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It’s Family: Knoxville’s Market Square Farmers’ Market
It’s the people swapping stories and socializing that make the Market Square Farmers’ Market so cool. I was long overdue for a visit to one of the area’s best farmers’ markets — or so I’ve heard it’s...
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Summer’s Last Sip: Chillin’ Good Cook-Out Milkshake
Hayley and Lilly enjoying milkshakes on a Sunday afternoon on the front porch of Cook-Out Now, I don’t even pretend to be a Guy Fieri who knows every drive-in, diner, and dive across America and where...
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Ramsey House Country Market Returns with Fall Kick-off and Glimpse of Simpler...
A UT fan checks out the antiques at Ramsey House Country Market Fall for me just wouldn’t be the same without a trip to Ramsey House for the annual Country Market. And since last fall came and went...
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My Very First Blog Award! Thanks so much!!
A couple of weeks ago, I was nominated for a Leibster Blog Award, an award given to fellow bloggers to recognize new, up-and-coming blogs! “Liebster” is a German word meaning dearest, beloved, or...
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Mixing friendship and Wall Street: A Valentine’s Celebration
Since the late ’90s, I’ve bought and sold stocks with the ladies of WEB Investment Club. When we started the started the club, most of us had no idea how to access stock market info online or place a...
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Books and Buttercream at The Great Cake Bake
Whitney Roberson’s teapot cake If there’s anything near and dear to the heart of a former English teacher (that would be me), it’s a celebration of books and the joy of reading. So when I heard that...
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Culture awaits you: Arts in the Airport!
Since flying has become my transportation of choice lately, I find that I have definite airport preferences: I like quality shops, local and gourmet restaurants along with fast food, a Starbucks in...
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Celebration time: 1st Anniversary for Oh, the Places We See!
Happy Blogging Anniversary! It’s hard to believe, but one year ago we launched Oh, the Places We See! We had just rented an apartment downtown in our own city of Knoxville, Tennessee, and pretended to...
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Dogwood Arts Festival 2013: The secret beauty of Open Gardens
Yes, it’s true. I write this blog from Knoxville, Tennessee — home of the Dogwood Arts Festival. So, of course, I’m biased. But if you’re ever in Knoxville at festival time, you’ll agree with me:...
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Art for KARM at Strata-G Jubilee
“Duncan Boat Dock” by Janis Wilkey Anytime art and food are paired for an evening to benefit a worthy recipient, you can count us in! And so it was that when Knoxville artist Mike Berry emailed an...
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Last Yellows: Knoxville, TN
Perhaps it happens to all of us, but today as I was driving to work, I saw something that compelled me to pull over, grab my camera, and snap away. The morning sun (perhaps stronger now after the time...
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Buttermilk Sky Pie Shop: New sweet spot in Bearden!
Change is afoot in the Bearden area of Knoxville! And if you’ve wondered what’s up with that little white building next door to Anthropologie on Kingston Pike, wonder no more! It’s Buttermilk Sky Pie...
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Food trucks on Union: It’s Saturday morning!
Just about everyone loves the new food trucks on Union Avenue on Saturday mornings! Saturday mornings in downtown Knoxville are just downright fun! You might not think a farmers’ market could bring out...
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A Word a Week Challenge: Lines
Moving the T down the field at Neyland Stadium Sue’s A Word a Week Challenge this week from her blog A Word in Your Ear is LINES. And since we’re big University of Tennessee Vols fans,we watch intently...
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Travel Theme: Sky
Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack posted Travel Theme:Sky this week which reminded me of an autumn walk on The Boulevard in the Sequoyah Hills section of Knoxville. Sometimes I walk the designated jogging...
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Dogwood Arts 2014: A beautiful beginning!
We always know the dates of the Dogwood Arts Festival in advance — websites, posters, and billboards keep us informed. But it’s not until we see the redbuds blooming in town and along I-40 that we...
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Chalk one up for fun: Dogwoods Arts 2014 — Chalk Walk
Favorite entry in Chalk Walk 2014 by students of the STEM Academy. It its sixth year at the Dogwood Arts Festival, Chalk Walk has again brought out artists young and old, amateur and professional to...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
Woman carrying a metal Knoxville sign that she purchased from Coldstream Market, an upstairs shop specializing in what I call vintage and industrial antiques. This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer Lovin’
One of the joys of being a grandparent: showing off the city you love with your granddaughter who still loves wherever you take her!!! Summer in the City of Knoxville from the Sunsphere’s Observation...
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A Blast with the Past: East Tennessee History Fair 2014
Everyone loves wearing a costume at the East Tennessee History Fair If the term “jam-packed” ever defined a one-day festival, it would be most appropriate at the Eighth Annual East Tennessee History...
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