Tag Archives: Melinda Meador

Biscuit Festival expands to perfection

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Cynthia Moxley

The International Biscuit Festival, held this past weekend in downtown Knoxville, was an absolute delight. In fact, if you ask me, it was the best one in the six years of its existence. Why? Because the organizers, reacting to the … Continue reading →

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Saluting a circle of sisters

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Cynthia Moxley

Melinda Meador turned 60 earlier this year and her friend Sheena McCall offered to have a party for her. Sheena was thinking Melinda would like a cocktail party in Sheena’s stunning Cherokee Boulevard home. But Melinda surprised her. She asked, … Continue reading →

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Houston, we don’t have a problem

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Cynthia Moxley

If Stephen Wicks, the curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art, ever decides to change careers, he needs to be a travel agent. I can’t imagine anyone putting together a more interesting, educational and fun three-night trip than the one … Continue reading →

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Stars come out for Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Cynthia Moxley

Once again, Sherri Lee opened her beautiful estate on a picturesque cove on Fort Loudoun Lake to raise funds for the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra through an event called Evening Under the Stars. This, year, however, due to the threat of … Continue reading →

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“Hats in Bloom” kicks off garden party season

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Cynthia Moxley

In Knoxville, the dawning of spring is starting to mean one thing — garden parties! And what better place to kick off the garden party season than at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, which on Thursday hosted its “Hats … Continue reading →

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Kreis Beall: At Blackberry, the answer is always yes

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Cynthia Moxley

“Thirty-six years have gone very quickly,” Kreis Beall told the 75 guests gathered on the tent-covered porch of her beautifully appointed Lyons View Drive home recently. That’s how long it’s been since Beall, then a 23-year-old mother of a four-month … Continue reading →

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Thanks to our favorite targets!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

We threw a little cocktail party the other day to thank all those patient souls who have been on The Blue Streak the most during the past year. Without the cooperation of all the folks who patiently pose for the … Continue reading →

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“You’ve got to buy books.”

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

Last Wednesday was Knoxville author Cormac McCarthy‘s 78th birthday. McCarthy, not a Knoxville native but a resident of Knoxville for many years, inserted many Knoxville references in his literature and has developed something of a cult following in these parts. … Continue reading →

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Life lessons from Nancy Drew

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

“Convertibles are swell but they sure do call attention to your comings and goings.” — Nancy Drew in “The Haunted Showboat” “Don’t force your date to go to a ballet or another activity that may not be to his liking … Continue reading →

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