So, the last weeks have been crazy good in the city. The streets, shops and restaurants have been packed. Events have been tumbling all over each other. And all the while, the weather has gotten closer...

Pinata in better times – Hola Festival 2011, Knoxville The pinatas were not actually the finale, but they were the last thing I was able to attend. Urban Toddler has her limits and there was a...

Parade of Nations, Hola Festival 2011, Knoxville Mariachi Band, Hola Festival, Knoxville As promised, here are more of the great sights from the Hola Festival, Parade of Nations. To the best of my knowledge, I don’t...

Dora the Expolorer, Parade of Nations, Hola Festival, Knoxville Parade of Nations, Hola Festival 2011, Knoxville, The centerpiece of the Hola Festival is the Parade of Nations. Many nations are represented and present something of the...

Entrance to Hola Festival 2011, Regas Square, Knoxville Hola Festival 2011 viewed from the Gay Street Viaduct, Knoxville This was one of those weekends in which far too much happened to take it all in. Painful choices had...

Macaw on Union Avenue Isn’t the people watching in a city one of the best things about the whole experience? In some respects we have a pretty homogeneous downtown population. It’s a mostly white crowd with...

Emily Mathis and Band, Square Room, Knoxville, September 2011 A large crown of lucky people enjoyed a brilliant night of jazz and saw the premiere of the documentary movie “A Place for Me: Living Jazz in a...

Here I go again with my little vehicle obsession. It is strange for someone who would love to not own a car, but I can’t change it, I can only confess it in public. So, here...

“Budrus” introduced at Hodge’s Library, UT, Knoxville Recently, the Knoxville News Sentinel touted the fact that in the most recent U.S. News and World Report, the University of Tennessee had moved from 47th to 46th on...

Vegetables at the Market Square Farmers’ Market This weekend promised to be packed with Urban goodness. When Saturday arrived, crisp and cool, and Urban Toddler made the scene, we set out for some large fun. I get...