{"id":26373,"date":"2023-01-21T09:44:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26373"},"modified":"2023-01-21T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T15:45:01","slug":"saturday-update-lots-of-blind-bear-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/21\/saturday-update-lots-of-blind-bear-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday update &#8211; lots of Blind Bear news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>But before we get to the Bear news, a DOWNTOWN PRO DRINKING TIP: I have it on good authority (from an ex-employee) that Michael and Yari will be filling in at the brunch shift at Bardog today. Two weekends ago Michael made me the most incredible spicy Bloody Mary I&#8217;ve ever had that I did not make myself. HE MUDDLED THE JALAPENOS. OMG so good. If you like spicy, get up there and ask him to make you a Bloody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guy has phenomenal taste in music too. I use my Shazam app a lot when he&#8217;s behind the bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latter half of this coming week is going to be a big one at Blind Bear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, from my hometown of Little Rock, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/855887295515291\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_calendar_create%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;notif_id=1674243015821453&amp;notif_t=event_calendar_create&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Barrett<\/a> comes to play live. Also it will be Myrical&#8217;s last night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1886690871664384\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_calendar_create%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;notif_id=1674244300369956&amp;notif_t=event_calendar_create&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\">FreeWorld<\/a> makes their return to the Bear!!! So excited to hear them in that venue&#8230; and a bit sad that Dr. Herman Green won&#8217;t be on stage with them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But, Paul,&#8221; you&#8217;re asking, &#8220;Friday is normally burlesque night. What about burlesque?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glad you asked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>On Saturday, January 28, there will be a special Saturday performance of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1232951677292516\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_calendar_create%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;notif_id=1674246496505971&amp;notif_t=event_calendar_create&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\">Velvetina&#8217;s Speakeasy Burlesque<\/a>. The show starts at 10 PM and James &amp; The Ultrasounds will be their backing band<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But, enough about next week. What about tonight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/brimstone-jones-unplugged\/687190903057666\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brimstone Jones Unplugged<\/a> play 10 PM-1 AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/01\/20\/mountain-dew-releases-limited-edition-baja-blast-hot-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mountain Dew Baja Blast hot sauce is a thing<\/a> and I want some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/79e050851300b78869db6d2792630e0b\/squirrel-appreciation-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Squirrel Appreciation Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies&#8217; win streak came to an end against the L.A. Lakers last night, 122-121. Up next: at Phoenix Sunday night at 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/arts-culturethe-sidebar\/article\/33594\/memphis-podcast-kevin-keough-beauty-shop-automatic-slims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Keough<\/a>, owner of Cafe Keough in my apartment building, appears on a DM podcast this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">80% chance of rain tonight.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WREG: Police catch a man <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/police-catch-man-casing-cars-in-harbor-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">casing cars<\/a> with burglary tools in Harbor Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Springhill Suites, a hotel on the Main Street Mall facing Court Square, seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/job\/GEmxsTrZVhO4HMAV5GyykJxWG-N3om3k23mvo8PI3dmpMH3Sm4Vj0w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bartender<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;ll do it. Headed to Bardog for brunch with Randy and Butt Slut #1. I want some more of those strawberry pancakes. Or maybe I&#8217;ll try the blueberry this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y&#8217;all. Butt Slut #1 is going out of town next weekend. I hate to admit it but I&#8217;m gonna miss her SO MUCH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, if there&#8217;s news to report, I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow. Otherwise, Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But before we get to the Bear news, a DOWNTOWN PRO DRINKING TIP: I have it on good authority (from an ex-employee) that Michael and Yari will be filling in at the brunch shift at Bardog today. Two weekends ago Michael made me the most incredible spicy Bloody Mary I&#8217;ve ever had that I did &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/21\/saturday-update-lots-of-blind-bear-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday update &#8211; lots of Blind Bear news&#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\/26373"}],"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=26373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26374,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26373\/revisions\/26374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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