Allergies still killing me.\u00a0 Probably as bad as yesterday morning, but without the added stress of a screaming alarm clock.\u00a0 I’d go see a doctor, but I have a feeling I’d be told that consumption of large amounts of alcohol aggravates allergies.<\/p>\n
MPACT Memphis will celebrate its 9th birthday Tuesday night with a happy hour at Bardog Tavern.\u00a0 If you’re a member, there will be an open bar from 6 to 7, free appetizers, an open bar from 6 to 7, birthday cake, an open bar from 6 to 7, a chance to get plugged in to local nonprofits, and an open bar from 6 to 7.\u00a0 If you’re not a member, click here to become one or to learn more about MPACT<\/a>.\u00a0 Attn trivia team:\u00a0 There’s something about “open bar from 6 to 7” that makes me think I’ll be late getting to trivia.\u00a0 Free appetizers?\u00a0 Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up.<\/p>\n If you’re a fan of Brazilian culture, there’s an “I Miss Brasil” party at TJ Mulligan’s Pinch tonight from 9 to 2, featuring Brazilian music, drinks, and dance.\u00a0 No cover, but there will be a tip jar for the dancers.<\/p>\n The City Taste is putting together a “Memphis on the Rocks” party Thursday, June 24 at 409 S. Main.\u00a0 It’s a casual, end-of-the week party with great food and great drinks, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Memphis YWCA.\u00a0 To learn more click here.<\/a><\/p>\n After 65 years, Lansky Bros. at the Peabody has put together a book outlining its history.\u00a0 The 144-page coffee table book is called Lansky Brothers: Clothier to the King<\/a>.\u00a0 Among the many stories you’ll find an account of how Lansky became clothier to its most famous customer, Elvis Presley.\u00a0 You can pre-order through the link; it’ll be in the store late next week.<\/p>\n I’ve received info about the things that will be happening at South Main Trolley Night on Friday, but it’s probably worth a post of its own.\u00a0 For now I’ll just say that it will be one of the biggest Trolley Nights in a while.<\/p>\n Outta here.\u00a0 Big party tonight.\u00a0 There may very well be photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Allergies still killing me.\u00a0 Probably as bad as yesterday morning, but without the added stress of a screaming alarm clock.\u00a0 I’d go see a doctor, but I have a feeling I’d be told that consumption of large amounts of alcohol aggravates allergies. MPACT Memphis will celebrate its 9th birthday Tuesday night with a happy hour … Continue reading “Sat update: Mpact party, Brazil party, Memphis on the Rocks, Lansky book, more”<\/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\/6817"}],"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=6817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6819,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions\/6819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}