{"id":6628,"date":"2010-05-10T09:57:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T14:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2010-05-10T09:57:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T14:57:32","slug":"mon-update-mfm-rooftop-dinner-380-beale-is-a-nuisance-p-funk-downtown-alive-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/10\/mon-update-mfm-rooftop-dinner-380-beale-is-a-nuisance-p-funk-downtown-alive-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Mon update: MFM rooftop dinner, 380 Beale is a nuisance, P-Funk, Downtown Alive! and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 22 at 6:30 PM, Memphis Farmers Market and Grill 83 will be grilling out on the Madison Hotel rooftop.\u00a0 Awesome local food, Ghost River beer, and live music.\u00a0 Call 901-333-1224 for reservations.<\/p>\n<p>In the news:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/news\/2010\/may\/09\/brawl-erupts-outside-plush-club-4-police-officers-\/\">Four police officers were hurt in a brawl involving more than 100 people outside the Plush Club.<\/a> Seriously, when is the attorney general&#8217;s office going to get around to shutting that place down as a nuisance?\u00a0 It may not be part of the Beale entertainment district proper, but it&#8217;s right across the street.\u00a0 Tourists see it and it&#8217;s scary.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a detriment to the end of the Beale entertainment district between Rufus Thomas and Fourth, which is a shame because that area is getting a boost with three recent business openings.\u00a0 Click the link to read the CA article listing all the acts of violence that have occurred there.\u00a0 Personally, I&#8217;d like to see 380 Beale turned into a parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Just saw this on Twitter: George Clinton and P-Funk in Handy Park on June 18.<\/p>\n<p>This week in Court Square for the Downtown Alive! series:\u00a0 Trump Tight on Tuesday; performances by Hattiloo Theatre on Thursday; Barbara Blue and Deering &amp; Down on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Monday and I&#8217;m off work, but I&#8217;ve got a busy day ahead of me taking care of BBQ team business.\u00a0 First of all, I have to represent the team at Pint Nite at the Saucer, which starts at 11 AM.\u00a0 Furthermore, I have to be the Ques Brothers representative at one of the poker games at the Silly Goose.\u00a0 I doubt I&#8217;ll be done with my Pint Nite duties by 7:30 PM, so it&#8217;ll probably have to be the later 11:30 game.\u00a0 I hope Brick is working tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly but not leastly, here are a few pics I snapped yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cocka-bfast.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6629\" title=\"cocka-bfast\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cocka-bfast.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cocka-bfast.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cocka-bfast.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cocka-bfast.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Breakfast at Cockadoos yesterday morning: Cat head biscuits and gravy and country ham<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/joe-wings.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6630\" title=\"joe-wings\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/joe-wings.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/joe-wings.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/joe-wings.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/joe-wings.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Yesterday at Calhoun&#8217;s, Joe managed to accomplish a feat I&#8217;ve never been able to: He finished 16 of their Habanero Wings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pbrshirt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6631\" title=\"pbrshirt\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pbrshirt.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pbrshirt.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pbrshirt.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/pbrshirt.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Harmony had on a cool PBR shirt<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Coming up on 10 AM, so I&#8217;ve got about an hour to get things done around the apartment before it&#8217;s time to head to the Saucer.\u00a0 Need to figure out where I&#8217;m going to eat lunch too &#8211; will probably wait until about 1 to do that to give the lunch hour rush time to disperse.\u00a0 I may blog from my iPhone this afternoon, so check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 22 at 6:30 PM, Memphis Farmers Market and Grill 83 will be grilling out on the Madison Hotel rooftop.\u00a0 Awesome local food, Ghost River beer, and live music.\u00a0 Call 901-333-1224 for reservations. In the news:\u00a0 Four police officers were hurt in a brawl involving more than 100 people outside the Plush Club. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/10\/mon-update-mfm-rooftop-dinner-380-beale-is-a-nuisance-p-funk-downtown-alive-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mon update: MFM rooftop dinner, 380 Beale is a nuisance, P-Funk, Downtown Alive! and more&#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\/6628"}],"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=6628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6632,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6628\/revisions\/6632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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