{"id":28170,"date":"2024-09-16T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28170"},"modified":"2024-09-16T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:22:45","slug":"monday-update-2-one-day-we-will-all-ride-in-a-hearse-but-on-this-day-some-of-us-will-choose-to-ride-in-a-hearse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/16\/monday-update-2-one-day-we-will-all-ride-in-a-hearse-but-on-this-day-some-of-us-will-choose-to-ride-in-a-hearse\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update 2: One day we will all ride in a hearse. But on this day some of us will choose to ride in a hearse."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, not THIS day, as in today.<\/p>\n<p>November 1, rather.<\/p>\n<p>You see, the drawing for a real funeral hearse is returning to Bardog Tavern at approximately 11:59:59 PM on Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>This was a tradition for the bar&#8217;s first 11 years. A stretch Cadillac DeVille or Fleetwood would be parked outside the &#8216;Dog for the month of October. As the month ended, someone would win it in a raffle.<\/p>\n<p>Then COVID ruined everything.<\/p>\n<p>More details to come.<\/p>\n<p>A month after New Wing Order shut down its food truck, its wings have made their return. The Ghost River taproom at Main and Crump now has nWo specialty wings on its updated menu.<\/p>\n<p>Ghost River, by the way, is having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/422316224180420\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_local_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book fair<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Oktoberfest glasses have not yet arrived at the Flying Saucer, but a little birdie told me this year&#8217;s glass will be &#8220;a silly glass&#8221; &#8211; a rubber stein.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/8207307976016528\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_local_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">halfway to St. Patrick&#8217;s Day party<\/a> this Friday at Silky&#8217;s. Wear your Irish gear to get in free.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Made Brewing Co. in The Edge will have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1169899420965007\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_local_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a vegan comfort food\/BBQ pop-up<\/a> this Sunday. From the Facebook post:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Menu highlights include Fried Chickun, Smoked Meats, Mac N Cheeze, Beer-Cheeze Battered Beyond Burgers, Jambalaya, Po Boyz, Cajun Corn, Totchos, and more!<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Our menu is Nut-Free with several Gluten-Free options.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Also in The Edge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1416152315725874\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_local_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Jack Oblivian Band<\/a> will be at High Cotton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Edible Memphis reported today that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kinfolkmemphis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinfolk<\/a> on Harbor Town Square is back open.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m back on Facebook! I sorted out that 2-factor authentication mess today. Add Facebook Messenger back to the ways you can contact me.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now. Back soon!<\/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>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)<br \/>\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, not THIS day, as in today. November 1, rather. You see, the drawing for a real funeral hearse is returning to Bardog Tavern at approximately 11:59:59 PM on Halloween. This was a tradition for the bar&#8217;s first 11 years. A stretch Cadillac DeVille or Fleetwood would be parked outside the &#8216;Dog for the month &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/16\/monday-update-2-one-day-we-will-all-ride-in-a-hearse-but-on-this-day-some-of-us-will-choose-to-ride-in-a-hearse\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday update 2: One day we will all ride in a hearse. But on this day some of us will choose to ride in a hearse.&#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\/28170"}],"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=28170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28171,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28170\/revisions\/28171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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