From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 28, 2013. View the original page.
Month: November 2013
Thursday Schedule – A Quick Check of Facebook
Did a quick check on Facebook to see who is open or closed on Thanksgiving in the food and beverage industry downtown. If I don’t mention a place, I didn’t see anything in their updates. Closed: Jefferson’s, Niffer’s and Cafe 123 Open: Irish Bred Pub at 5PM and Eighth & Rail at 7 PM, both with Nightime Entertainment From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 27, 2013. View the… Read More
In Today’s Mail!
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 26, 2013. View the original page.
Jefferson’s On The Radio
A couple of the Jefferson’s locations got together on this commercial for fans heading to watch the game here or at home.
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 24, 2013. View the original page.
Where Are The People
Friday Night was unusual last night in downtown Opelika. You could find a parking space faily easy. As I made my rounds of local Railroad Avenue eating establishments the crowds were pretty thin. And that was with a full line of live music at Niffer’s, Jefferson’s, the Irish Bred Pub and Eighth and Rail. It’s a shame too, becuase all the music up and down the street was really good. Now, in all fairness, I… Read More
Can You Believe 50 Years? The Beatles
CBS has caught Beatle fever. Marking the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four’s groundbreaking first performance on The Ed Sullivan Show , the net will present The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles . The two-hour special, to include current artists covering Beatles tunes, tapes January 27, the day after CBS’s Grammy broadcast, and airs on the same date and time, February 9 at 8p, and on the same network, as… Read More
Happy Veterans Day
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 11, 2013. View the original page.
Opelika Veterans Day Activities Monday
On Monday, November 11th, at 8 AM is a Breakfast at the Elks Lodge, 1944 Opelika Road in Auburn and at 10 AM, a Special service at the Veterans memorial Monument at City Hall, 204 South 7th Street (Graphic above from City of Opelika Website – I might have just used the National Guard Bureau seal instead of the Army Guard seal, since I was in the Air National Guard for 26 Years. But that’s… Read More
Downtown Opelika Holiday Open House
I personally never got the whole “Shopping Early” thing, but apparently there are a lot of you that do, so Opelika Main Street presents the Holiday Open House downtown this Sunday from Noon until 5PM. Have Fun! ~ Jerry Katz
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 8, 2013. View the original page.
YouTube Tuesday
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on November 6, 2013. View the original page.
Change Is Good “Were You On Time This Morning?”
With the overnight time change I suspect at least a few people probably were a few minutes early for church or work today. With clocks not yet setback for the fall some may have been moving on that old summer time. I have two here that require a manual reset and as I walked into the kitchen I thought I might be running late for my Pub coffee this morning, well at least before remembering… Read More
