Pridefest on Market Square We’ll start our poll discussion with one that I will readily admit surprised me. Advocate magazine, which is a gay and lesbian themed magazine, focused their annual poll on smaller, less obvious...

It seems they are everywhere. Knoxville places in or tops all types of polls, some of them flattering, some not so much. Over the coming days I’ll talk about several from the last year or so...

Bistro at the Bijou, Knoxville Has eating always been this political? It seems it is ever more so, recently in this city. There have always been political/social/religious overtones to eating. Some cultures such as Indian cultures...

Bistro at the Bijou, Knoxville, February 2012 When we decided to have lunch with friends on a Saturday, Urban Woman suggested Bistro at the Bijou. After some discussion – perhaps tongue-in-cheek – about whether the politics...

Sign Announcing the Market Deli, Knoxville The Market at Union and Gay opened just last summer after the closing of General Store in the same spot a few months earlier. It opened as one part convenience...

New Union Shops – Pre-Makeover, Union Avenue, Knoxville, February 2012 Yesterday’s blog post about the eminent Knoxville advent of The Tree and the Vine certainly stirred up quite a response. I’d e-mailed the owners to let...

Sign outside Asheville Store (photo from http://www.thetreeandvine.com/) Here’s more big news for Market Square: We are getting a great store called The Tree and Vine which currently has a location in Asheville. The Asheville store sells...

Chris Doody, James Trimble, Will Horton and John Phillips Take two of my favorite local bands and add my favorite weekly musical hour and you have the recipe for a great time. And it certainly was....

Jack Rentfro, Preservation Pub,(with Laith Keilany) A performance by Jack Rentfro and his ace band the Apocalypso Quartet is difficult to articulate to an uninitiated audience. Apparently initially encouraged by the late, beloved Phil Pollard, Jack...

Harpist on Market Square, Knoxville, February 2012 It’s hard to believe how quickly the winter has passed. There hasn’t really been much of one as far as the weather goes. It was just New Year and...