Monthly Archives: May 2012

Home makeover turns Ashes into extreme partiers

Joan and Victor Ashe, Knoxville’s longest-serving mayor and former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, clearly are enjoying their newly renovated home on Kingston Pike. How can you tell? Well, for one thing, in the space of 10 days this month they … Continue reading

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What’s behind that wall?

I’m sure you’ve noticed the interesting serpentine brick wall on the north side of Kingston Pike near the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood. Ever wonder what’s behind it? The folks at Knox Heritage decided to show their biggest patrons exactly that. In … Continue reading

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“Gas station food” done by Blackberry Farm! Ha.

If you attended last weekend’s International Biscuit Festival in downtown Knoxville and you didn’t opt for the $10 all-you-can-eat Biscuit Breakfast or the $5-for-five-biscuits tasting on Biscuit Boulevard, you could have gone for the $85-per-plate Blackberry Farm Biscuit Brunch. It … Continue reading

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Who doesn’t love a biscuit?

I had not planned to write a blog post about the biscuits offered on Biscuit Boulevard this past Saturday during the third annual International Biscuit Festival. I figured there would be plenty of other “real” media and other bloggers covering … Continue reading

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Wishing our buddy Ted Smith a happy birthday – and learning how to avoid kidney stones!

Last Friday was the end of a stress-filled week. Alan and I had been out of town at a conference three of the days and we had, of course, been trying to cram everything into the remaining two days of … Continue reading

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Southern food under a super moon

I think I breathed an audible sigh of relief the other night when, after a bounteous dinner on the porch of a historic farmhouse, I heard author John Egerton talking about Southern food. “Take the warnings of the food police … Continue reading

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Figs and fun greet Botanical Garden fans

Scads of folks shelled out $50 each and headed over to Sherri Lee’s fantastic gardens the other evening for the inaugural Great Gardens Party. The beneficiary was the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. The theme: figs, of course. Sherri loves … Continue reading

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Beer, cupcakes and the history of civilization

Because our husbands have accompanied us to many wine-tasting events, my friend Dawn Ford and I agreed to reciprocate by taking them to a beer tasting the other night. Carol Costello, a professor in UT’s Culinary Institute and director of … Continue reading

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Pat Wood: “Hoe to the end of the row”

The sanctuary of St. John’s Cathedral in downtown Knoxville was filled to capacity on Sunday afternoon as friends gathered to remember the life of developer Pat Wood. The ushers were seating folks in folding chairs set up in the side … Continue reading

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