{"id":26417,"date":"2023-02-08T07:24:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26417"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:25:00","slug":"wednesday-update-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/08\/wednesday-update-227\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I asked Deni (co-owner) about the scheduling of Cocozza&#8217;s new Apertivo Hour that I mentioned in yesterday&#8217;s post. You can get really yummy Italian bar snacks Monday-Friday from 4 to 6 PM, but here&#8217;s the thing &#8211; you have to be sitting at the bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sad news to report this morning&#8230; Memphis legend Jerry &#8220;The King&#8221; Lawler has suffered an apparent stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/transcript-president-biden-s-2023-state-of-the-union-address\/6953032.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transcript<\/a> of President Biden&#8217;s 2023 State of the Union address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blind Bear has announced what it&#8217;s doing during the Super Bowl this Sunday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>$12.50 domestic beer buckets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$3 Fireball shots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$3 Miller Lite pints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Crazy&#8221; wing specials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, don&#8217;t forget that Blind Bear is having its annual St. Valentine&#8217;s Day Massacre speakeasy party Saturday night. Yesterday I got to try two of the specialty cocktails to be on the drink menu &#8211; the Burning Love and the Heartbreak Hotel. If you prefer fruity cocktails that are full of flavor, you&#8217;ll like these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies got back on track with a fine 104-89 win over Chicago last night. Next up: They host Minnesota on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out in L.A. last night, LeBron James passed Kareem as the NBA&#8217;s all-time scoring leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tigers play South Florida in Tampa tonight at 6. TV: ESPN+<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Memphis Showboats (USFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/article\/33997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 schedule<\/a> is out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember how I told you there&#8217;s an old man who runs up huge food &amp; drink tabs in restaurants and then can&#8217;t pay? He&#8217;s still around. He got kicked out of Blind Bear Monday night. Then yesterday I heard he consumed $500 worth of product at a fine-dining restaurant in Midtown. Let&#8217;s repeat that description:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>5&#8217;8&#8243;, 140 pounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black rimmed glasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Balding but gray hair where he has it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Always by himself but social\/will talk to other bar guests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Says he&#8217;s 58 but could pass for 68<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lower face is oddly shaped a bit, like he forgot to put his dentures in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If this guy comes into your restaurant, ask for a card and pre-auth him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memphis Animal Shelter needs newspapers for their kennels. You can drop them off any day between noon and 4. Outside those hours, you can leave them outside the front door. &#8216;Cause who&#8217;s gonna steal newspapers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silly Goose will hold a Valentine&#8217;s Masquerade Party on the 14th beginning at 9 PM. Drinking games, cocktail specials, live DJ. 2-tops available for reservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it, back tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I asked Deni (co-owner) about the scheduling of Cocozza&#8217;s new Apertivo Hour that I mentioned in yesterday&#8217;s post. You can get really yummy Italian bar snacks Monday-Friday from 4 to 6 PM, but here&#8217;s the thing &#8211; you have to be sitting at the bar. Sad news to report this morning&#8230; Memphis legend Jerry &#8220;The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/08\/wednesday-update-227\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/26417"}],"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=26417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26419,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26417\/revisions\/26419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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