{"id":9517,"date":"2011-04-28T12:42:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=9517"},"modified":"2011-04-28T12:42:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:42:04","slug":"thur-update-bad-drivers-grizz-tickets-and-pre-party-look-whos-on-kerrys-blog-nfl-draft-party-reader-seeks-kickboxing-near-downtown-rooftop-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/28\/thur-update-bad-drivers-grizz-tickets-and-pre-party-look-whos-on-kerrys-blog-nfl-draft-party-reader-seeks-kickboxing-near-downtown-rooftop-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur update: Bad drivers, Grizz tickets and pre-party, look who’s on Kerry’s blog, NFL Draft party, reader seeks kickboxing near Downtown, rooftop parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now and then I run across a website and think, “Well, that was an idea that just NEEDED to happen.” Last night I found such a site in my Facebook feed: Bad Driver Videos<\/a>, featuring the stupidest drivers in the world, who of course are located right here in Memphis.<\/p>\n

Well, I was going to post a link to buy tickets for Game 6 with the Grizzlies tomorrow night, but they SOLD OUT! Game will be on ESPN at 8 PM Central.<\/p>\n

For those who missed out on tickets, Mesquite Chop House has announced that they will have a pre-Grizzlies party tomorrow night from 5 to 7, and they will be giving away 30 – that’s right, THIRTY – tickets. Free Grizzlies tickets? Wonder if Stephanie will show up.<\/p>\n

I’m the featured Memphian on Kerry’s I Love Memphis Blog<\/a> today. Thanks Kerry for interviewing me, and welcome to new readers and Twitter followers who found me through Kerry’s blog!<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for a place to watch the NFL Draft tonight, Ferraro’s Pizzeria and Pub is having a watch party with all-you-can-eat pizza and beer for $15 from 7 to 11.<\/p>\n

Question from a reader: She absolutely loved the kickboxing class she used to take in Germantown, but now she lives Downtown and doesn’t want to drive out there 3x a week. She’s looking for a real kickboxing class – not kickboxing aerobics, but the real thing with the bag. Is there such a class in Downtown or Midtown? If so, please shoot me an email at paul@paulryburn.com and I’ll pass along the information (and blog it too, so that others can benefit).<\/p>\n

Tonight’s Peabody rooftop party features The 17th Floor (that’s an R&B\/hip-hop band, not a floor of the hotel). The hotel will showcase Memphis in May featured country Belgium with a Belgian buffet: European style tartine sandwiches, “stoemp” potatoes mashed with veggies and sausage, “Salade Ligeoise” with green beans, bacon, onions and vinegar. In VIP there will be steamed mussels with white wine and shallots, Belgian frites, Tomate-Ceyette Shrimp, and Belgian-style chocolate pralines. $10 to get in includes first drink; ladies free before 7.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, over at the Madison, the Memphis All-Stars will rock their weekly rooftop party. $7 to get in, cash bar and tapas menu available on the roof.<\/p>\n

My sincere sympathy to casino employees who will be out of work for a while due to river levels. In case you haven’t heard, safety concerns due to rising river levels will force all the Tunica casinos to close on a rolling basis between today and May 2. This river situation is getting more and more serious.<\/p>\n

That’s all for now. Gonna grab a quick lunch. Think I’ll try pho for the first time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"