What’s It Like to Live in the City on a UT Game Day?
Between trips to Mobile, I landed at home in the city the day before the UT/Florida game. With mixed feelings I bought an $80 ticket from a Gator fan and found myself at the game. Since...
The Public and the Personal: An Interlude and a Goodbye
I’ve tried over the course of the last two-and-one-half years, as I’ve written this blog, to keep the focus on the city and not myself. I never intended to write a confessional blog, but it’s sometimes...
Precisely What is it Like to Live in the City?
This is the burning question that confronted Urban Woman and myself three years ago this month. We wondered if our cars would be safe, if our home would be safe and it we, in fact,...
Drums, Dance, Fire and Magic: Enchanted Knoxville
Even though I scattered myself around a bit for the first half of last Friday night, I settled into Krutch Park for most of the evening. Thanks to my new friend Whitney I found out that...
Goodbye to 11 Cafe – Knoxville Business Updates for September 2012
Several business related news items have circulated the last couple of weeks and seemed worth a mention. One closing in particular took me by surprise. Only nine months ago I noted the opening of a new...
Mardi Gras + Knox Heritage = Knoxville on a Friday Night
It might seem like a bit of a stretch: Mardi Gras in the Appalachians. Even short of that, for those of us with a little purple and gold, floats and doubloons in our blood, September seems...
Knoxville September 2012 First Friday Fun
I’ve talked before about First Friday being too confined with the 9:00 stopping time. It’s also true that it’s just too much to cram into one blog post, so I’ve sorted out some themes. Today I’ll...
September 2012 First Friday (and the weekend): What to Do!
It appears that First Friday in the city will remain warm, but a cold front will assert itself by Saturday ushering in the temperatures that make you want to reach out and embrace east Tennessee. It’s...
Henley Street Bridge Update – and More News and Views from the River Shore
As a part of my excursion in the thousand degree humidity and hundred-and-fifty-percent humidity, I took some photographs of the Henley Street Bridge construction. The photograph above is a bit misleading, looking as if the top...
Labor Day in the City: Boomsday 2012, JFG Sign and More
So, I’m a little slow recovering from all the Labor Day weekend activities. I just couldn’t quite make myself sit down to blog at 10:30 last night when I finally got a chance after a good,...