{"id":24996,"date":"2021-07-17T08:09:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24996"},"modified":"2021-07-17T08:09:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T13:09:18","slug":"saturday-update-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/17\/saturday-update-177\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live music returns to the Memphis Farmers Market this morning. Becky Roland and the Double Stops will perform. The Market is open for business every Saturday from 8 AM to 1 PM under the pavilion at Front and G.E. Patterson, behind the Powerhouse movie theater.<\/p>\n<p>Look what I had for dinner at the Blind Bear yesterday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24997\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg?resize=429%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg?resize=429%2C500 429w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg?resize=257%2C300 257w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg?resize=1200%2C1400 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0421.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 85vw, 429px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blind Bear rolled out its current menu about 11 months ago, and when it first came out I tried the seafood risotto and the lasagna. I never got around to trying the chicken, thinking, &#8220;Meh. It&#8217;s just chicken. Boring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Until yesterday. Let me tell you, that chicken is anything but boring, and not trying it sooner was a big mistake. This is a herb-roasted chicken breast on a bed of mashed potatoes and asparagus, topped with a mushroom Marsala cream sauce. One of the yummiest dinners I have eaten in a while.<\/p>\n<p>In other food news, the Memphis Chess Club on Madison posted to Facebook about a tasty breakfast bowl:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\">Enjoy a healthy and fresh mix of vanilla granola, strawberries, blueberries, banana and coconut on an acai base topped with honey and roasted almond butter.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New Wing Order made an announcement yesterday about a new partnership and a new sauce:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\">We have partnered with another Memphis original, Old Dominick Distillery, to create the newest sauce you can take home: Maple Bourbon! Both rich and sweet &#8211; Maple Bourbon sauce is made with real maple syrup, hints of chipotle, and infused with the bold flavor of Old Dominick&#8217;s Huling Station Bourbon. Try it on wings, grilled chicken, barbecue, and more!<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Downtowners, starting the week of July 19, you can pick up a bottle of the sauce at City Market.<\/p>\n<p>From Fox 13: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/local\/neighborhood-association-says-temporary-speed-bumps-are-working-downtown\/7LWVAPAHEZDRFCKCJC2OBAUJ5Y\/\">DNA says the Downtown speed bumps are working<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, Fox 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/local\/mid-south-restaurant-owners-still-struggling-find-employees\/ERRGY6B5FVBW7GERDNZIZVYQIU\/\">interviewed Rumba Room owner Edgar Mendez<\/a> about the trouble finding service industry workers. Mendez is picking up more shifts behind his own bar and has temporarily discontinued lunch in order to focus on dinner.<\/p>\n<p>From Local 24: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/weather\/what-does-20-40-60-chance-of-rain-mean\/522-855c2ba6-4fe2-429c-9f24-a01b074b266e\">What does a 20%, or 40%, or 60% chance of rain really mean?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, damn! <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/rapper-biz-markie-friend-dies-57\/story?id=78895120\">Biz Markie died.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Husband-and-wide duo <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/jaimee-paul-and-leif-shires\">Jaimee Paul and Leif Shires<\/a> play the Halloran Centre tonight. Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a Downtown flea market at 113 Jackson today 8 AM to 5 PM. 60 vendors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/924004455023289\">Protohype plays Carolina Watershed<\/a> tonight along with Scotty B, Dudecalledrob, Defcon Engaged, and DJ MO.<\/p>\n<p>Suggestion for something to do today, if you haven&#8217;t already: <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.memphistn.gov\/\">Go get vaccinated!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All right. Time to put a load of laundry in and wait for it to be time to walk over to the home of the four dollar PBR. 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 PBR\" 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>Live music returns to the Memphis Farmers Market this morning. Becky Roland and the Double Stops will perform. The Market is open for business every Saturday from 8 AM to 1 PM under the pavilion at Front and G.E. Patterson, behind the Powerhouse movie theater. Look what I had for dinner at the Blind Bear &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/17\/saturday-update-177\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday 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\/24996"}],"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=24996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24998,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions\/24998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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