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...

Emily Mathis and Band, Square Room, Knoxville, September 2011 A large crown of lucky people enjoyed a brilliant night of jazz and saw the premiere of the documentary movie “A Place for Me: Living Jazz in a...

Here I go again with my little vehicle obsession. It is strange for someone who would love to not own a car, but I can’t change it, I can only confess it in public. So, here...

“Budrus” introduced at Hodge’s Library, UT, Knoxville Recently, the Knoxville News Sentinel touted the fact that in the most recent U.S. News and World Report, the University of Tennessee had moved from 47th to 46th on...

Vegetables at the Market Square Farmers’ Market This weekend promised to be packed with Urban goodness. When Saturday arrived, crisp and cool, and Urban Toddler made the scene, we set out for some large fun. I get...

I’m posting a few pictures I’ve taken recently of the various construction projects in the area of Market Square. Serious progress seems to be happening at 36 Market Square and at the Arnstein Building, in particular....

Fresh Peppers at the Market Square Farmers’ Market It’s getting late in the year and some time has passed since I’ve mentioned the Market Square Farmers’ Market. At the beginning of the season I mentioned the festive...