{"id":28266,"date":"2024-12-11T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28266"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:51:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:51:31","slug":"wed-dec-11-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/11\/wed-dec-11-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed Dec 11 update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve eaten lunch at Kooky Canuck a couple of times recently and they&#8217;ve had an awesome &#8217;80s mix going &#8211; Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Morrissey, to name a few. Check Kooky out if that&#8217;s your jam. Jessica (who you may know from Local on Main or Silly Goose in the past) bartends lunch there Tuesdays-Fridays.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I lamented a lack of Wi-Fi in Court Square. BankTennessee has come to the rescue. Look for their network in the list of available ones. There&#8217;s no password. And you&#8217;re not mooching; they want you to use it, so says a sign on the door. The signal is strongest near the intersection of Second and Court.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/293a8deb114a12cc4b1f92c4616e4741\/national-stretching-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Stretching Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/events\/jhene-aiko-the-magic-hour-tour-241214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jhene Aiko<\/a> comes to FedExForum Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ballet Memphis brings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/the-nutcracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nutcracker<\/a> to the Orpheum this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Delta Joe Sanders, Lindsey Hinkle, and Kim Garmon Hummel play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1085503479902291\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songwriter Night<\/a> at South Main Sounds this Friday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis&#8217; annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/543286948459681\/?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\">Christmas parade<\/a> is Saturday at 2 on Beale Street.<\/p>\n<p>Get your photo taken with Godzilla at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/932232998838427\/?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. Schwab&#8217;s holiday party<\/a> Sunday from 1 to 4. There will be a screening of one of the monster lizard&#8217;s films.<\/p>\n<p>Loflin Yard will hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2366276843709320\/?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\">gingerbread house building bash<\/a> Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Wiseacre Downtown will have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1244825846773048\/?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\">free Pilates<\/a> Saturday at 11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/520976887599628\/520976897599627\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s salsa by the fire<\/a> at Firepit Friday this Friday at Tom Lee Park 4:30-6:30 PM. Rumba Room will provide a lesson at 5:30 and there will be photos with Santa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1542756243046127\/?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\">Flying Saucer is holding an ugly sweater party for its Beerknurds<\/a> Sunday 3-7 PM. Bring an ornament for the Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p>Stock&amp;Belle will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1099463138036474\/?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\">Cocoa &amp; Carols<\/a> this Thursday 5-8 PM.\u00a0It&#8217;s a holiday sip &amp; shop with hot cocoa by Dr. Bean&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Farmers Market has its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2941893245963684\/?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\">Christmas market<\/a> Saturday from 9 AM to 1 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Probably back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nVenmo:\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>I&#8217;ve eaten lunch at Kooky Canuck a couple of times recently and they&#8217;ve had an awesome &#8217;80s mix going &#8211; Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Morrissey, to name a few. Check Kooky out if that&#8217;s your jam. Jessica (who you may know from Local on Main or Silly Goose in the past) bartends lunch there &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/11\/wed-dec-11-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wed Dec 11 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\/28266"}],"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=28266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28267,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28266\/revisions\/28267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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