A Farewell to Walt Fieldsa
One of the realities of writing about a city for fourteen years is that you get to meet a lot of people and come to see them as important parts of the city. They may never...
Mighty Big Love at The Mighty Wig
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) In a small, tightly organized space, tucked away on a second floor of a building adjacent to South Knoxville’s Baker Creek Preserve,...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/30 – 7/9/2024)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
New York City 2024: Independent Book Stores as the Cultural Soul of the City
We love our independent book stores. Urban Daughter teaches English and I worked as a librarian for the last portion of my non-writing career. We now have multiple generations of readers and book collectors. It would...
Have a Meal and Help a Great Cause! TODAY ONLY!
Positively Living, the organization I spotlighted a couple of months ago holds their major fundraiser today and they need your help! What do you have to do? Enjoy a good meal (and maybe even a good...
UT and Knoxville Celebrate Baseball National Championship
Sports fan or not, it would be very difficult to avoid knowing that something big just happened in the world of UT sports. As soon as the final tense out was recorded on Monday night downtown...
New York City 2024: Planned and Serendipitous
We always plan a few things (sometimes more) for our summer week in the city, but many times it’s the unplanned adventures or little finds along the way that make it special. This year fell to...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/23 – 7/2/2024)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
Tower Design Approved for Hill and Locust
In its third appearance before the Design Review Board, the Hill and Locust project backed by Woodfield Development gained approval on an 8 to 0 vote. The project, controversial to many, particularly residents living behind its...
Knoxville’s Best Kept Secret
(Today’s article is by guest writer, Sebastian Lambert. Originally from North Carolina, Sebastian has lived in Knoxville for two years with his wife and daughter. He works as a technology consultant for small and medium businesses...
New York City Street View
Urban Daughter and I are back from New York City and it proved to be another week filled with fascinating sights and experiences, some of which we planned and others that presented themselves in the way...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/16 – 6/25/2024)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
Seoul Brothers is Closing: Here’s What’s Next for Vic and Josh!
Just over three years ago, brother and sister, Josh Coates and Victoria (Vic) Scott allowed me to tell their story as they planned to bring Korean-fusion food to downtown Knoxville. They soon opened Seoul Brothers in...
The Back Pocket Opens This Week in the Old City
New businesses continue to pop up in and around downtown and one of the newest is The Back Pocket at 105 West Jackson, just down the stairs from Lox Salon. Partners and co-owners Natalie Sakaan and...