{"id":28540,"date":"2025-04-08T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28540"},"modified":"2025-04-08T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:58:07","slug":"tuesday-update-320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/08\/tuesday-update-320\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project Green Fork hosts Love Food, Hate Waste<\/a> Friday evening from 6 to 8 at the Memphis Made taproom. It\u2019s an opportunity to learn how to reduce food waste at home and connect with other people interested in sustainability. The first 50 get a free beer or nonalcoholic beverage. There will be a culinary demo turning kitchen scraps into delicious treats. Project Green Fork will present food waste trivia with prizes. Free and family friendly.<\/p>\n

In other Memphis Made news, they have Opinionation, a survey-based game, every Wednesday at 7.<\/p>\n

One more piece of Memphis Made news – Walt Phelan Band<\/a> plays there Saturday at 9:30. It’s the unofficial Porchfest after-party.<\/p>\n

The Dance Into The Summer series happens 5 to 7 every Thursday in April in Handy Park. Live music by the Stax Academy, featuring a tribute to the blues. Free admission. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.<\/p>\n

Did you know the spiral boat dock at Beale Street Landing is a secret river gauge<\/a>?<\/p>\n

From Retrofit Magazine: Local ironworks is now Memphis fine-dining restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n

Old Dominick has produced a 7-year-old single barrel wheat whiskey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rendezvous is selling Easter hams<\/a>. 6-9 pounds. Every ham comes with a bottle of TigerTail Sweet Glazed Mustard.<\/p>\n

The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,000 years ago, is back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Okay. Those of you who are only here for the news are dismissed;
\nthose who take an interest in me, read on.<\/p>\n

I went to Memphis Chess Club Saturday and Sunday morning. It\u2019s a great place to use the Wi-Fi to write my blog.<\/p>\n

A Coke at the Chess Club costs $2.14 including tax. I had $4.35 left on my Venmo debit card. So I had enough to \u201cpay rent\u201d for the table space I was taking up and the Wi-Fi both days.<\/p>\n

But I didn\u2019t have enough to tip.<\/p>\n

I had a little cash in my wallet, I needed some of it to pay to get in the Union Mission both nights. I needed the rest of it to pay rent on a barstool at Bardog later in the day so I could see my friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI – I – I\u2019m SO very sorry I hit the No Tip button,\u201d I told the cashier\/barista at Chess Club. \u201cI\u2019m just terribly short on money right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

She smiled and said it was no big deal. She\u2019s sweet.<\/p>\n

I still felt like a dirtbag though.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got to get somewhere better in life. I\u2019m grateful beyond words to the Union Mission for a place to lay my head for the past year. But it\u2019s time to move on. I\u2019ve just got to figure out how.<\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019ll continue this train of thought tomorrow. Back with more news.<\/p>\n

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