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A non-gambler goes to Las Vegas. Why?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

I love Times Square. Whenever we go to New York, I always want to stay right on Times Square. I leave the curtains open so that when I wake up at 3 a.m., which I always do, I can see … Continue reading →

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10K-a-day: It ain’t easy!

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

It’s 38 steps around Gay Lyons’ kitchen. It’s 630 steps around the unoccupied space on the 3rd floor of the historic Miller’s Building downtown. It’s about 500 steps around Market Square, depending on how far you go on the TVA … Continue reading →

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Mardi Growl brings out the cutest faces in town!

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

A continual drizzle Saturday could not dampen the spirits of hundreds of dogs and their people at the 4th annual Mardi Growl dog parade in downtown Knoxville. Quite the contrary. Dogs and humans in very size, shape and variety were … Continue reading →

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Purses, motorcycles, couture dresses and termites! Or, what I saw at the Women Today Expo.

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

Girlfriends (and brave guy friends!), get yourself over to the News Sentinel’s Women Today Expo at the Knoxville Convention Center sometime this weekend! And next year, plan to experience it as I did — during the “Women’s Wine Down” event … Continue reading →

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Knoxvillians gather to meet visiting PBS exec; she says PBS will focus on children, art and history

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

The smallest public TV station in the country is in Cookeville, TN. In some parts of Alaska, the public TV station is the only TV station on the air. Public TV reaches 99 percent of the United States. These were … Continue reading →

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Cornbread on Joy Street

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

In Luke 4:4, Jesus says, “It is written. Man cannot live by bread alone.” John B. Waters Jr. would add, “Unless it’s cornbread!” Mr. Waters, the well-known Sevierville lawyer and former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors, … Continue reading →

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Nothing says “Happy Thanksgiving” like a big purple octopus — or, my holidays in Alabama

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

We have been driving the highways from Knoxville to Gulf Shores, Ala., for as long as we’ve been married, which is 26 years. And the sights I see along the way — and when we get there — never cease … Continue reading →

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These folks really know how to do Christmas — and they share their special home for a good cause!

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

You haven’t really done Christmas to the max until you have done it at the historic Middlebrook, the beautiful circa 1845 residence owned by Rick Fox at 4001 Middlebrook Pike. Fox and his partner,  Ralph Cianelli, every year transform the … Continue reading →

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Downtown eateries compete to make best drinks — starring herbs!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

Congratulations to bartender Kris Greeson and the other good folks at the S&W Grand on Gay Street for taking home first place last Saturday in the Market Mixer drink contest for the third month in a row! Here’s how it works. The Market Square Farmers’ … Continue reading →

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The Blue Streak throws a party to thank its “victims”

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

OK. Here was the thought. The Blue Streak is only successful because of the great folks who let us take their pictures and attend their events. We decided to throw a cocktail party to thank them. We invited to the party the … Continue reading →

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