Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, July 2011 Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville Walking through Pere Lachaise Cimetiere in Paris made me think about Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, which is our best known cemetery and our most beloved...

Two days ago I traveled to Nashville with Urban Daughter to see Bob Dylan and Leon Russell at the Ryman auditorium. We love seeing Bob, of course, and the Ryman Auditorium is a very special place to...

After that small diversion for food, how about we continue our August with a musical lift to our spirits?  Hopefully this is the month the sidewalks stop melting, air-quality alerts cease to depress us and Henley Street becomes a beautiful...

The Market, Gay Street, Knoxville, Opens July 29, 2011 When I moved to the city a year and nine months ago one of the big complaints about living downtown was the lack of availability of groceries....

I usually talk about the things I’ve done lately and that was my intention for today’s blog, but there are several things happening that warrant a mention. We’ll take them in reverse order: The Market at...

Amy Black, WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, July 2011 I got a chance to attend the Blue Plate Special recently and listen to great music by Amy Black and Jailbox in a double bill. As always, listening...

Black Cadillacs, Preservation Pub, Knoxville, July 2011 But before they exploded I had a set of misadventures and near-misadventures. I reported here that they would give a roof-top concert beginning at 10:00. This was pretty exciting...

Churchill Arms Pub, London Since the last couple of blogs have been about food, this seems like a good time to talk about food in these fabulous cities. I’m sure there are readers of this blog...

Today and for the next few days we’ll continue the food theme. If anything defines a city it’s the food, right? Certainly to some degree you remember the cities you visit by the food you find....

Yesterday marked the opening of Bella Luna at 15 Market Square. Thanks to my friend Buddy Ray, who, after catching the Blueplate Special at WDVX offered to treat me there. He thereby became the official sponsor of this...