2017

I have noticed that people love lists. They especially love lists about what others think are the very “best.” “The Best 25 Places to Retire,” or “The Top Ten Places to Hide From the Police,” for example. I recently read an article…
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Return to a seemingly simpler time when sweet treats and good service went hand in hand, and experience a little piece of local history at one of Knoxville’s pharmacy and soda fountains. Originally, soda fountains were built inside local…
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When Mary and Stanley Griffin were designing their Agrarian-style home in Arcadia, they tapped into the origins of Agrarian design, when homes were built with local wood and stone. These homes are an acknowledgement of their place, and are…
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I love Christmas—the music, the mood, the holiday celebrated by Americans in unique and individual ways different from my own. I mean, I don’t hang lights from the gutters, but I’ve seen it done well; I don’t put a crèche out front, but…
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Mill & Mine Knoxville 227 West Depot Ave Nov. 10th 6:30-11pm Black-tie optional On November 10, 2017, The American Cancer Society is hosting its annual Hope Gala at the Mill & Mine.  A one-of-a-kind evening, the gala…
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With over twenty active breweries, and more on the way, Knoxville is fast developing as a destination city for beer lovers across the country.
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Robert Earl Keen will be coming to town with his “Merry Christmas from the Family” tour on December 8th at the Tennessee Theatre. Keen, or REK as he’s known, talked to us in late August about the song, the tour, and a smattering of other…
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American author Wallace Stegner called national parks “America’s “best idea…absolutely democratic.”  Ensconced in first place as the most visited among all national parks is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  None other of our “crown…
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In this “Best of the Best” issue, our readers and fans cast votes on how others perform in their careers. Although careers are certainly important, I believe that who we are as a person is even more valuable (important or significant) than …
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In case you have been on a deep mediation retreat for the past few weeks, let me bring you up to speed on one item:  We have suffered perhaps the single greatest breach of security of individual Americans in history. Equifax is a consumer…
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