First of all… for anyone who didn’t figure it out, because I did get a couple of inquiries… you should not vote for Michele in all 120+ “Best of Memphis” categories as suggested in yesterday’s post.\u00a0 It was meant to be a good-natured, Onion-style parody of the well-deserved popularity Michele has among Calhoun’s regulars.\u00a0 Voting for her in all 120+ categories, I’ve been told, would likely get your ballot voided.<\/p>\n
Got more info on the Elvis-themed South Main Trolley Night happening Friday, July 30.\u00a0 The “Elvis’ Leading Lady” contest will happen at 6 PM, with prizes going to the top three ladies dressed as Elvis’ leading lady.\u00a0 Following that there will be an Elvis tribute contest with prizes to the top three, and at 9 PM there will be a free showing of the film Elvis That’s the Way it Is<\/em>.<\/p>\n Now that bike lanes are in the city’s future, the city of Memphis is hiring a bikeway\/pedestrian coordinator.\u00a0 Click here to see job details.<\/a><\/p>\n The Peabody is hiring as well.\u00a0 Numerous positions open.\u00a0 Check their @PeabodyMemphis Twitter account for list of jobs.<\/p>\n If you have any metal work you need repaired, mark October 1-3 on your calendar:\u00a0 Blacksmiths from across the country will be in Memphis to do repairs for the public.<\/p>\n Congrats to my trivia team the Rapscallions:\u00a0 We didn’t win last night, but we scored enough points to take the three-week prize.\u00a0 Now our 15-person team gets to figure out how to use a certificate for a dinner for two at Texas de Brazil.\u00a0 That should be interesting.\u00a0 I imagine the Nuh-Uh Girl is composing a long list of reasons why she should get one of the dinners.<\/p>\n LivingSocial’s deal of the day<\/a> is a half-off deal at the Silly Goose.<\/p>\n I get to spend all day today in a board meeting.\u00a0 Yay.\u00a0 And the biggest bottles of Mountain Dew I can find in nearby stores are 20 ounces.\u00a0 Not enough caffeine!\u00a0 Not sure if I’ll have time to do a lunchtime post, but you never know, so check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First of all… for anyone who didn’t figure it out, because I did get a couple of inquiries… you should not vote for Michele in all 120+ “Best of Memphis” categories as suggested in yesterday’s post.\u00a0 It was meant to be a good-natured, Onion-style parody of the well-deserved popularity Michele has among Calhoun’s regulars.\u00a0 Voting … Continue reading “Wed update: Elvis Trolley Night, jobs, metalwork, Goose deal, and 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\/7342"}],"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=7342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7344,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7342\/revisions\/7344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}