It was a good night for me, though. I scored! No, not with a girl. I got to chatting with the couple next to me – who I’ve talked to several times before – and they had to leave in a hurry. “Michael, we’ll go ahead and pay for the steak we ordered,” they told the bartender, “but we have to leave. When it comes out, give it to Paul.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n YESSSSSSSSSS! An 8-ounce filet topped with blue cheese crumbles and mushrooms with a loaded baked potato! If y’all read my blog, THANK YOU for a mighty fine dinner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In other Bear news, it was SO good to have the #baldbeardedbartender back behind the bar for the first time in more than a year. #catchhimwhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n 50% off Valentine’s candy when Downtown Walgreens opens at 7!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today is going to be one of those “turn on your air conditioner in February” days… the MWN forecast<\/a> calls for a high of 75 and a low of 62, with showers and storms (severe possible) coming in the evening. 75 is a typical high in Memphis around April 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Grizzlies host the Utah Jazz tonight at 7. TV: Bally Sports South<\/p>\n\n\n\n STIX has a deal for you February 14-19, coinciding with the run of TINA the Musical down the street at the Orpheum. For $20 you get<\/p>\n\n\n\n Starting NEXT Thursday (2\/23, not tomorrow), Atomic Rose will be open 10 PM-3 AM for Industry Night. Industry workers and entertainers get<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Entertainers” get the discount? I entertain hundreds of people with this blog. Does that qualify me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Calvary Episcopal Church has announced its speaker lineup<\/a> for this year’s Lenten Preaching Series. For those who don’t know, this is a lunchtime preaching series that coincides with a church-run waffle shop<\/a>. The waffle shop serves yumminess like waffles (duh), spaghetti, corned beef & cabbage, fish pudding (it’s better than it sounds), and Tennessee bourbon pie. Worth a visit even if you aren’t into church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This Sunday will be Catherine & Mary’s first Sunday dinner service. They’ll now be open daily 4 to 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Point Grocery now has rotisserie chickens for $8.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barney the dinosaur is coming back.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wrestling promoter Jerry Jarrett has died at 80. <\/a>He co-owned and co-booked the Memphis pro wrestling territory for many years. He was the father of wrestler\/promoter “Double J” Jeff Jarrett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North Third between Jackson and Overton will be closed next week<\/a> for a St. Jude construction project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to one of my readers for sending this in: How the inventor of the troll doll missed out on a fortune<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ahhhhhh. The stupidest holiday of the year is behind us now. I got to Blind Bear a few minutes after its 3 PM opening time yesterday, and I have to admit I was a little surprised by what happy hour bartender Cinnamon told me. “We have 40 reservations,” she said, “beginning at 5.” She wasn’t … Continue reading “Wednesday update”<\/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\/26440"}],"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=26440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26443,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26440\/revisions\/26443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bear-filet.jpeg?resize=455%2C500\")
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