Month: March 2012

Market Square ready for St. Patrick’s Day I don’t normally throw anything out on a Saturday, but a couple of things caught my attention that I thought I’d mention in short form. There are two events...

Slow Blind Hill, Jr, Jaimie Cameron and Henry Perry, Preservation Pub, Knoxville There are so many series and festivals running around town that you may have a hard time keeping them all straight. That’s where I...

Interior construction of The Tree and the Vine, Union Avenue, Knoxville There are a number of widely anticipated renovation and rehabilitation projects going on downtown and some of the changes have been quite remarkable the last...

36 Market Square At this point it’s simply being considered, but it’s a pretty intriguing possibility. The proposed location is 36 Market Square and with the pet population downtown maybe, just maybe, we’re ready for such...

View from 11 Cafe, 100 Block, Knoxville  Here are a few scenes that caught my attention recently. The photograph of the 100 Block is from the window of 11 Cafe. I love the little bar along...

Soccer Styling in front of Soccer Taco, Market Square, Knoxville I’m not sure winter ever happened in Knoxville this year, but it appears spring is here. There are many things to love about springtime anywhere, but...

Anne at Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, Knoxville I recently wrote a post about Morelock Music and I talked about how comfortable it feels as a place to just hang out. It’s true, the shop is...

I remember hearing a story on NPR a few years ago that really turned my thinking upside down regarding environmental stewardship and urban vs. rural living. I’d always thought of living in the country as being...

Market Square through the trees on the south end of the square Green space in a city adds immensely to the pleasure of living there. It breaks up the “concrete jungle” feeling and is quite soothing...

Pridefest on Market Square We’ll start our poll discussion with one that I will readily admit surprised me. Advocate magazine, which is a gay and lesbian themed magazine, focused their annual poll on smaller, less obvious...