{"id":25992,"date":"2022-08-15T08:58:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25992"},"modified":"2022-08-15T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:58:52","slug":"monday-update-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/15\/monday-update-191\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Appeal&#8217;s Jennifer Chandler published a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/2022\/08\/15\/six-our-favorite-boozy-frozen-drinks-memphis\/10293772002\/\">six boozy frozen cocktails you have to try in Memphis<\/a>. Two of the six are available Downtown: The sake slushie from STIX (available in original, watermelon, peach, and green apple flavors) and the Jameson Slushie from Slider Inn.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe two summer classics, the Call-a-Cab from Wet Willie&#8217;s and the Purple Drank from Max&#8217;s Sports Bar, didn&#8217;t make the list. I love the way Purple Drank lives up to its name: It&#8217;s purple and it&#8217;s a liquid beverage you can consume and you (probably) won&#8217;t die.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day is 3 weeks from today. <em>Men&#8217;s Journal<\/em> has a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/travel\/best-last-minute-trips-to-book-for-labor-day-mens-journal\/https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/travel\/best-last-minute-trips-to-book-for-labor-day-mens-journal\/\">last-minute Labor Day trips you can book<\/a>, and the Hyatt Centric on Beale Street made the list.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 candlelight vigil in memory of Elvis is tonight at Graceland. <a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/elvispresleygraceland\/events\/10533551\">Watch live<\/a> starting at 8:20.<\/p>\n<p>Still nothing official from the NBA, but we have this from a noted authority on the league:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2022 NBA Christmas Day schedule, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShamsCharania<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bucks vs. Celtics<br \/>\n&#8211; Sixers vs. Knicks<br \/>\n&#8211; Suns vs. Nuggets<br \/>\n&#8211; Lakers vs. Mavs<br \/>\n&#8211; Grizzlies vs. Warriors<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t wait &#x1f37f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZS33Y4RBVV\">pic.twitter.com\/ZS33Y4RBVV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1558961301518372865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sounds like the Grizzlies will play Golden State in the late game, probably in San Francisco, probably a 9 PM Central tip time. What day of the week is Christmas this year? &#8230; Sunday. You better go ahead and put in for vacation for Monday the 26th if it&#8217;s not an official office holiday where you work.<\/p>\n<p>Will Zalatoris is no longer the most successful golfer never to win a PGA Tour event. He won the FedEx-St. Jude Invitational in Memphis yesterday. He&#8217;ll move on to the next leg of the playoffs, the BMW Championship in Wilmington, Delaware, this coming weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25662\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25662\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_2897.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perjorie T. Roll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perjorie T. Roll found a good sports-related Facebook page this weekend that she wanted me to pass along to my readers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSportsTrolls\/\">The Sports Troll<\/a>, providing snarky sports-related memes and commentary and breaking news. It looks like the page&#8217;s owner is all fired up for the beginning of NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will still be seasonal early this week, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\">MemphisWeather.net has some great news<\/a>: Winds becoming north at 10 MPH today. Nature&#8217;s air conditioning should feel great! Get ready for Wednesday, though: Heavy rain and storms are possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/7445417285533711\">Jeeps on Beale<\/a> returns to Beale Street tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>The Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/to-kill-a-mockingbird\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a> comes to the Orpheum tomorrow through Sunday. Tickets are $29-$125.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNfVy9Ga72M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for today&#8217;s news. Back tomorrow with more.<\/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>The Commercial Appeal&#8217;s Jennifer Chandler published a list of six boozy frozen cocktails you have to try in Memphis. Two of the six are available Downtown: The sake slushie from STIX (available in original, watermelon, peach, and green apple flavors) and the Jameson Slushie from Slider Inn. I can&#8217;t believe two summer classics, the Call-a-Cab &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/15\/monday-update-191\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday 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\/25992"}],"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=25992"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25996,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25992\/revisions\/25996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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