Category Archives: Public Relations

Business crowd likes what it sees as new UT prez is introduced at a packed downtown gathering

• “He said all the right things.” • “He seems like a good guy. And he’s from UT!” • “He doesn’t seem like a loose cannon!” Those were some of the comments heard in the crowd of nearly 300 business … Continue reading

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Goodbye to Regas, a special friend to me

I took a reporter to Regas a while back and was flabbergasted when he said he’d never been there before. I don’t think I could have had a reporting or a business career if it had not been for Regas … Continue reading

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Will Mickey Mallonee run for Knoxville mayor? Nah. She just wants to have fun!

“If drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve!” That’s how Mickey Mallonee paraphrased Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last night when I asked her if she would really consider running for mayor of Knoxville, a rumor going … Continue reading

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The best corporate Christmas gift EVER!

Sara Hedstrom Pinnell is a long-time friend and client. The owner of Hedstrom Design, a great downtown landscape architecture firm, she obviously is very creative. But this time, she really knocked our socks off!

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Bracing for the season — and I don’t mean football!

It’s September and, in Knoxville, that means one important thing: the season starts. And I don’t mean the football season. I mean the almost equally competitive charity fundraiser season. This time of year, it seems that not a day goes … Continue reading

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It’s moving day at Moxley Carmichael!

Today is the last day for us in the glass tower that has been our home for the past 15 years. It’s moving day and we are taking our toys and moving from First Tennessee Plaza, the tallest building in … Continue reading

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Follies show delivers laughs, jabs at newsmakers

There was so much material this year that the annual Front Page Follies show was bound to be funny! Held Saturday at the Knoxville Convention Center, it did not disappoint. The Follies show is the annual performance by area journalists and … Continue reading

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And the winner is . . .sausage stuffed creminis!

  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 … Continue reading

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A tale of two (cool!) cities

I’ve been to Asheville about a dozen times over the years and it is a place I really like. I’ve always been impressed by its creative restaurants, compact downtown and generally cool vibe. Alan and I just got back from … Continue reading

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The “messenger god” meets the mortals (a lot of ’em!) at Moxley Carmichael’s 2010 client party

We were a little nervous when former Sheriff Tim Hutchison and state Sen. Tim Burchett arrived at the Moxley Carmichael party at about the same time last Friday. The two men are locked in a not-all-that-friendly race to be the … Continue reading

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