{"id":27288,"date":"2023-11-27T09:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27288"},"modified":"2023-11-27T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:56:47","slug":"monday-update-225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/27\/monday-update-225\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Yesterday I asked my readers to email me at <a href=\"mailto:paul.ryburn@gmail.com\"><span class=\"s1\">paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/span><\/a> or hit me up on Facebook Messenger to let me know about<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Specials this week\/early opening times for the St. Jude Marathon this Saturday<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Anything else special Downtown bars\/restaurants are doing Saturday &#8211; which is also college football title game day and there are also other events going on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">I got a pretty immediate response &#8211; not on the computer but in person from Bardog, where I was hanging out downstairs last night:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bardog will open at 8 on Saturday, and it will be a real treat because we\u2019ll have people behind the bar you rarely see that day of the week anymore. Melissa (the new GM) will be back there, as will Allie Cat. Regular Saturday brunch bartenders Dani and Lana will start at 1 PM and the night shift will come on at its normal time of 8 PM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I\u2019ll publish a final list of Saturday\u2019s specials\/early openings Thursday or Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is CONFIRMED that Momma\u2019s, \u201cthe diner and dive off 55,\u201d now has a popcorn machine.<\/p>\n<p>Slow-roasted pot roast with baby red potatoes, carrots, onions, bell peppers, and celery is this week&#8217;s entree special at Blind Bear. It comes with a side of sauteed green beans and a dinner roll.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bear-pot-roast.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27289\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bear-pot-roast.jpeg?resize=479%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bear-pot-roast.jpeg?resize=479%2C500 479w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bear-pot-roast.jpeg?resize=288%2C300 288w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bear-pot-roast.jpeg?w=765 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 85vw, 479px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which <em>Full House<\/em> star is on the label of Cholula hot sauce? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jenniferabidor\/holy-shit-bob-saget-really-does-look-like-the-cholula-hot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Saget or John Stamos?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The DM has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/neighborhoodsdowntown\/article\/40047\/downtown-memphis-redbirds-deck-the-diamond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a look at the Diamond Holiday Spectacular<\/a> at AutoZone Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies lost again last night, 119-97, to Minnesota. Now 3-13, Memphis sits in 14th place in the West, a half-game out of last place. Is it too early to post a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankathon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tankathon<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">marcus smart just gave the grizzlies bench one of the most passionate speeches i\u2019ve ever seen a player give his team. said \u201cthis is f*cking embarrassing\u201d several times, talked about how fans are paying to come watch them and they\u2019re not even trying <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxv4pL3jis\">pic.twitter.com\/sxv4pL3jis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mollyhannahm\/status\/1728963779403391381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Daaaaamn.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/bf57a06e98b6d0c2d2941866097a2053\/pie-in-the-face-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pie in the Face Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bardog specials for Monday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shrimp tortellini with pesto Alfredo &#8211; 19<\/li>\n<li>Patty melt &#8211; bacon, cheddar, mushroom, onion, ketchup, mustard &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<li>Soup: Crawfish bisque<\/li>\n<li>Dog: 2 fried eggs, bacon, sauteed onion, spicy mayo<\/li>\n<li>Pecan pie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hall-oates-lawsuit-42fb0a9ec7252414d4d1b2a592b021d9?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hall is suing Oates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;ll do it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I asked my readers to email me at paul.ryburn@gmail.com or hit me up on Facebook Messenger to let me know about Specials this week\/early opening times for the St. Jude Marathon this Saturday Anything else special Downtown bars\/restaurants are doing Saturday &#8211; which is also college football title game day and there are also &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/27\/monday-update-225\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday 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\/27288"}],"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=27288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27290,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27288\/revisions\/27290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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