August First Friday Happenings
It’s approximately 115 degrees out and it’s Friday night. What are you going to do? Give in to the heat or say, “No, I’m all about the city, heat be damned!” I trust you are a...
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Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville: Pere Lachaise Cimetiere, Paris
Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, July 2011 Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville Walking through Pere Lachaise Cimetiere in Paris made me think about Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, which is our best known cemetery and our most beloved...
Jim Morrison, Pere Lachaise and Forty Years
Two days ago I traveled to Nashville with Urban Daughter to see Bob Dylan and Leon Russell at the Ryman auditorium. We love seeing Bob, of course, and the Ryman Auditorium is a very special place to...
Music in London and Paris
After that small diversion for food, how about we continue our August with a musical lift to our spirits? Hopefully this is the month the sidewalks stop melting, air-quality alerts cease to depress us and Henley Street becomes a beautiful...
The Market at Union and Gay, Knoxville
The Market, Gay Street, Knoxville, Opens July 29, 2011 When I moved to the city a year and nine months ago one of the big complaints about living downtown was the lack of availability of groceries....
Art, Food and Cocktails this Weekend: J Daniel, The Market and Downtown Wine
I usually talk about the things I’ve done lately and that was my intention for today’s blog, but there are several things happening that warrant a mention. We’ll take them in reverse order: The Market at...
Amy Black and Jailbox on the Blue Plate Special
Amy Black, WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, July 2011 I got a chance to attend the Blue Plate Special recently and listen to great music by Amy Black and Jailbox in a double bill. As always, listening...
The Black Cadillacs Explode at Preservation Pub
Black Cadillacs, Preservation Pub, Knoxville, July 2011 But before they exploded I had a set of misadventures and near-misadventures. I reported here that they would give a roof-top concert beginning at 10:00. This was pretty exciting...
Food in London and Paris
Churchill Arms Pub, London Since the last couple of blogs have been about food, this seems like a good time to talk about food in these fabulous cities. I’m sure there are readers of this blog...
A Tale of Two Lunches: Harry’s Deli and Lunchbox
Today and for the next few days we’ll continue the food theme. If anything defines a city it’s the food, right? Certainly to some degree you remember the cities you visit by the food you find....