{"id":29844,"date":"2026-04-22T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29844"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:18:55","slug":"wednesday-update-333","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/wednesday-update-333\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chess pie squares at Memphis Chess Club! They&#8217;re decadent!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29850\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq.jpeg?resize=397%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?resize=397%2C500 397w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?resize=238%2C300 238w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?resize=1221%2C1536 1221w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?resize=1628%2C2048 1628w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1510 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?w=2034 2034w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chess-sq-scaled.jpeg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 85vw, 397px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mike tells me the price may be going up soon, so get &#8217;em for $5 while you can.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, you know, that chess pie sample Mike gave me Saturday tasted familiar, despite being a new item. I just figured out why&#8230; the taste and texture were similar to the gooey butter cake that is often a dessert special at Bardog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXNp4ONEYEK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brunch menu<\/a> starting Sunday at Kuya. They&#8217;ll be serving some of their dinner menu too. 11:00 AM-2:30 PM. MIMOSAS!<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned watching classic 1983 Price Is Right Sunday at Loflin Yard. Barker&#8217;s Beauties have Wikipedia pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dian_Parkinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dian Parkinson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janice_Pennington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janice Pennington<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holly_Hallstrom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holly Hallstrom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pretty cool: 3D, real-time<a href=\"https:\/\/azmth.space\/?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tracker<\/a> of all the satellites orbiting Earth<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindcityamp.com\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawP3E4BleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFpRExkQXA1VDJad1ZLWlNqc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq3XSs15m0mwFZiIuEwVjhKHBGTM5Jbw2F7Hd5sKQrMiGXXNysTqy6revAKS_aem_Zcpe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama Shakes<\/a> play Grind City\u00a0Amp tonight.<\/p>\n<p>DJ Lyelack provides the music at Hump Day Hangout 6-9 tonight and every Wednesday at the Moxy Hotel. Drink and food specials.<\/p>\n<p>Movie nights are back on Wednesdays at Slider Inn Downtown. 7 PM. Tonight it&#8217;s <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjude.org\/education-training\/advanced-training\/seminars-symposia\/mid-south-pharmacy-residents-conference.html#16e3a687ef75613c695a66a5086c7414c7848a377f4bda66ece3d6ac07b23217=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a pharmacy residents conference<\/a> at the Renasant Convention Center Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peabodymemphis.com\/elevation-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevation Memphis<\/a> headlines Thursday&#8217;s Peabody rooftop party. 6-10 PM, $15 to get in, $40 VIP.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/one-bourbon-one-scotch-one-beer-a-benefit-for-beale-street-caravan-tickets-1987630084087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a benefit for Beale Street Caravan<\/a> Thursday night at 126 Beale (former Hard Rock). Live local music, Old Dominick cocktails.<\/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>Chess pie squares at Memphis Chess Club! They&#8217;re decadent! Mike tells me the price may be going up soon, so get &#8217;em for $5 while you can. Hey, you know, that chess pie sample Mike gave me Saturday tasted familiar, despite being a new item. I just figured out why&#8230; the taste and texture were &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/wednesday-update-333\/\" 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\/29844"}],"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=29844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29851,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29844\/revisions\/29851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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