{"id":29007,"date":"2025-08-26T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29007"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:08:05","slug":"tuesday-update-339","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26\/tuesday-update-339\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got some chilly weather (for August) coming at us. The low tonight in Memphis is predicted to be 57, which would beat today&#8217;s previous record low of 58.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to clouds and rain, the high Thursday is expected to top out at only 72. That would be 18 degrees below normal and a record cool high for that date.<\/p>\n<p>The Downtown Blue Monkey is hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/viewjob?jk=384dab1789347026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prep cook\/line cook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingfacts.com\/difference-between-gasoline-types\/?lctg=b19833b7-f539-4d9e-9b2e-7fe25dce90cf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will your car perform better if you put premium gas in it?<\/a> (SPOILER ALERT: For the vast majority of vehicles, the answer is a big fat NO. All it does is waste money.)<\/p>\n<p>Melvin Bledsoe, founder of Blues City Tours, <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/melvin-bledsoe-memphis-first-black-owned-tour-business-founder-dies-at-70\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has died at 70<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/wonkytreats.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wonky&#8217;s<\/a>, the candy store next to Alcenia&#8217;s on N. Main, on its recent <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/restaurant-report-card\/restaurant-inspection-scores-august-19-august-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100<\/a> on its health inspection.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizz will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/grizzlies\/news\/memphis-grizzlies-announce-events-for-grizz-around-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Around Town<\/a> during the month of September, including<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9\/1: 901 Day on Beale Street, 11 AM-7 PM<\/li>\n<li>9\/14: B.B. King&#8217;s 100th birthday on Beale Street, 2-6 PM<\/li>\n<li>9\/20: Grizzlies Day with the Redbirds, AutoZone Park, 1:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>9\/26: South Main Trolley Night, 6-8 PM<\/li>\n<li>10\/4: Open practice at FedExForum<\/li>\n<li>10\/6: Taste of the District at Health Sciences Park, 4-6 PM<\/li>\n<li>10\/18: Boo at the Ballpark, AutoZone Park, noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hilton Garden Inn across from the ballpark is hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/viewjob?jk=d1774a69030816ad&amp;from=mobRdr&amp;utm_source=%2Fm%2F&amp;utm_medium=redir&amp;utm_campaign=dt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food &amp; beverage manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The I Love Memphis Blog is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/i-love-happy-hour-at-the-brass\/752326737681904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happy hour<\/a> at The Brass Door Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30. They&#8217;ll give away 4 tickets to any remaining Redbirds game. They will also have a &#8220;Split the G&#8221; Guinness contest with prizes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/08\/25\/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-2025-fall-menu-release?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The pumpkin spice latte is back at Starbucks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A women&#8217;s pro baseball league is <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/womens-professional-baseball-league-launching-2026-offers-new-124923551?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=A%20sunken%20city%20resurfaces%20-%2018752078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the cold, I&#8217;m staying out tonight. It&#8217;s Memphis trivia night at the Saucer and I think my chances of winning a gift certificate are pretty good.<\/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>We&#8217;ve got some chilly weather (for August) coming at us. The low tonight in Memphis is predicted to be 57, which would beat today&#8217;s previous record low of 58. Thanks to clouds and rain, the high Thursday is expected to top out at only 72. That would be 18 degrees below normal and a record &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26\/tuesday-update-339\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tuesday 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\/29007"}],"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=29007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29010,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29007\/revisions\/29010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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