Tupelo Honey Opens at Last (Just Add Friends)
We waited for what seemed like an eternity for this moment to arrive. I’d never eaten at Tupelo Honey in Asheville, so word-of-mouth fueled my interest. I tasted a small sample of what would be in...
Market Square
Dirty Guv’nahs Rock the City: CD Release Party on Market Square
By the time Madeline Rogero, America’s Coolest Mayor, stepped up on the stage with her grandson, Market Square had become an ocean of people. People stood on tops of buildings, looked out from windows and covered...
Black Cadillacs and Moon Taxi on Market Square
“What about the Dirty Guv’nahs?” you might be asking. It was, after all, their CD release party. Honestly, it’s just too much to write it all in one blog post, so I’ve broken it up. I...
Knoxville Photographs in Search of a Blog: June 2012
Here are a few photographs that I liked or found interesting, but I never quite found the right blog topic to which they needed to be wed. Some of them come with a story and others...
In a New York Moment
There are different moments when I’m in downtown Knoxville that I’m reminded of other cities I love. Recently at the French Market sitting outside on a crisp day enjoying a crepe and watching people walk by,...
More Cinco De Mayo, Knoxville Style
As the day wore on the crowds grew and included Kentucky Derby fans who ended their parties and spilled onto the streets to enjoy another culture entirely. Proms were also happening that night – Fulton’s was...
Cinco de Mayo, Knoxville Style
Knoxville seems to have become quite taken with the celebration of various international holidays. Of course on St. Patrick’s everyone in Knoxville becomes Irish. This past weekend everyone got in touch with their inner Mexican even...
Knoxville Dogwood Arts’ Chalk Walk 2012, Part Two
I hope you enjoyed the first round of pictures from this weekend’s chalk walk. As I did yesterday, I’ll just say a few words and I’ll let the great art work tell the story. I will,...