{"id":27059,"date":"2023-09-28T11:39:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27059"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:39:11","slug":"thursday-update-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/28\/thursday-update-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the Memphis Flyer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bom23.memphisflyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best of Memphis 2923<\/a> poll are out. I haven&#8217;t had time to look at the results yet, but I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be back with comments after I do.<\/p>\n<p>FedExForum is instituting a ckear bag policy, effective immediately. The policy eill limit the size and type of bags that can bd brought into the arena. <a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/arena-policy-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Insomnia Cookies on Beale has a deal for you this week. Purchae 12 Classic cookies and get 12 more Classics for $2.<\/p>\n<p>The South Main Association has announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/277696965090812\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_profile_plus_create%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;notif_id=1695834378754977&amp;notif_t=event_profile_plus_create&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October social<\/a>.\u00a0 It will be Tuesday, October 10 from 6 to 8 at Ibis in the upstairs space. It will be Halloween-themed with a costume contest and treats. Members get two complimentary drinks. The grand prize for the costume contest is a $100 gift card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/dining\/2023\/09\/27\/black-owned-restaurant-week-in-memphis-visit-these-participating-spots\/70961402007\/?fbclid=IwAR06Iv7Qh7e7ODcURQ1zdDJcFHmU8jZE_aP3E91SUhdvQbsJf0yY2u1u3L0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Restaurant Week returns<\/a> Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 8. Most participating restaurants will offer a special. Dpwntown restaurants participating include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Butterific Bakery &amp; Cafe<\/li>\n<li>Cupcake Cutie<\/li>\n<li>Curry N Jerk<\/li>\n<li>Energy Famous Pasta<\/li>\n<li>Feast &amp; Graze<\/li>\n<li>Tailors&#8217; Union<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may not have heard of Energy Famous Pasta&#8230; it&#8217;s a new restaurant on Court Square. Here&#8217;s a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/energyfamouspasta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sim-golf bar Birdie&#8217;s will open at 8 AM Friday for those who wish to &#8220;work remotely&#8221; and watch the Ryder Cup. Birdie&#8217;s will open at 8 Saturday and Sunday as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Orpheum has opened <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/arts-culture\/article\/38779\/memphis-balcony-project-revealed-by-orpheum-theatre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a &#8220;Balcony Project&#8221; exhibit<\/a>. The balcony is a leftover from the days when the theater had a &#8220;colored entrance&#8221; and segregated seating, The National Civil Rights Museum and a Rhodes College professor were consulted to make sure the exhibit is done tastefully.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s special at Local on Main is a hot honey chicken sandwich with house-made Tom Yum aioli.\u00a0 It comes with fries and you can get it grilled or fried. Other specials at Local today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$6 grape Kook-Aid shots<\/li>\n<li>$6 Moscow Mules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since the specials are time-sensitiva, I&#8217;m gonna ahead and hit Publish here. Back in a couple of hour with a Thursday update #2 post with more news and possibly my reactions to the Best of Memphis poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the Memphis Flyer&#8217;s Best of Memphis 2923 poll are out. I haven&#8217;t had time to look at the results yet, but I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be back with comments after I do. FedExForum is instituting a ckear bag policy, effective immediately. The policy eill limit the size and type of bags that can &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/28\/thursday-update-1-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday update #1&#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\/27059"}],"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=27059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27060,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27059\/revisions\/27060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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