{"id":25664,"date":"2022-03-22T09:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25664"},"modified":"2022-03-22T09:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:54:35","slug":"tuesday-update-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/22\/tuesday-update-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Opportunity to get your business mentioned in this blog!<\/strong> Tonight I will attend my first Downtown Memphis Association meeting in 15 years. This meeting will be different from a typical one &#8211; rather than a formal program, it&#8217;s a Downtown Business Expo. Area businesses that are DNA members will exhibit and share information about what they have to offer. It&#8217;s at The Avenue Downtown, 10 N. Second St. Suite 104, from 5-7 PM tonight. Free food &amp; beverages while they last.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re one of the exhibitors, and you&#8217;d like me to write about you on this blog, feel free to call me over. Just call out, &#8220;Hey, Paul!&#8221; I have blonde hair down to my shoulders and plan to have on a black V-neck and khaki slacks tonight. I&#8217;d be happy to talk to you tonight and write about you later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Not a DNA member, but this business expo sounds like something you want to attend? You still have time to <a href=\"https:\/\/dnamemphis.org\/membership\">join DNA<\/a> in time for the meeting. Memberships are only $25\/year for individuals and $40\/year for families. In addition to free access to the monthly meetings, you get a member discount at select area businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Dangit I forgot to tell Rachel&#8217;s Salon I was a member when I got my hair cut last month! That would&#8217;ve saved me $3.80. Not a huge amount but it&#8217;s enough to buy a PBR at my favorite spots. Well, most of them.<\/p>\n<p>On to the rest of the news&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Blue Note Bourbon will conduct a takeover at Eight &amp; Sand this Thursday from 6 to 9 PM. A special cocktail list, curated by the bar&#8217;s staff, will be available for one night only. Reservations not required.<\/p>\n<p>Elmwood Cemetery&#8217;s Easter egg hunt returns Saturday, April 2. It&#8217;s for kids 2 to 9 years old. The cost per kid is $5 (parents are free) and they should bring an Easter basket or bag to collect candy-filled eggs. This is an all-outdoor event and in the event of rain it will be moved to April 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmwoodcemetery.org\/events-calendar\/event\/2353088\">Register<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 3rd annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftfoodandwinefest.com\/\">Craft Food &amp; Wine Festival<\/a> is set for Sunday, June 5 at The Columns at One Commerce Square, 40 S. Main (entrance is on Monroe). Sample a variety of artisan products made locally &#8211; including coffee, smoked tuna, dips, dips, meats, breads, beer, tequila, cookies, jams, granola, chocolates, hot sauce, tea, and lots more. Proceeds raised by the festival benefit Church Health Center.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Chess Club at B.B. King and Madison will host the Bluff City Open April 15 and 16. A total of $2520 in prize money will be awarded, and there will be &#8220;longer time controls,&#8221; whatever that means. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphischessclub.com\/tournaments\">Register online<\/a> before March 26 to get your early bird discount. Memphis Chess Club members, you&#8217;ll want to register in person to get your member discount.<\/p>\n<p>From Memphis magazine: Michael Donahue breakfasts at the Arcade for his latest <a href=\"https:\/\/memphismagazine.com\/food\/breakfast-at-the-arcade\/\">Classic Dining<\/a> column.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jill Biden, the FIrst Lady, <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/first-lady-jill-biden-to-visit-memphis\/\">will visit St. Jude<\/a> this week. Welcome to Memphis, Dr. Biden!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1094111267821721\/\">DJ SuperBrad<\/a> plays the Blind Bear Saturday 10 PM-2 AM.<\/p>\n<p>You and your dogs can enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1130567751040595\/\">Yappy Hour<\/a> in The Edge District today beginning at 5:30.<\/p>\n<p>Loflin Yard hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/343369197799467\/\">Marketplace in Motion<\/a> Saturday from 11 AM to 4 PM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2054998294677510\/\">Velvet Mood<\/a> plays a free live show at Loflin Yard Sunday noon to 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/992610501383990\/\">Grape.<\/a> plays the Ghost River taproom on Beale at 7:30 this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>By the Brewery will have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/945946756067200\/\">wine &amp; cheese tasting<\/a> Thursday 6-8 PM. There will be three types of\u00a0ros\u00e9 paired with three types of cheese from Grey&#8217;s Fine Cheese and Entertaining. Ross Larson, wine buyer at Joe&#8217;s WInes and Liquors, will lead the discussion of the wines.<\/p>\n<p>Today is going to be an interesting and fun day! Getting work done at home until 5 then over to the DNA event. After that I have a birthday party to attend. There will be blackjack &amp; craps tables (playing for prizes, not money, of course) so I may spend some time today studying strategy for those games.<\/p>\n<p>I will probably be out late tonight, so tomorrow&#8217;s post may go up a little later than usual.<\/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>Opportunity to get your business mentioned in this blog! 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Area businesses that are DNA members will exhibit and share information about what &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/22\/tuesday-update-214\/\" 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\/25664"}],"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=25664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25665,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25664\/revisions\/25665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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