{"id":28318,"date":"2025-01-12T09:51:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28318"},"modified":"2025-01-12T09:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:51:52","slug":"sunday-update-209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/12\/sunday-update-209\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lobbyist will celebrate its second anniversary on January 29 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/resy.com\/cities\/memphis-tn-ar\/venues\/the-lobbyist\/events\/grape-grain-dinner-series-sponsored-by-busters-2025-01-29?seats=2&amp;date=2025-01-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dinner<\/a> in partnership with Daou wines. Special menu by Chef James Gentry and a Daou rep to guide guests through each pour. $85 dinner + $45 for wine pairings.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Tell Comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1773120626835265?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returns<\/a> to The Underdog Room at Bardog this Saturday. 6 PM and 8 PM shows.<\/p>\n<p>The Crazy Coop at Main and Madison has pushed back its grand opening until January 24. Until then, they are open for to-go orders, the DM <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/article\/49048\/memphis-restaurants-food-the-crazy-coopy-cache-42-scooters-coffee?utm_source=site_search&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=site_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s Memphis Tigers improved to 13-3 yesterday with a 74-70 win over ECU.. Next up: at Temple Thursday at 6 PM. TV: ESPN2<\/p>\n<p>My new troll Pinky Tuscadero and I had chocolate meringue pie at Bardog yesterday:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28321\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bardog_choc_mer.jpg?w=1536 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Dessert specials typically last 4-5 days, so the pie will probably be back on the specials board again today.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for today. Back tomorrow if there&#8217;s any news to report.<\/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>The Lobbyist will celebrate its second anniversary on January 29 with a dinner in partnership with Daou wines. Special menu by Chef James Gentry and a Daou rep to guide guests through each pour. $85 dinner + $45 for wine pairings. Don&#8217;t Tell Comedy returns to The Underdog Room at Bardog this Saturday. 6 PM &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/12\/sunday-update-209\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday 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\/28318"}],"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=28318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28322,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28318\/revisions\/28322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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