Vikings on Gay Street One of the random events in the city I’ve run into recently is the Big Brothers Big Sisters Knoxventure. This annual event is a fundraiser for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and this year...
Travis Singleton, Homegrown, Preservation Pub, Knoxville I’ve caught several of the recent Homegrown shows at the Preservation Pub and I’ve had a great time at them all. Hosted on the second floor, which is 95% smoke-free, it’s...
Reverend Andy Ferguson blessing St. Bernard in honor of St. Francis St. Bernard and owner, Blessing of the Animals, Church Street UMC The eightieth annual World Animal Day was this past Sunday and at Church Street...
Cute Girl, Flowers and Dog, Krutch Park, Knoxville Putting them through their paces, TVKC Dog Show, Krutch Park, Knoxville I’ve traveled downtown on a semi-regular basis for twenty-five years and on a very regular basis for the...
So, the last weeks have been crazy good in the city. The streets, shops and restaurants have been packed. Events have been tumbling all over each other. And all the while, the weather has gotten closer...
Pinata in better times – Hola Festival 2011, Knoxville The pinatas were not actually the finale, but they were the last thing I was able to attend. Urban Toddler has her limits and there was a...
Parade of Nations, Hola Festival 2011, Knoxville Mariachi Band, Hola Festival, Knoxville As promised, here are more of the great sights from the Hola Festival, Parade of Nations. To the best of my knowledge, I don’t...
Dora the Expolorer, Parade of Nations, Hola Festival, Knoxville Parade of Nations, Hola Festival 2011, Knoxville, The centerpiece of the Hola Festival is the Parade of Nations. Many nations are represented and present something of the...
Entrance to Hola Festival 2011, Regas Square, Knoxville Hola Festival 2011 viewed from the Gay Street Viaduct, Knoxville This was one of those weekends in which far too much happened to take it all in. Painful choices had...
Macaw on Union Avenue Isn’t the people watching in a city one of the best things about the whole experience? In some respects we have a pretty homogeneous downtown population. It’s a mostly white crowd with...