Tag Archives: Tim Young

Pairings party launches News Sentinel Open

A festive party at Chesapeake’s last night designed to let the amateur golfers know what professional golfer they would be playing with today marked the official start of the News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot. The Summit Medical Group Pro-Am … Continue reading

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Blue Streak’s top 10 Knoxville restaurants; Agree?

We at Moxley Carmichael are restaurant people. We eat out all the time. We eat out for business, we eat out for pleasure. We eat out for lunch and dinner and brunch. Because of these habits, Alan and I often … Continue reading

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Fireworks, music and camaraderie highlight a fun Southern Summer’s Night to help those with HIV

It has come to be known as THE fun event of summer. Southern Summer’s Night, also called Hope 2013 (this year), is the huge outdoor gala held every year at the historic Middlebrook mansion to raise money for Covenant Health’s … Continue reading

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A moveable feast fit for presidents – and new friends

I’ve got to hand it to our downtown progressive dinner group. Give us a theme and we’ll jump on it. Give us a goal and we’ll accomplish it. Case in point. Last month, we had a downtown progressive dinner scheduled … Continue reading

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Downtown Christmas progressive dinner: eight friends celebrating life in the center city

A bunch of downtown buddies usually use our periodic progressive dinners to recruit more fun people to downtown. But this Christmas season, we decided to keep it small and only include the actual participants themselves. We’ll go back to the … Continue reading

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Pairings party opens big week in Knoxville

An amazing party last night kicked off the most important week of the year in Knoxville. So, you’re thinking it was celebrating the first full week of school? Or the start of high school football? Or something cultural like the … Continue reading

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Beautiful new bar and restaurant strive to attract locals as well as visitors: Windows on the Park

Our friend Nick Cazana has a new baby. It’s Windows on the Park, a gorgeous new bar and restaurant located in the Holiday Inn World’s Fair. Alan and I, along with our friends Dawn and Richard Ford, went to a … Continue reading

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Patios, porches and rooftops: another downtown progressive dinner and another pair of targets!

Success just makes us bolder! As regular Blue Streak readers know, some of us downtowners are determined to convince all our friends to move here, too! Our strategy is to seduce them by inviting them to join us on one … Continue reading

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Get to Market Square for Dogwood food, art, fun!

In my 32 years in Knoxville, I’ve never seen a better Dogwood Arts Festival Art Fair on Market Square. This year, the art is as good as it’s ever been and the food and entertainment have been elevated many levels. A … Continue reading

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The progressive dinner strategy continues

In our never-ending attempt to get everyone we like to move downtown, seven of us center city dwellers staged yet another in our series of progressive downtown dinners. Thanks to a previous progressive dinner, we successfully seduced Bruce and Monique … Continue reading

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