{"id":27971,"date":"2024-06-10T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27971"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:39:55","slug":"monday-update-243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/10\/monday-update-243\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got some good news for you early birds: <strong>Bardog is now open at 7:30 AM Monday-Friday.<\/strong> Health care workers, factory third-shifters, cops, whoever else\u2026 come get your breakfast super early. Most days you\u2019ll find your favorite blogger sitting at the bar, composing the day\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p>I love how Bardog started a trend of bars opening before 11 AM in Downtown Memphis. Birdie\u2019s, Silly Goose, and Momma\u2019s open early as well. There are also breakfast restaurants like Sunrise Memphis, Sugar Grits, and Arcade that have full bars.<\/p>\n<p>Dinstuhl\u2019s at Main and Peabody Place now has chocolate-covered strawberries and raspberries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Memphis 901 FC drew Colorado Springs Saturday night 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Yuck! The forecasts have Memphis hitting the mid 90s Friday-Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Animal Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/life\/animals\/memphis-animal-services-urgent-need-dog-fosters-adopters\/522-dabaaf69-05cd-42be-9f4a-44184078bc66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has put out an SOS<\/a>. They\u2019re desperately in need of adopters and fosters right now. Otherwise they\u2019ll have to start euthanizing dogs due to lack of space.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Posters like this one are popping up around Downtown Memphis:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27972\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/webraw-scaled.jpeg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don\u2019t know who this is: He lived a great story and made Downtown a more interesting place.<\/p>\n<p>The DM has a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/foodfood-news\/article\/44326\/project-green-fork-loving-local-downtown-memphis-eco-friendly-eating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Green Fork\u2019s Loving Local<\/a> festival, held yesterday at PGF-certified Grind City Brewing Co.<\/p>\n<p>What used to be the Mud Island Mississippi River Museum will become an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/arts-culturevisual-arts\/article\/44374\/chris-reyes-baron-von-opperbean-mud-island-memphis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cimmersive, interactive entertainment experience\u201d<\/a> designed by local artist Chris Reyes. This sounds SUPER COOL and I can\u2019t wait to be in the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/d6ad01c41f3a5e3eb6517fbf1b131318\/national-egg-roll-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Egg Roll Day<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/ae7e3034f30d14776847e850e71e40bb\/national-iced-tea-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Iced Tea Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/10k-reward-offered-in-shooting-death-of-woman-in-downtown-memphis-last-year\/article_49caf12c-2724-11ef-9ac0-ab61a18f510a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$10,000 reward<\/a> for info about the shooting death of a woman in Downtown Memphis last August 27. The car she got into about 3 AM near South Main and Pontotoc got shot up and several others were hit.<\/p>\n<p>The Saucer has jalapeno cheddar corn dogs on special today. Chicken franks.<\/p>\n<p>ABC 24 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=ybNfFSt4_bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a look back<\/a> at this past weekend\u2019s Anime Blues Con.<\/p>\n<p>Backbeat Tours has added a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backbeattours.com\/tours\/memphis-street-art-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis Street Art Tour<\/a> that includes a tour &amp; tasting at Old Dominick Distillery. The tour departs daily from Alfred\u2019s patio at Beale and B.B. King at 1:00 PM. I recommend getting there around 12:40 to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of street art, here\u2019s a piece I photographed Saturday as I walked back Downtown from Momma\u2019s. It\u2019s in the Florida Street underpass just north of Crump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27973\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/piggly-scaled.jpeg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/memphis-made-brewing-closing-in-midtown-moving-to-edge-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis Made is closing its Cooper-Young brewery<\/a> as its owners plan the move to The Edge.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a beautiful day and I have several things to get done, so most likely I\u2019m going to stay out tonight. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but 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>Got some good news for you early birds: Bardog is now open at 7:30 AM Monday-Friday. Health care workers, factory third-shifters, cops, whoever else\u2026 come get your breakfast super early. Most days you\u2019ll find your favorite blogger sitting at the bar, composing the day\u2019s post. I love how Bardog started a trend of bars opening &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/10\/monday-update-243\/\" 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\/27971"}],"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=27971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27974,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27971\/revisions\/27974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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