{"id":27683,"date":"2024-03-14T09:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27683"},"modified":"2024-03-14T09:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:13:54","slug":"thursday-update-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/14\/thursday-update-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made a discovery yesterday as I was freaking out about my phone, which I thought had stopped charging. Ben-Yay&#8217;s has $2 cans of PBR during happy hour.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Mark for cleaning the Lightning port on my phone. I&#8217;m connected again. And now I know where there&#8217;s cheap PBR. Hard to find these days.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis magazine has a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/memphismagazine.com\/features\/the-urban-pioneers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urban pioneers<\/a> Terry and Phil Woordard, who made major investments in the South Main district 30 years ago. At the time, the area was mostly abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/f79f602ca5214a1a1a80611aed164b12\/national-reuben-sandwich-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Reuben Sandwich Day<\/a>. Huey&#8217;s would be my suggestion to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/03eb52f375b64c08e95fe1e5209a4023\/popcorn-lovers-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popcorn Lovers Day<\/a>. Celebrate at Momma&#8217;s, which has a popcorn machine.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Flyer&#8217;s Michael Donahue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/sweet-cravings-at-crave-cheesecakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visited Crave Cheesecakes<\/a>, the new shop on South Main, recently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphislibrary.evanced.info\/signup\/EventDetails?EventId=71952&amp;df=calendar&amp;backTo=Calendar&amp;startDate=2024\/03\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn how to develop a target audience for your podcast<\/a> with presenter Ena Esco today at the Cossitt Library at 5 PM.<\/p>\n<p>A subscribers-only article in the DM reveals that I-55 river bridge construction could last through 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s Memphis Tigers face Wichita State in the second round of the AAC tournament today at 1:30. Memphis had a bye in the first round; the Shockers defeated Rice. TV will be ESPNU.<\/p>\n<p>The Metal Museum seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/metal-museum-memphis-tn-80-museum-store-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">museum store manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hampton Inn &amp; Suites &#8211; Beale Street seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/viewjob?jk=8392b232801ce951&amp;tk=1hosgbe5slnhc800&amp;from=jaf&amp;alid=647a23a13cd25d21cb940017&amp;xpse=SoBt67I3DdMg52zarh0LbzkdCdPP&amp;utm_campaign=job_alerts&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=jobseeker_emails&amp;rgtk=1hosgbe5slnhc800&amp;xkcb=SoDD67M3DcqeJwfZNh0LbzkdCdPP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">front desk agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>100 N. Main developers have received <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/businessreal-estate\/article\/42454\/100-n-main-secures-marriott-hotel-brand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approval<\/a> to attempt to partner with Marriott to put an Autograph Collection hotel in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Birkedahl plays the Ghost River taproom on Beale Friday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>MPD wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/parking-problems-on-the-rise-at-tom-lee-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">62 parking tickets<\/a> on Riverside Drive in one evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/man-dead-in-crash-at-hickory-hill-shelby-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A pedestrian was struck by a car yesterday<\/a> at Union and Danny Thomas. He later died.<\/p>\n<p>Strong storms will bring high winds and heavy rain overnight tonight. Post-storms, the wind will whip around to the north and it will turn cooler.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/tiktok-ban-bill-house-vote-03-13-24\/index.html?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok could be banned soon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;ll wrap it up. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers\u2019 generosity helps keep this blog afloat. Donations:<\/strong><br \/>\nVenmo: @Paul-Ryburn<br \/>\nCash App: $Paulryburn1<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a discovery yesterday as I was freaking out about my phone, which I thought had stopped charging. Ben-Yay&#8217;s has $2 cans of PBR during happy hour. Thanks to Mark for cleaning the Lightning port on my phone. I&#8217;m connected again. And now I know where there&#8217;s cheap PBR. Hard to find these days. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/14\/thursday-update-300\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/27683"}],"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=27683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27686,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27683\/revisions\/27686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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