Nature’s Crossing Opens on Market Square
I introduced you to Tammy Babb and her business, Nature’s Crossing last March. She’s operated a shop in west Knoxville and has opened a second location of the shop at 7 Market Square selling herbs, teas,...
COVID-19: 6/4/2020 Update
I’m coming at you today with one more chart. The charts help me visualize what is happening and particularly so when they include moving-average lines to smooth out the bumps. I hope they help you, as...
Scruffy’s Cafe Opens Tomorrow at 1015 North Broadway (Plus Some Important Notes at the End)
Tennessee appears to be at the cutting edge of the cat world. At least that’s how it appears. I stopped into Scruffy’s Cafe and talked with co-owners Talisa Cantrell and Emily Deas and learned that Tennessee...
COVID-19: 6/3/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
As we all attempt to get back to something resembling our normal lives, to open businesses, to earn a living, and to re-establish connections that have been severed, it’s important to remember that we need to...
A Look Inside the Dazzling Embassy Suites
My timing on articles in recent months has been thrown off by personal variables and, now, by a pandemic. I would normally post photographs from inside a new business just as it opens, but I missed...
COVID-19: 6/2/2020 Update
There is no health department mid-day briefing today, as the Knox County Health Department has determined their time is better utilized in other efforts. Their stated intent is to hold a news conference on Monday, Wednesday...
George Floyd Protests Continue
As they have in other parts of the country, protests against police brutality against black citizens, particularly black men have continued in Knoxville. Yesterday afternoon a group of around 300 people met in Krutch Park, marched...
COVID-19: 6/1/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
I hope you all had a safe weekend and found some joy. Tensions are running high and we have a lot of important struggles in our country. Still, the sun shone, the humidity fell and we...
A Decade of Surprising Twists and Turns Continues
It was ten years ago today that I started a blog to fill a void that I felt on a personal level. Urban Woman and I were spending large amounts of time in downtown Knoxville and...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/31 – 6/9/2020)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...