January February 2023

Even if it’s in your own home, there’s nothing more relaxing than a spa day, and with Valentines Day just around the corner, you might still be looking for a way to show your loved one you care on this day of love. Lucky for us, Knoxville…
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I confess. I was not the best student during my school years. But one day, in Mr. Odell’s math class, I was struck by a comment he made. “The best mathematicians are lazy,” he said, adding, “the smartest people always look for…
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Oysters on the half shell and signature cocktails bring NOLA to Market Square The French poet Léon-Paul Fargue wrote, “Eating oysters is like kissing the sea on the lips.” Knoxville’s only raw bar, The Brass Pearl, opened on Market…
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Often seen as the Smokies' little sibling, the Big South Fork rides like an emergency $20 bill in my wallet. As leaf peepers crowd the usual, high-altitude routes, I sneak off into this gorge to feast on colors that flow downstream…
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities The 1960s, so long ago, left lasting impressions for those in this country who stood…
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It's not the stories that I often tell that haunt me, the fun ones around the campfire celebrating the success of a good sporting trip. No, the ones that keep me up at night are those where pure instinct took over and adrenaline coursed…
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With thousands of fans in Knoxville, consistently exceptional shows over his career, and a 2021 album, Body Language, that we simply adore, there's no doubt that Blake Shelton's show in February at the Thompson-Boling Arena will be a…
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Kathie Odom’s success as a plein air painter holds a life lesson for all of us. A University of Tennessee art school graduate, her career led her to creative endeavors that weren’t fine art: framing, faux finishing, decorating, and…
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Lightening the Load, One Client at a Time Story by Jennifer Duncan It was 30 years ago that the Lavelle Law Firm came into existence. Dominick Lavelle, the firm’s founder, had been an engineer and later on in life a teacher and…
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Making Home Look Like New Again Story by Jake Kormish | Photography by Nathan Sparks I've been in business as a home painter for almost 30 years. Just before I started my career in painting services, I sat on my break at…
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