Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
If you stay flexible, sometimes great opportunities come along.
I was reminded of this last week when I picked up a voice message Wednesday evening from my friend Gay Lyons. “Call me as soon as you can,” the message said. “I want to invite you to a really interesting party at my house on Friday.”
I thought, “Oh, no. I won’t [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
That’s how one guest described Stuart Worden’s enchanting cottage where 30 folks gathered Sunday evening for one of Knox Heritage’s “Summer Supper” series.
Stuart and his late wife, artist Betsy Worden, saved numerous historic East Tennessee artifacts from the wrecking ball and incorporated them into the home they built 32 years ago on a steep cliff on the [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
How’s this for a Saturday night party idea? An appetizer sampling!
Our friend Dawn Ford loves to entertain and she loves appetizers. So when she bought a new Harry & David appetizer cookbook the other day, she decided she should gather a bunch of guinea pigs (us!) and test some of the recipes.
Note to Dawn’s other [...]
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Posted on July 1st, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
This has been a stressful week at Moxley Carmichael. We had an important vote at County Commission on Monday (which we won, thankfully). We had the big Pilot announcement on Wednesday. (Glad that’s over.) Plus a million other things, including some new business presentations, which tend to get me keyed up.
That’s why I was glad [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
He seems like an open book. But downtown developer David Dewhirst is a man with secrets! At least he was until last Friday when he led about 40 Knox Heritage supporters on the 2010 “Downtown Secret Supper” tour — and spilled the beans about some of his latest plans.
Here’s what we found out:
Behind the buildings [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Last night was the second annual “Peeling, Eating and Politicking” event sponsored by the Knoxville Chamber. Things worked out much better this year.
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Posted on June 21st, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Landscape architect Sara Hedstrom loves downtown Knoxville. That’s where she chose to open her business, Hedstrom Design. But she selected a rustic location this weekend for her wedding, which was both gorgeous and fun. She and Ben Pinnell committed what the minister, the Rev. George Doebler, described as “an irrational act,” by marrying on Saturday evening [...]
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Posted on June 18th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Well, THIS was an invitation I couldn’t pass up!
Mary Ellen and Nell Brewington and Sheryl and Lauren Sampson decided to invite 50 women over for a very special cocktail party at the Brewingtons’ Sequoyah Hills home on the lake.
The goal: kick off an effort to raise $100,000 in 10 (more or less) days to benefit [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Does this ever happen to you? You have out-of-town guests and suddenly, while taking them around your hometown, you kind of see your own city through their eyes?
That happened to me this weekend — and let me tell you: we looked great!
The occasion was the visit of my brother, Jimmy, his wife, Tess, and her [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Who doesn’t love a trivia quiz? Especially when there are prizes involved!
Last week, as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Executive Women’s Association, members Dawn Ford and Jeannie Dulaney challenged us to a trivia quiz about the history of women in Knoxville. Prizes? Susan B. Anthony dollars: one for each correct answer and [...]
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