Tag Archives: Deborah Franklin

Laughs and lovely hats launch spring

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Cynthia Moxley

One of my favorite annual events is back! “Hats in Bloom” is a fundraiser for the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. It involves scores of beautiful hats for sale, a delicious lunch, pretty centerpieces that can be purchased — and … Continue reading →

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Chef Gallaher’s ‘Summer Supper’ was scary good!

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

Chef Matt Gallaher took full advantage of the state-of-the-art kitchen in the newly renovated Kingston Pike home of former University of Tennessee Chancellor Beverly Davenport for the Knox Heritage “Summer Supper” he prepared on Saturday. Davenport, who lived in the … Continue reading →

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Exceptional eating at Eugenia’s extraordinary house

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

If there are two kinds of events we love to attend, it is these: the wonderful Summer Suppers to support Knox Heritage and the fascinating Trust Fall dinners whereby you put yourself totally at the discretion of a local chef … Continue reading →

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Rain can’t dampen this happening New Year’s Eve!

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Cynthia Moxley

New Year’s Eve 2018 in downtown Knoxville was unseasonably warm, in addition to being windy and rainy. It was the last night, in fact, of the rainiest year Knoxville has seen in decades. But no one’s spirits were dampened in … Continue reading →

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A light goes out in Knoxville, but look for the signs

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Cynthia Moxley

I was at a Knox County Commission meeting last week when I began receiving worried text messages and, ultimately, a phone call with the news about the incomparable Mickey Mallonee’s passing. Mickey has been a wonderful part of my and … Continue reading →

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So many hats — and only one head!

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Cynthia Moxley

Maybe it was the startlingly beautiful weather last Friday. Or maybe it was the mimosas and Bloody Marys. Or maybe it was just getting a bunch of nice ladies and a bunch of nice hats together in one spot. Or … Continue reading →

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Grandiose ‘Gilded Age Gala’ greets 2018

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Cynthia Moxley

Talk about an evening that had it all! That’s what the folks at Knox Heritage aimed for more than a year ago when Kim Trent, the preservation organization’s executive director, came up with the idea for an extravagant New Year’s … Continue reading →

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Twilight in the garden of good and evil

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Cynthia Moxley

The last of Knox Heritage’s fun “Summer Suppers” was one of the year’s best! And it was held in one of the most historic places in Knoxville — Old Gray Cemetery on Broadway. Established in 1850, Old Gray contains the … Continue reading →

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Quarry setting serves up Spanish ‘Summer Supper’

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Cynthia Moxley

A spectacular garden landscape on a beautiful evening. Convivial friends and acquaintances. And a wide range of delectable seafood dishes prepared by one of Knoxville’s most talented and in-demand chefs. That about sums up the Knox Heritage Summer Supper held … Continue reading →

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Historic preservation with a Polish twist (and pierogies!)

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Cynthia Moxley

Pierogies, borscht, cabbage. Ah, the food of Poland. And vodka, of course. Potato vodka. Forty folks shelled out $170 each for these delicacies last week, along with a chance to dine at the Sequoyah Hills home of former Ambassador to … Continue reading →

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