{"id":29604,"date":"2026-02-18T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29604"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:34:21","slug":"wednesday-update-328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/18\/wednesday-update-328\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The burger of the week at Momma&#8217;s is the Cowboy Burger, made with Angus beef, Applewood smoked bacon, cheddar, fried onions, house-made slaw, and BBQ sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast\/lunch spot By the Brewery <a href=\"https:\/\/hoodline.com\/2026\/02\/downtown-regulars-reeling-as-by-the-brewery-closes-weeks-before-fifth-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has closed<\/a>, Hoodline reports.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak is getting ready to roll out a <a href=\"https:\/\/media.amtrak.com\/2026\/02\/meet-the-new-airo-fleet\/?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=New,%20improved%20Amtrak%20trains%20are%20coming%20-%2020744677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/02\/09\/crew-12-smartphones-space-isaacman\/88546553007\/?ck_subscriber_id=3201412392&amp;utm_source=convertkit&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=New,%20improved%20Amtrak%20trains%20are%20coming%20-%2020744677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer<\/a> have to leave their smartphones at home.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/662a37228c5a991a59898aa308bbd1b6\/national-drink-wine-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Drink Wine Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyer&#8217;s Michael Donahue has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/time-for-waffle-shop\/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The%2090-Second%20Job%20Interview%3B%20Natchez&amp;utm_campaign=02-18-2026%20New%20ish&amp;vgo_ee=0jnX13lKpXL72T28tU8Ixh2%2FN5oS2PSzVWqb69%2F0SKECW9M%3D%3AZzMitRpf4YICoaQHU0u1uDzmwFZ%2Bbs2x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preview<\/a> of the yummy food that Calvary Episcopal&#8217;s Waffle Shop will serve during Lent. Good history lesson, too.<\/p>\n<p>The Metal Museum seeks a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/metal-museum-memphis-80-marketing-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marketing manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bass Pro seeks a part-time <a href=\"https:\/\/welcometomemphis-jobsboard.jobboardly.com\/jobs\/greeter-part-time-5e7535b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greeter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BarWare will hold an adult spelling bee Thursday 7-9. $50 in bar bucks to the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The ArTist Experience, a curated DJ listening experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/the-artist-experience-bad-bunny-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bad Bunny edition<\/a> will happen at The Artist Table Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hard Times Deli <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/hard-times-deli-anniversary-celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrates 1 year<\/a> Saturday with their take on a polarizing fast food sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>VJ Chandler plays your music video requests 5-close at Birdie&#8217;s today.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The burger of the week at Momma&#8217;s is the Cowboy Burger, made with Angus beef, Applewood smoked bacon, cheddar, fried onions, house-made slaw, and BBQ sauce. Breakfast\/lunch spot By the Brewery has closed, Hoodline reports. Amtrak is getting ready to roll out a new fleet. Astronauts no longer have to leave their smartphones at home. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/18\/wednesday-update-328\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/29604"}],"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=29604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29606,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29604\/revisions\/29606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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