For the past 11 years, we have been celebrating News Year’s Eve with two other couples: Richard and Dawn Ford and Jackie and Ray Fisher. Sometimes we go out to eat, sometimes we go to a party, and sometimes we watch the ball drop at Market Square.
This year we did all three. And we saw [...]

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As the new year approaches, our friend and colleague, Ellen Robinson, has accepted a new challenge. She is leaving her post as vice president at Moxley Carmichael to head up the marketing efforts of Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, the largest law firm in Knoxville (if you rank by number of attorneys).
Since we often do [...]

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I apologize for being such a poor blogger the past few weeks. Work has been just crazy busy. Besides, I still get a bunch of hits just by leaving the photo of Allison Burchett in that dress on the blog’s first page! Ha!
But Christmas season has been rushing by like the water out of a [...]

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OK. Put away that turkey and dressing. Get the dishes in the dishwasher. Maybe take a nap. But then, at some point this weekend, pry the folks away from the football games on TV and get yourself over to the Knoxville Convention Center for the Fantasy of Trees. It’s time to get in the Christmas [...]

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When Glenn Laiken moved to Knoxville from California three years ago, it created quite the stir. He is the well-known personal designer/stylist of men’s clothes, remember? His clients have included Dr. Phil, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson, among many others. He styled all the clothes for the movie American Gigolo. Jack Neely [...]

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The sweetest, most delicious, most non-pressure fundraiser every year is the “Raise the Roots” dinner that benefits Beardsley Community Farm. This is the second year we have attended the scrumptious event held at Tomato Head on Market Square, which donates a lot of  the food and provides cooks and servers who also donate their time. [...]

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This is a guest blog post by my friend and client Mary Bogert, the general manager of the Knoxville Convention Center. She wrote it for her own blog, From Inside the Center, shortly after a welcome event that Moxley Carmichael put together last month for Hart at the Convention Center. So, here’s Mary:
I’ve met the [...]

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On Saturday I told Charlotte Tolley, the manager of the Market Square Farmers’ Market, that I don’t remember seeing this much produce at the market at this time last year. She said I was right. There previously wasn’t this much volume or this much variety this close to the end of the season.
“Why?” I wondered. [...]

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We dined. We danced. We sang along to the O’Jays. We even got a little teary-eyed as the sweet Love Kitchen sisters won a lifetime achievement award.
It was the annual Knoxville Area Urban League Equal Opportunity Awards Gala Thursday night at the Knoxville Convention Center. It was a sell-out and it was a blast!
The Love [...]

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Chef Darren McGrady was in town last weekend bringing tales of his 11 years in service to Buckingham Palace and, more interestingly, his four years in service to Princess Diana after her divorce. During his whirlwind visit from Dallas, where he lives now and is a personal chef to a wealthy philanthropist, McGrady also supervised [...]

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