{"id":29074,"date":"2025-09-17T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29074"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:56:23","slug":"wednesday-update-308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/17\/wednesday-update-308\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bardog Tavern will be opening early for its 17th anniversary alley party<\/a> this Sunday. They’ll bust open the doors – well, actually there’s just one door, but you know what I\u00a0 mean – at NINE A.M. with Emily and Hannah behind the bar. Come hang out in the air conditioning for a couple of hours before you head outside to the alley.<\/p>\n

The forecast for Sunday has been revised upward by a few degrees. We’ll start off the day with a low of 72, climbing to a high of 91 under mostly cloudy skies. 20% chance of rain.<\/p>\n

A couple of things you’ll want to bring to the alley party<\/p>\n

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  1. Your ID. Bardog usually has third-party security handling access to the alley, so it won’t be a situation where the person at the entrance recognizes you and waves you in, even if you’re a regular. Plus you’ll want to get a wristband if you plan to purchase drinks at the outdoor bars.<\/li>\n
  2. A credit or debit card. At alley parties, Bardog requires one from everyone who wants to run a tab. Remember, it must be a swipable card – they don’t take tap-to-pay or Apple Pay. Yes, even OG regulars like me have to present a card.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It’s a small world… you know the saxophone player who plays on Downtown streets? He’s a former student of mine – computer literacy class at the U of M, 1996. Real nice guy. He calls me “Teach” and checks to make sure I’m OK whenever he sees me.<\/p>\n

    Don’t forget that Alley Dayz<\/a> happens today 5:30-7:30 in Stereo Alley. DJ, Opera Memphis performance, vendors. I’ll be out tonight and I plan to stop by.<\/p>\n

    A crab legs festival planned for Downtown last weekend didn’t happen. A BBQ vendor who planned to sell at the event says he was not notified of the cancellation<\/a> and is out more than $1000 as a result.<\/p>\n

    The Trumpster said yesterday that the National Guard deployment to Memphis will happen in about 4 or 5 weeks<\/a>, maybe sooner. I bet National Guard will be a popular choice for Halloween costumes in this city this year.<\/p>\n

    School of Rock is hiring instructors<\/a> to teach keyboards, drums, bass, guitar, and vocals.<\/p>\n

    Songwriter Night returns<\/a> to South Main Sounds this Friday with performances by Mary Hatley and Davis Coen. 7-9 PM.<\/p>\n

    ESPN FPI has the Memphis Tigers as a 40-60 underdog against Arkansas at the Liberty Bowl Saturday.<\/p>\n

    Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n

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    Bardog Tavern will be opening early for its 17th anniversary alley party this Sunday. They’ll bust open the doors – well, actually there’s just one door, but you know what I\u00a0 mean – at NINE A.M. with Emily and Hannah behind the bar. Come hang out in the air conditioning for a couple of hours … Continue reading “Wednesday update”<\/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\/29074"}],"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=29074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29076,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29074\/revisions\/29076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}