Vegetables ready, five pounds shrimp and one pound crab meat in the fridge We’re a long way from the Gulf Coast. Never is that more clear than Mardi Gras week. As an ex-patriot of Mobile, Alabama,...

That’s a lot of size Sure, I was convinced that size didn’t matter. I mean, it’s what you do with what you’ve got, right? I even blogged about it in one of my earliest posts, concluding...

Winter isn’t the biggest time of the year for construction, though with the winter we’ve had, conditions would have been pretty good for constructing on all but a few days. There are several projects about which...

710 and 712 Walnut Still Endangered Lengthy caption, I realize, but several things are simmering in the downtown stew today and I wanted to include them all. Let’s take them one at a time. Though several...

Boyd’s Jig and Reel, Old City, Knoxville, January 2012 I’ve been hanging onto the shots I took of Blue Mother Tupelo last month, but hadn’t found the right moment to work them in. In the meantime,...

Harley Chapeau on Market Square, Knoxville Harley Chapeau seems like part of the fabric of the square. He would blend in like so many visitors from west Knoxville if not for his dapper dress in his...

Shuck Raw Bar and Ale, Gay Street, Knoxville, 2012 The word has been out for months that Shuck, a Raw Bar would arriving on the 100 block of Gay Street bringing another shot of life to...

 Stacey Campfield It’s been a week since I tackled a political topic, so it seems like a a good time to wade into the events on the far end of Gay Street. Last week I...

Matt waits on a customer at Morelock Music while his dog smells her feet We each probably have a few places which aren’t our home, but which give us a good feeling every time we walk...

Wayne Bledsoe, Waynestock 2012, Relix Theater, Knoxville The third and final night of Waynestock promised to be the craziest of the bunch and it delivered. The bands were all high-energy and seemed genuinely excited to be...