{"id":28957,"date":"2025-08-07T11:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28957"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:19:29","slug":"thursday-update-353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/07\/thursday-update-353\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got 10.5 hours quality sleep last night at the Union Mission, my first real sleep since Saturday morning. Again, thank you to those who donated so I could pay the now-mandatory $6 Mission fee.<\/p>\n<p>A few of my readers donated a little extra and told me to use it to get something good to eat. So I returned to Little Petals, which is quickly becoming my favorite restaurant. I wanted to\u00a0 try their bento boxes, which I&#8217;d read were a great value on Google Reviews.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0069.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28959\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0069.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0069.jpeg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0069.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0069.jpeg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday I started with a base of fried rice and chose an entree of spicy cumin beef. I decided to &#8220;Peony up&#8221; an extra $2.50 for an egg roll and orange Fanta. Oh boy that was a good lunch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0070.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28960\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0070.jpeg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0070.jpeg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0070.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0070.jpeg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday I took a Google reviewer&#8217;s suggestion, ordering General Peony&#8217;s chicken on a lo mein noodle base. Very good!<\/p>\n<p>Hal and Julie Lansky will have a <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/hal-and-julie-lansky-book-signings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint book signing<\/a> in their Peabody lobby clothing shop Friday and Saturday from 10 to 3. Each has a book out about what Elvis means to them personally.<\/p>\n<p>Action News 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2025\/08\/06\/we-people-memphis-woman-delivers-hot-fresh-meals-homeless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profiles<\/a> a woman who has dedicated her life to providing hot, fresh meals for those who are hungry.<\/p>\n<p>The Metal Museum seeks an <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/metal-museum-memphis-tn-80-education-and-outreach-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education and outreach manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/8f23ce9837e3a14c84e40c06b8e54b80\/national-ipa-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National IPA Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The city <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/city-hopes-to-close-on-hotel-purchase-soon-as-convention-center-loses-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hopes<\/a> to be the new owner of Downtown&#8217;s main convention hotel the Sheraton soon. There have been a lot of complaints from convention-goers about the upkeep of the hotel under current ownership, costing Memphis future convention business.<\/p>\n<p>Cherisse Scott headlines <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/soulin-on-the-river-ft-cherisse-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soulin on the River<\/a> Friday night at Fourth Bluff. All ages. Food trucks and vendors will be on site.<\/p>\n<p>Marsha, Marsha, Marsha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/tn-senior-senator-marsha-blackburn-running-for-governor\/522-465b9305-db56-4960-a534-06e6fa37f153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wants to be<\/a> Tennessee&#8217;s next governor. At least it would get her out of that Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>I voted for #VoteForAllison for Best Server this morning. You have less than a week left to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>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>I got 10.5 hours quality sleep last night at the Union Mission, my first real sleep since Saturday morning. Again, thank you to those who donated so I could pay the now-mandatory $6 Mission fee. A few of my readers donated a little extra and told me to use it to get something good to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/07\/thursday-update-353\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/28957"}],"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=28957"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28964,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28957\/revisions\/28964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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