{"id":26464,"date":"2023-02-23T07:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26464"},"modified":"2023-02-23T07:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:08:49","slug":"thursday-update-262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/23\/thursday-update-262\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thud Butt from Little Bettie’s Pizza Kitchen inside Wiseacre Downtown – mortadella, black pepper honey, pistachio stracciatella, homemade cheesy mayo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
If you have no idea what stracciatella is – as I did not – Wikipedia to the rescue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHAAAAATTTTT?????? The school lunchroom pizza at Max’s Sports Bar – the VERY same one you ate as a 7th-grader – didn’t make the list?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DJ Mylon will spin the tunes at Blind Bear this Saturday from 10 PM to 2 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5:39 AM: A train, probably Amtrak’s City of New Orleans, just rolled through my neighborhood. “i bet my friend Tawanda is saying, ‘there goes old toot toot right now,'” I thought. Down here, the train is our rooster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ready for some pre-season soccer action? Memphis 901 FC takes on the Memphis Tigers at 9:45 AM Saturday at the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shamrock Shake is back on McDonald’s menu.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson says the Grizzlies are the best trash talkers in the league<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NBA is back in full swing tonight, the All-Star break now over. The Memphis Grizzlies travel to Philadelphia to take on the 76ers. The game will be nationally televised on TNT at 6:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Penny’s Memphis Tigers hit the road tonight too. They tip off at Wichita State at 6:00, nationally televised on ESPN2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tigers are looking a little better in Joe Lunardi’s ESPN Bracketology<\/a>. Memphis has moved up to the first team listed in First Four Byes and is a projected 9 seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two Downtown book clubs have sprung up in one month. A few days ago I told you about the Boozy Bear Book Club<\/a> which will meet at Blind Bear for the first time tonight. But now, Soul & Spirits, the brewery on the far end of North Main, will do a book club the first Friday of every month – so, March 3 – in their Low Tones room from 5 to 7 PM. This club is a little different in that they don’t tell you what to read. They’ll merely provide a quiet space to read whatever book you’re working on, drink a great craft beer, and talk to other book lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Memphis Parks & Recreation is looking to fill hundreds of summer jobs<\/a> and is taking applications today. Kids ass young as 15 can apply and adults can too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today is National Chili Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dancing with the Stars<\/a> on tour is at the Orpheum tonight. Tickets are $49.50-$125.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sam Angel Original Arts on the ground floor of 10 S. Main will hold a visual abstraction art opening exhibit<\/a> Friday from 4 to 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Action News 5 looks at The African Place in Uptown in its latest 5 Star Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s a blizzard warning<\/a> for parts of Los Angeles County today. No I’m not kidding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grizzly Bear Blues: The vision with Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. is materializing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ivanka and her husband have been subpoenaed<\/a> in the investigation of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s possible I may not do a blog post tomorrow morning, because I’d like to stay out a bit late and catch Joey Barrett<\/a> at Blind Bear. If not tomorrow, I’ll be back Saturday with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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