{"id":29270,"date":"2025-11-10T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29270"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:20:02","slug":"monday-update-285","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/10\/monday-update-285\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had another wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/ritimemphis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Room in the Inn<\/a> experience last night. Thanks to West Union Cumberland Presbyterian of Millington for dinner, a warm place to lay my head, and breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know Memphis has a chicken &amp; waffles food truck?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29272\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?resize=486%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?resize=486%2C500 486w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?resize=292%2C300 292w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?resize=1493%2C1536 1493w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?resize=1990%2C2048 1990w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1235 1200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0125.jpeg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 85vw, 486px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s parked on Exchange for the COGIC convocation. Reminder: You do not have to be a COGIC member to buy from the food trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Couple more shot specials at Bardog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0126.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29273\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0126.jpeg?resize=500%2C363\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0126.jpeg?resize=500%2C363 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0126.jpeg?resize=300%2C218 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0126.jpeg?w=747 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0127.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29274\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0127.jpeg?resize=500%2C353\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0127.jpeg?resize=500%2C353 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0127.jpeg?resize=300%2C212 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0127.jpeg?w=712 712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wild Turkey 101 and Fireball? That has &#8220;terrible decision&#8221; written all over it.<\/p>\n<p>Sam&#8217;s Town Casino in Tunica <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2025\/11\/10\/sams-town-hotel-casino-closes-its-doors-tunica-after-31-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has closed permanently<\/a> after 31 years.<\/p>\n<p>Sing to dead people! Elmwood Cemetery has announced Tuesday, December 16 for its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/caroling-at-elmwood\/859593169846338\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caroling<\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatnow.com\/memphis\/restaurants\/playa-bowls-readying-new-memphis-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playa Bowls is coming to The Edge<\/a> at 732 Madison.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/events\/orpheum-soiree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go back to the future and support the Orpheum<\/a> this Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cael.org\/-memphis2025ttd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The CAEL Conference<\/a> comes to the Peabody this week. CAEL stands for Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.<\/p>\n<p>Supper Club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-queens-table-an-intimate-supper-club-tickets-1839007935239?aff=erelexpmlt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Queen&#8217;s Table<\/a> convenes at The Artist Table, 412 S. Main, Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/your-voice-your-vote\/ap-politics\/ap-trump-pardons-rudy-giuliani-and-others-who-backed-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Trumpster has pardoned Rudy Giuliani<\/a> for trying to get the 2020 election overturned.<\/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:\u00a0<\/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 had another wonderful Room in the Inn experience last night. Thanks to West Union Cumberland Presbyterian of Millington for dinner, a warm place to lay my head, and breakfast. Did you know Memphis has a chicken &amp; waffles food truck? It&#8217;s parked on Exchange for the COGIC convocation. Reminder: You do not have to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/10\/monday-update-285\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday 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\/29270"}],"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=29270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29275,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29270\/revisions\/29275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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