{"id":4067,"date":"2009-06-27T10:32:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2009-06-27T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T15:32:04","slug":"sat-update-wrestling-book-new-fitness-club-new-web-stores-tube-top-dress-pic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/27\/sat-update-wrestling-book-new-fitness-club-new-web-stores-tube-top-dress-pic\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat update: Wrestling book, new fitness club, new web stores, tube top dress pic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I scored a free book last night at Trolley Tour.\u00a0 A guy came up an identified himself as an author and said, “What’s your mailing address?\u00a0 I want to send you a copy of my new book when it comes out in September.”\u00a0 He handed me a card.\u00a0 The book is titled Sputnik, Masked Men, & Midgets: The Early Days of Memphis Wrestling<\/a>.\u00a0 Cool!\u00a0 It covers the era from Sputnik Monroe to Jackie Fargo to the early days of Jerry Lawler, and contains a bonus CD with music by Fargo, Monroe, Len Rossi, and “The Boogie Woogie Man” Handsome Jimmy Valiant.\u00a0 Can’t wait to read it.\u00a0 Says it will have over 400 images of the golden years of Memphis wrestling.<\/p>\n

It’s too bad it was so incredibly hot last night, because the trolley tour otherwise would’ve been one of the best of the year.\u00a0 The Music Foundation had bands and free burgers, and the SMA had burgers and hot dogs and Boscos beer.\u00a0 There were a number of smaller bands playing out on the street, and the preview for Daylight Fades was playing at 506 S. Main.\u00a0 The heat got to me though… by 8:15 I couldn’t take it any more and headed north.\u00a0 Later in the evening I headed to Paula & Raiford’s, where Raiford pulled out some Michael Jackson tunes I haven’t heard him play in years. All the staff had “Michael Jackson Lives On 1958-2009” shirts on which was a nice touch.<\/p>\n

Attn frat guys:\u00a0 The combination of button-down shirts, long khaki pants, and flip-flops looks really, really stupid.<\/p>\n

As I was walking down the Main Street Mall yesterday I saw this sign:<\/p>\n

\"envision\"<\/a><\/p>\n

New fitness club on the top floor of the Cadre Building at Second and Monroe.\u00a0 Go to envisionmemphis.com<\/a> and click “Enter Site” at the bottom of the page to see what they’ve got.\u00a0 Good to have a fitness club so close to home… I’ll enjoy walking by it on the way to the Saucer every day.<\/p>\n

Trying to get a game plan together for tomorrow… I think I may actually slot Kooky Canuck in the lead-off 11 AM position, because it’s their Canada Day celebration and a 34 oz. Molson for $3 ($3.01, including tip for Meghan) sounds like a great way to start the day.\u00a0 I’m also real curious about this “Montreal Steamie” they’re offering as a special, topped with mustard, onion, cabbage, and cayenne with a side of fries for $4.99.<\/p>\n

Then at 4 I have a wedding to go to at the Cadre Building… Been thinking, this is a great weekend to be single.\u00a0 If I had a wife or girlfriend, we’d argue all weekend about whether I’m wearing a tie to the wedding (I most definitely am not) and whether I’m going out drinking beer at the Saucer in the early afternoon before the wedding (I most definitely am).\u00a0 I guess I’ll hang at the Saucer until about 3:15-3:20ish then go put the stupid monkey suit on, minus the tie.<\/p>\n

I unlinked my Twitter account from my Facebook account last night.\u00a0 From now on I’ll do personal status updates primarily on Facebook.\u00a0 Having used Twitter for a month I have yet to see the point… mostly it’s Stephanie, Susie, and the Nuh-Uh Girl chattering back and forth, and the Nuh-Uh Girl panhandling Downtown restaurants for free food.\u00a0 I’ll still maintain my @firesale Twitter account which posts the Fire Sale on my blog as well as Twitter.<\/p>\n

Today is not going to be a fun day.\u00a0 Amazon announced a change in the way they do web services, and I have to get all my Amazon storefronts in compliance by August 15 or they’ll stop working.\u00a0 Groan… I have about 110 stores to update.\u00a0 That’s going to suck.<\/p>\n

By the way… I’ve rolled out 5 new stores in the past week… sister sites to Tube Top Boutique<\/a><\/strong>… been too busy to blog about them.\u00a0 They are<\/p>\n