{"id":27702,"date":"2024-03-22T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27702"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:39:46","slug":"friday-update-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/22\/friday-update-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>There&#8217;s a Dunkin&#8217; Donuts truck parked on Second next to Court Square. Looks like you play a pop-a-shot hoops game for the chance to win coffee or a donut.<\/p>\r\n<p>Penny\u2019s Nitty Gritty, we hardly knew ye. The restaurant in the Westin named for the U of M men\u2019s basketball coach has closed and is evolving into a new restaurant, Courtside Grill. Penny Hardaway will have no involvement with Courtside.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Starry Hoops Madness Memphis happens Saturday from noon to 4 pm. There will be basketball games and prizes, including a fan 3-point contest with former Grizzlies Mario Chalmers, Rudy Gay, and Tony Allen. Free lemon-lime beverage Starry. Grizz, the Grizz Girls, the Claw Crew, and Grizzline will be there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphisautoshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis International Auto Show <\/a>comes to Renasant Convention Center today through Sunday. Admission is free.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/one-hallelujah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Hallelujah <\/a>comes to the Orpheum Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Next door at the Halloran Centre, magician <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/kountry-wayne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Trace, The Artful Deceiver<\/a>, will perform Saturday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Standup comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/kountry-wayne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kountry Wayne<\/a> will be at the Orpheum Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Downtown Wines &amp; Spirits is expanding its hours to 10 AM-11 PM Thursday-Saturday. The liquor store is on Madison, next door to Winfield\u2019s Clothing at the intersection of Main.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/03\/22\/tennessee-bill-would-make-it-illegal-to-marry-a-cousin-what-to-know\/73043114007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It may soon be illegal to marry your first cousin in Tennessee.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Save the date: Memphis Farmers Market is having a <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/crawfish-boil\/938181294225067\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crawfish boil<\/a> Saturday, April 20.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/live-entertainment-dj-mark-anderson-at-beck-and-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ Mark Anderson plays Beck &amp; Call<\/a> in the Hyatt Centric tonight 6 to 9 PM.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/centralstationmemphis.com\/happenings\/alpha-whiskey-mar22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ Alpha Whiskey<\/a> plays Eight &amp; Sand Lounge in Central Station Hotel tonight.<\/p>\r\n<p>Saturday night <a href=\"https:\/\/centralstationmemphis.com\/happenings\/ill-syl-mar23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ill Syl<\/a> will be at Eight &amp; Sand spinning the &#8217;90s R&amp;B.<\/p>\r\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how life works sometimes. Just yesterday I posted <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@paulryburn\/9-kind-things-you-can-do-for-your-homeless-friend-fc94b43f0ee9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Medium article<\/a> saying how much I hate it when someone asks me &#8220;What&#8217;s your plan?&#8221; Less than 24 hours later, I&#8217;m proud to announce that I HAVE A PLAN. I&#8217;m not gonna go into great detail, but I see it as a 30-day plan with the option to extend it another 30 (or some other time frame as I see fit), and there&#8217;s a strong spiritual aspect.<\/p>\r\n<p>I mentally signed up for the plan at some point between 6:30 and 7:00 this morning as I sat in the Union Mission&#8217;s day room. At 9:12 this morning, as I was walking down Monroe Avenue, I received an indication that the plan is already bearing fruit.<\/p>\r\n<p>Not sure if I&#8217;ll post tomorrow or not&#8230; my priority is gonna be to get to Court Square as close to 9 AM as possible and see if the burrito ministry is there again. Back Sunday if not tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Readers\u2019 generosity helps keep this blog afloat. Donations:<\/strong><br \/>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a><br \/>Cash App: $Paulryburn1<br \/>Apple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a Dunkin&#8217; Donuts truck parked on Second next to Court Square. Looks like you play a pop-a-shot hoops game for the chance to win coffee or a donut. Penny\u2019s Nitty Gritty, we hardly knew ye. The restaurant in the Westin named for the U of M men\u2019s basketball coach has closed and is evolving &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/22\/friday-update-276\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday 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\/27702"}],"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=27702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27705,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27702\/revisions\/27705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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