{"id":27796,"date":"2024-04-04T11:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27796"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:40:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:40:38","slug":"thursday-update-303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/04\/thursday-update-303\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blast it all, the Cossitt Library is closed AGAIN today. All branches are closed for the anniversary of Dr. King\u2019s death. Wouldn\u2019t it be more appropriate for all the branches to be open, so we could read what he had to say?<\/p>\n<p>So once again I\u2019m Wi-Fiing at the Saucer. A generous soul handed me a full lunch punch card &#8211; eat lunch 7 times, get the 8th free &#8211; so I\u2019m cashing it in on a burger and fries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> I\u2019m getting one of the specials, the Grateful Shroom, with truffle aioli, mushrooms, caramelized onions, and Swiss. It comes with arugula too but I had them leave it off &#8211; makes everything else on the burger slide around too much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27797\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom.jpeg?resize=500%2C461\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?resize=500%2C461 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C277 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1417 1536w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1889 2048w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1107 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/saucer-shroom-scaled.jpeg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eye to Eye Band plays The Brass Door this Friday 6-9 PM. Dance hits, rock, country. No cover. Drink specials.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The DM reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-grizzlies\/article\/42952\/ja-morant-memphis-grizzlies-splits-agent-jim-tanner-april-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ja Morant has split from his agent<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jaren (who my phone autocorrects to Karen) dropped 35 on Milwaukee last night as the Grizzlies won 111-101.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former Grizzlies player Vince Carter and executive Jerry West <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-grizzlies\/article\/42944\/jerry-west-vince-carter-elected-into-naismith-hall-of-fame-memphis-grizzlies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are going into the NBA\u2019s Naismith Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2024\/04\/04\/martin-luther-king-lll-speak-during-event-national-civil-rights-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Luther King III will speak about his father<\/a> at the National Civil Rights Museum today at 1.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/ee6ecb895703fe25cc3933b943857ea1\/national-burrito-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Burrito Day<\/a>. Maciel\u2019s would be my recommendation to celebrate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/9dd245559f5c6b989882d14629b03ff3\/ramen-noodle-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Ramen Day<\/a>. I bet Good Fortune Co. on South Main willl be packed tonight.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/803010d5a434212c86f0b47f00765e34\/world-rat-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Rat Day<\/a>. Celebrate after dark on the Main Street Mall. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hard Times Deli is coming to The Edge. The restaurant\u2019s operators previously ran Secret Smash Society, a burger pop-up. The new deli will be at 655 Marshall.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Downtown Huey\u2019s will close for about 10 days for renovations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not Downtown news but significant: Bounty on Broad has announced its closure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From MR Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/mr-mag.com\/lanskys-still-rock-rollin-in-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lansky\u2019s still rock &amp; rollin\u2019 in Memphis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Food Truck Thursdays return to Court Square next Thursday, April 11.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it for now. Back tomorrow I hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a><br \/>\nCash App: $Paulryburn1<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blast it all, the Cossitt Library is closed AGAIN today. All branches are closed for the anniversary of Dr. King\u2019s death. Wouldn\u2019t it be more appropriate for all the branches to be open, so we could read what he had to say? So once again I\u2019m Wi-Fiing at the Saucer. A generous soul handed me &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/04\/thursday-update-303\/\" 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\/27796"}],"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=27796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27798,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27796\/revisions\/27798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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