An Unexpected Brazil-to-Knoxville Connection
People pitch me stories at a pretty steady pace. Sometimes it’s just not a good fit, or there is simply too much happening to fit it in. It’s not unusual, however, for a friend or reader...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/7 – 7/16/2019)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
An Update and Look Inside the Downtown Embassy Suites
It was October 2017 when Alpesh Patel announced plans for his Kana Hotel Group to transform the office building at 505 South Gay Street to an Embassy Suites Hotel. At the time, the estimated completion date...
Local Blacksmith and Knife Maker John Phillips Takes the National Stage
“Every step of the process can kill you.” These are the first words that arrest my attention as I sit down with local knife maker and blacksmith, John Phillips. I’d been hearing I should connect with...
Space Head Opens at 24 Market Square
It’s been a matter of some speculation for a long time. In June 2017, Bliss announced that it would leave 24 Market Square for a new location on Gay Street after spending fourteen years at the...
A Great Weekend of Pro Cycling in Knoxville!
The downtown portion of the US Pro Cycling Championships got off to a rocky start when surprise thunder storms slipped through the city. What looked like potential disaster turned into a gift as the rain quickly...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (June 30 – July 9, 2019)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Bicycles and Bodacious Food? USA Pro Road Cycling Championships Return to Knoxville
The U.S. Pro Road and Individual Time Trial Championships started yesterday in Knoxville (with time trials in Knoxville and Oak Ridge) and this marks the third year the men’s and women’s premier cycling race has been...
Fort Kid to be Spared Thanks to Donations
It’s been a part of our family off and on since it was built in the early 1990s. I have vague memories of work days with Urban Daughter tagging along with a friend. Maybe the mind...
Have You Noticed We Have a Race for Mayor? A First Look at the Candidates
It’s been eight years since term-limited Madeline Rogero became Knoxville’s first female Mayor. She followed a popular mayor in Bill Haslam, who left to assume office as Tennessee’s governor and an interim of service by Dan...