Knoxville’s Bob Dylan Birthday Bash 2013
An amazing evening of music filled Market Square last Friday night. It was First Friday and after some debate, I decided to plant myself on Market Square and listen to music rather than catch some of...
The Week Ahead (June 9 – 15, 2013)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Businesses We Don’t Notice
There are several downtown businesses I’ve run across recently which don’t exactly fall easily into the categories that capture our interest. I find that my readers – and myself – are very interested in new restaurants,...
A Knoxville Saturday Morning at the Market Square Farmers’ Market
The last two Saturday mornings have been beautiful and there’s really no better way to enjoy a beautiful morning than to stroll around the Market Square Farmers’ Market. Urban Woman and I love to get out...
Knoxville’s Largest Kid’s Party
It may seem like a long leap from beer (yesterday’s blog post) to a children’s party, but that’s what downtown was like last Saturday night. One of the many misconceptions of downtown is the idea it’s...
Beers and Steers, Century Harvest Farms and Saw Works Brewing Company
In a sense, it’s an odd event for me to attend. On the one hand, I don’t like beer. While I have it on very good authority from many sources that Saw Works beer will stand...
Pictures from the City and Thoughts from Three Years of Blogging
Today I’m posting images that have accumulated and not found their spot in a proper blog, so, as I do periodically, I offer them as a group. Some of them I quite like and just couldn’t...
The Week Ahead (June 2 – 8)
Every Sunday Urban Woman and I sit down together and talk about our respective calendars for the week. Sometimes the discussions evolve into vast exercises in logistics, sometimes groans in dread of particular events or horrifically...
Seeing Knoxville Through Different Eyes
Have you ever noticed how different something looks when you see it through someone else’s eyes. Maybe you’ve assured your friend that a movie is fine for their child, but as you sit with them you...
Coming Events – Starting Tonight!
I generally write about downtown Knoxville as I’ve experienced it – meaning the events, situations and people I write about have already been encountered. Sometimes I write about upcoming events and I often gets asked to...