{"id":25518,"date":"2022-02-03T08:44:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25518"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:16:47","slug":"thursday-update-221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/03\/thursday-update-221\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SNOW DAY!!! Or rather, ice day. Here&#8217;s a list of Downtown closings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baron&#8217;s Man Cave<\/li>\n<li>B.B. King&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Big River Crossing<\/li>\n<li>Brass Door<\/li>\n<li>Cadre Building<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bean&#8217;s Coffee and Tea Emporium<\/li>\n<li>Elmwood Cemetery<\/li>\n<li>Flying Saucer<\/li>\n<li>Gould&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Green Beetle<\/li>\n<li>Harbor Town Pharmacy<\/li>\n<li>Huey&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Itta Bena<\/li>\n<li>Majestic Grille<\/li>\n<li>Old Dominick Distillery<\/li>\n<li>Paulette&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Rachel&#8217;s Salon<\/li>\n<li>River City Records<\/li>\n<li>River Time Market &amp; Deli<\/li>\n<li>Robusto by Hava Mix<\/li>\n<li>Sage<\/li>\n<li>Slider Inn Downtown<\/li>\n<li>South Main Book Juggler<\/li>\n<li>STIX<\/li>\n<li>Sunrise Memphis<\/li>\n<li>Sun Studio<\/li>\n<li>The Vault<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cordelia&#8217;s Market will close at 6 PM with its cafe closing at 3 PM.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update this list through about noon today as I learn of more closings.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the updated ice forecast from the National Weather Service. Memphis has moved into the 0.5-0.75 inch band.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some ice impacts rule-of-thumb:<\/p>\n<p>0-0.25: Smaller limbs damaged, a coating on your car and minor power outages<\/p>\n<p>0.25-0.5: Larger limbs damaged, roads starting to become slick. More power outages<\/p>\n<p>0.5+: Numerous trees down, roads coated in ice and major power outages<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BePrepared?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BePrepared<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3QCQdwBdru\">pic.twitter.com\/3QCQdwBdru<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Memphis (@NWSMemphis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSMemphis\/status\/1489188678115241985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ice is already accumulating on power lines, trees, and overpasses. Out in Midtown, it&#8217;s reported that a massive tree has fallen at Central and McLean and is blocking the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>The reserve players for the NBA All-Star Game will be announced today at 6 PM on TNT. Ja Morant is already in as a stater.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Tigers&#8217; road game, scheduled for tonight in Cincinnati, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-tigers-basketball\/article\/26842\/memphis-tigers-feb-3-game-cincinnati-rescheduled-winter-weather?utm_source=article_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_memphis-tigers-feb-3-game-cincinnati-rescheduled-winter-weather_2022-02-02\">postponed<\/a> until February 15 due to a winter storm warning in Cincy.<\/p>\n<p>Sage has started doing WCW (Wine, Conversation &amp; Whiskey) Wednesday evenings 5-10. Half off wine, $2 off whiskey, and DJ Alpha Whiskey supplying the tunes.<\/p>\n<p>Very sad day in Memphis yesterday: A man shot his girlfriend late Tuesday night, killing her. He then kidnapped their 2-day-old daughter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/02\/03\/man-arrested-charged-murder-mother-her-newborn\/\">threw her into the Mississippi River<\/a> near the Mud Island boat ramp. The newborn drowned. The man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>The Majestic Grille is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/enchante901\/\">Enchante<\/a> to offer Valentine&#8217;s Day bouquets delivered to your table at dinner. Simply <a href=\"https:\/\/enchanteflowercart.square.site\/\">order on Encante&#8217;s website<\/a> and put in their address, 145 S. Main, for delivery and use the coupon code MAJESTIC for $15 off. The Majestic still has some seats available for their <a href=\"https:\/\/majesticgrille.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Valentines-Day-2022-Website.pdf\">four-course wine dinner<\/a> and optional wine pairing that night. Call 901-522-8555 to make reservations.<\/p>\n<p>South Main restaurants Good Fortune Co., South of Beale, and Pontotoc Lounge are teaming up to offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/dining\/2022\/02\/02\/lunar-new-year-downtown-memphis-south-main-restaurants-bar-crawl-good-fortune-sob-pontotoc\/9302361002\/\">Lunar New Year pub crawl<\/a> from February 4-28. You earn a pub crawl &#8220;dollar&#8221; by trying a themed drink from a participating bar. Once you earn six pub crawl dollars, take them to Good Fortune Co. for a Lunar New Year T-shirt. The pub crawl will have its official kickoff, including a traditional Lion Dance, at 4:30 PM Saturday at Good Fortune.<\/p>\n<p>Action News 5 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2022\/02\/03\/first-look-cossitt-library-opens-doors-action-news-5-ahead-reopening\/\">a sneak peek<\/a> of the newly-renovated Cossitt Library. Not only will you be able to check out books, you&#8217;ll be able to record a podcast or listen to music there. The library will offer meeting rooms and there will even be a cafe with patio seating. This all sounds excellent but I sure am sick of &#8220;soon&#8221; as the reopening date.<\/p>\n<p>Memphians won&#8217;t get to see &#8220;Prime Time&#8221; Deion Sanders coach in the Southern Heritage Classic this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/sports\/jsu-no-longer-participating-in-southern-heritage-classic\/\">Jackson State announced it is pulling out of the Classic<\/a> due to a newly-adopted agreement with its conference. Its opponent, Tennessee State, was not happy with the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Stay home today if you can, and if you have to get out on the roads, take it REAL slow. There&#8217;s already been an accident with injuries this morning on Union near AutoZone Park. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Tip Jar', '#29abe0', 'B0B57GDFG');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SNOW DAY!!! Or rather, ice day. Here&#8217;s a list of Downtown closings. Baron&#8217;s Man Cave B.B. King&#8217;s Big River Crossing Brass Door Cadre Building Dr. Bean&#8217;s Coffee and Tea Emporium Elmwood Cemetery Flying Saucer Gould&#8217;s Green Beetle Harbor Town Pharmacy Huey&#8217;s Itta Bena Majestic Grille Old Dominick Distillery Paulette&#8217;s Rachel&#8217;s Salon River City Records River &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/03\/thursday-update-221\/\" 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\/25518"}],"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=25518"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25538,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25518\/revisions\/25538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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