Hey, Let’s Hang Out Together: Where You’ll Find Me
I’ll be involved in several events over the next few days, plus one at the end of next week, and I’d like to invite you to join me at each of them. For those of you...
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Rikki Hall, “Six Legs and a Buzz” – A Celebration
Many of you may be scratching your heads at the caption, not knowing Rikki Hall or the title of his column which is now also the title of a new collection of his writing and...
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: A Local Jewel Keeps Getting Better
The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum is another of those near-downtown jewels like Ijams, the Urban Wilderness, Fort Dickerson and House Mountain. This particular gem sits about five minutes by car to the east of downtown in...
Glimpses of Spring, Knoxville 2016
Even though today’s morning temperatures may not acknowledge it, the truth is spring has sprung and it’s one of the most beautiful times to live in east Tennessee. Don’t let the perfect days or afternoons pass...
How About a Little Bocce, Knoxville?
I had only the vaguest notion of the game. It turns out Bocce has been around for a couple of thousand years in some form (thank the Romans) and developed into its most common form in modern...
Michael T., “Ex-Homeless Person,” Tells His Story
My article earlier this week about panhandling elicited more comments than any article I’ve written in over a year, and perhaps ever. For the most part, I think the conversation was really good. Panhandling is a...
Panhandling in Downtown Knoxville Revisited
It’s a tired topic to some of us. The first time I wrote about panhandling was in November 2010 after starting this blog in June of that year. I ran a series of sorts, talking...
You Can Do That Downtown? A Few Things That Might Surprise You
Some of these may be obvious to those of you who are downtown often, but I bet one or two of them might surprise a lot of people who think they know downtown very well. We...
What to Do on a Snowy Day? Plenty if You Live in the City
So what’s a day like in the city on a snowy day? There are probably as many answers to that as there are people who live downtown. Some had to get in a car and drive...
New Trolley Routes Proposed
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday holiday, everyone. I hope you’ll take a moment to do something meaningful to note the occasion. A march will be held this morning for the hardy among us with...