{"id":29865,"date":"2026-04-27T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29865"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:30:10","slug":"monday-update-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/27\/monday-update-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t attend Beale Street Wine Race, but I was told the event was once again a shell of what it was pre-COVID, with only 8-9 teams competing and only 4 entering a contestant in Queen of the Vine. Nevertheless, if I&#8217;d known Max&#8217;s Sports Bar had entered a team, I would have gone down there to cheer for the locals.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I learned about two museum oddities a day&#8217;s drive from Memphis: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tgmoa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gangster Museum of\u00a0America<\/a> in Hot Springs and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofdeath.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of Death<\/a> in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>TV show to check out: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyplotgarden.com\/full-episodes-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South<\/a>. My friend Jill who works in the greenhouses at Memphis Botanic Garden has been on it several times.<\/p>\n<p>Baron Von Opperbean, the immersive experience opening next month on Mud Island, is <a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.gusto.com\/boards\/bvo-ef20055b-a15f-44a7-8208-9f174eb644b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/69759f3082fb483f6db27092eaaaa16f\/national-prime-rib-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Prime Rib Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>J Woods, the new sports bar on Mud Island, will open as soon as it has its liquor and beer licenses. Construction and permits are done.<\/p>\n<p>MemphisWeather.net posted that the thunderstorms will begin around 2 this afternoon and reach their peak 12 AM-3 AM. Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; I&#8217;m not crazy enough to stay out in this! The Union Mission will get 6 of my dollars here in a bit. Good night to be there, because Kirby Woods is the sponsoring church for dinner. They bring good food.<\/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 didn&#8217;t attend Beale Street Wine Race, but I was told the event was once again a shell of what it was pre-COVID, with only 8-9 teams competing and only 4 entering a contestant in Queen of the Vine. Nevertheless, if I&#8217;d known Max&#8217;s Sports Bar had entered a team, I would have gone down &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/27\/monday-update-300\/\" 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\/29865"}],"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=29865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29867,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29865\/revisions\/29867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->