had an article on the dance classes at the Downtown YMCA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Surfing around today, I noticed that Mpact Memphis has a new website<\/a>.\u00a0 Looks good!\u00a0 Their calendar is starting to fill up with fun things to do, ways to get connected, and ways to spread the good word about Memphis.\u00a0 I haven’t done anything with them in a while and even let my membership lapse.\u00a0 I need to re-join and check out what they’re doing these days.<\/p>\n
And lastly but not leastly, you may have seen countdown clocks in Downtown bars.\u00a0 The Saucer used to have one to count down the number of days, hours, and minutes, and seconds until the Olsen twins turned 18.\u00a0 McGuinness had one counting down to St. Patrick’s Day.\u00a0 Well, now it looks like Big Foot Lodge will get a clock of its own:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you sit at Big Foot’s bar when bartender Meghan is working, you’ll have access to this information.\u00a0 However, it isn’t always delivered in a timely fashion, as you may have to sit there for 8, 10, sometimes even 15 minutes before Meghan rolls her eyes, lets out a loud sigh, and tells you how many hours and minutes are left before her shift is over.\u00a0 The countdown clock ensures that patrons constantly have access to this important data.\u00a0 It’s also more accurate, delivering the remaining time down to the second.<\/p>\n
All right.\u00a0 Gonna go take a nap.\u00a0 Back later if I find more stuff to post.\u00a0 Wow, it’s almost 3 PM, can’t remember the last time I went that late in the day without posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- A story on the Ghost River Brewery<\/a> and its plans for the future.\u00a0 They are the microbrew arm of Boscos, brewing at the corner of Main and Crump.<\/li>\n