Lots of news to report today.\u00a0 Let’s get to it.<\/p>\n
First of all, this would be a good week to buy a Memphis Business Journal if you’re interested in keeping up with Downtown development.\u00a0 Downtown-related stories this week:<\/p>\n
There will be a parade Monday to celebrate MLK Day from 10 to noon.\u00a0 Parade will start at Main and Auction, heading south to Exchange, then east on Exchange to Second, then south on Second to Beale, then east on Beale to W.C. Handy Park.\u00a0 If you have to work Downtown Monday, might want to figure the parade into any driving you do for lunch.\u00a0 If you don’t have to work Monday, come watch the parade!<\/p>\n
The Center for Southern Folklore will have three blues Brown Bag lunch concerts Wed-Fri of next week to celebrate the International Blues Challenge.\u00a0 Son Jack, Jr. on Wednesday, Mark “Muleman” Massey on Thursday, Slidin’ Clyde Roulette on Friday.\u00a0 Concerts are noon to 1 PM, they’re free, and you can bring your own lunch or buy lunch from the Folklore Store.<\/p>\n
Looking for stuff to do this weekend?\u00a0 The I Love Memphis blog has some suggestions.<\/a>\u00a0 Bonus tip:\u00a0 I’ve heard that Main Street Hound Dogs will be at the Rock’n’Romp.\u00a0 Come buy a “U Dirty Dog!” chili dog.<\/p>\n Soup Sunday, the annual fundraiser for Youth Villages where you can sample 70 different soups from area restaurants, is coming up.\u00a0 It will be at the FedExForum on Sunday, February 28.\u00a0 Tickets on sale here<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you’re a fan of the Young Guns, catch them on WREG Live at 9 Monday morning.<\/p>\n That’s all for now.\u00a0 I’ve got absolutely no plans for tonight.\u00a0 Debating whether to stay home and play on PokerStars, or go out and see what I can find to get into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lots of news to report today.\u00a0 Let’s get to it. First of all, this would be a good week to buy a Memphis Business Journal if you’re interested in keeping up with Downtown development.\u00a0 Downtown-related stories this week: Aldo of Bardog Tavern plans to open a second restaurant, Aldo’s Pizza Pies, serving New York-style pizza … Continue reading “Fri update: Pizza, Lenny’s, parade, blues, weekend, Soup Sunday, Young Guns”<\/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\/5650"}],"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=5650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5651,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions\/5651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}