New Business: Pop Culture Offers Relief from the Summer Heat
It’s been hot in Knoxville the last couple of weeks. I know I should follow that up with something funny that starts with, “It’s been so hot . . .” but I’ve never been so good...
The Tree and Vine: Open For Business!
It seems like opening an ancient history book to remember when I first broke the news of the coming of the Tree and Vine to Knoxville’s New Union Shops. After e-mail exchanges with the owners, I...
What Could Possibly be Happening in this Heat?
I have to say it’s been so hot lately that it’s hard to get motivated to pick up the camera and hit the streets. A few of the mornings have been bearable and that was the...
Jewelry Store Coming to Gay Street in Downtown Knoxville . . . and more First Friday Fun Facts
First Friday holds so much promise each time out. I’m likely to hear some great music, feast my eyes on fascinating art, dine on delicious food, visit with friends, make new friends and always the possibility...
A Popping Week and then . . . First Friday
Well, I don’t think I’m going to get a paying gig as a fireworks photographer, just yet. When I set out two years ago to chronicle life in the city, who knew so much of it...
Let’s Take It a Little Easy
For the last several months I’ve written a post a day through the week nearly every weekday. I enjoy writing about what I see in the city and I know from the e-mails and comments that...
Business and Construction Update for Early July
The dog days of summer certainly have settled on the city. With temperatures passing the century mark I’m tempted to stay inside until Autumn. Observing the city from the air-conditioned comforts of my home, it appears...
Knoxville Photographs in Search of a Blog: June 2012, Part Two
Here’s another round of random photographs taken in June which I felt deserved to be seen. I’m always taken with the juxtaposition of nature – even if cultivated – in the city, and hence the pictures...
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...
Celebrity Homes in the Emporium, Amazing Home in Fire Street Lofts
As a part of the Community Design Center fundraiser, patrons toured homes in the area of the 100 block of Gay Street. Sadly, time didn’t allow me to visit them all, which is what I would...