Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
The fund-raiser Jim and Kay Clayton hosted at their Sequoyah Hills home Monday for Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s gubernatorial run raised more than $200,000 and broke a record:
More individuals have contributed to the Haslam campaign than have ever given to anyone at this stage in the race, campaign officials reported. As Haslam put it, “We [...]
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Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
One of the questions Alan and I are most frequently asked by our suburban friends is this: What’s the big deal about living downtown? You can do the same things in West Knoxville as you can do there. Our answer: Not really.
There is nowhere like downtown to live. It is non-stop fun, fun, fun! I [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
The folks behind the Metropolitan Plaza development in downtown Knoxville are taking a unique approach in planning what amenities it should include. They are asking potential customers.
Earlier this week, the developers, Nick, Justin and Ryan Cazana of Commercial and Investment Properties, hosted a lunch at Club LeConte for the heads of some of Knoxville’s leading [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
One of downtown Knoxville’s most familiar sights - lawyer Dennis McCarthy walking his adorable beagle, Lily - is about to be just a memory. Dennis and his wife, Judy, are leaving downtown to move to a farmhouse in Loudon County.
Although they have owned the farmhouse for quite awhile, the McCarthys have lived and worked downtown [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
In Napa or Sonoma, you might own an entire vineyard. But in Burgundy, France, you are more likely to own a few rows in a vineyard. That’s why some of the best French wines are produced in miniscule amounts.
That’s what we learned last week at a phenomenal wine tasting at the lovely Cherokee Boulevard home [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
When Bruce Pearl arrived in Knoxville in 2005 to take over the men’s basketball program at the University of Tennessee, he quickly identified his biggest problem: expectations were too low. He raised them.
Since then, Pearl has presided over the most successful period in Tennessee men’s basketball history. He has led the Tennessee Volunteers to four [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
“Leave your cell phones on because they don’t work here anyway! Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Apply an extra layer of sunscreen - even if you just put some on.”
“Drink some water - even if you’re not thirsty!”
Welcome to what we affectionately referred to this weekend as “Bonnaroo Light” - the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert at Cades Cove [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
The argument over whether Sundown in the City is good for downtown Knoxville’s Market Square is about to ruin a party I’m planning - and I’m not happy about it.
The problem: I have friends on both sides of the fight - and most have very strong opinions about this subject. Harsh words and insults have [...]
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Posted on June 5th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Last Saturday evening, J. and Marion Allan were sitting on the porch of their home in Powell shortly before dinner. Eighty-year-old J. told Marion, his wife of just two years, that these were the happiest days of his life. And he told her how much he loved her.
Thirty minutes later, as Marion was in the [...]
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