Future Home of Blue Coast Burrito, 37 Market Square, Knoxville Fresh on the heels of Nama’s opening last week came news that Blue Coast Burrito would hold an Open House from 4:00 to 6:00 on Tuesday....

Here are more of the homes that caught my eye as I recently walked through Fort Sanders. I realize one of them is a church, but I thought it was interesting. It seemed to be missing...

Home in Fort Sanders, Knoxville There are many great homes in and around Fort Sanders. Some of them are lovingly cared for by single-owner occupants. Some of them are sub-divided into as many apartments as could...

Residential demolition was so thorough in downtown Knoxville, that in the main part of the city proper there are very few structures standing that were originally intended as homes. Some of those have suffered “improvements” over...

Knox Heritage Green House, Fort Sanders, Knoxville, February 2011 This will be the first in a series of posts centered in the Fort Sanders area. The densest populated area in east Tennessee, the neighborhood is known...

Urban Woman enters Nama on Opening Night, Gay Street, Knoxville, February 2011 I realize it was more like a four block move, but this Nama is not your mama’s Nama. It has probably three times the...

Not the Civil War – the Civil Wars. Never heard of them? You must be really old. Like maybe twenty-six or seven. Judging from the audience assembled for their performance, the demographic definitely skews young. If...

Shortwave Society Video, Locust Street, Knoxville, February 2011 Sometimes I go about begging the muse for a small tidbit, some simple morsel of an idea to write about in the middle of winter. The muse can be...

Nama, 500 Block of Gay Street, Knoxville, February 2011 It is now official: Nama on the 100 block is closed. Practically an institution on that block, it began a migration up Gay Street during the extended renovations...

Dale Mackey discusses Social Media, Redeemer Church, Knoxville, February 2011 It had to happen eventually: I finally got some training in this blogging thing. Actually, the workshop, sponsored by the Knoxville Writer’s Guild and presented by Dale Mackey at...