Knoxify

Photo by: ZenOp­tic

The green­est day of the year has come and gone. Many were kissed (because they’re Irish of course) and some were pinched. A few didn’t even know it was St. Patrick’s Day and quite a few par­tied like it was 1999 in The Old City. What…you didn’t know there was a St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl in The Old City?

If you did know about it and shuf­fled your way into Down­town Knoxville, what did you think of the event?

The Knox­ify crew saw some of you out so we expect a full review in the com­ments. *cough* J. Floyd, Saul Young, Laura Bower, Robby Edwards *cough*

With a large ani­mal shel­ter and dog park pres­ence we think it’s safe to say that there are a lot of pet own­ers in the Knoxville area. Some let Fido and/or Garfield roam the house dur­ing the day and some keep them stowed away in a pet crate. But oth­ers use pet sit­ting or day­care ser­vices which may sound crazy at first, but our research indi­cates there are a lot of busi­nesses in our area that pro­vide such services.

If you use a pet sit­ter or take your ani­mal to a day­care ser­vice, who do you use and what has your expe­ri­ence been?

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The weather on tap today couldn’t be a bet­ter set­ting for the 34th annual Dog­wood Arts Fes­ti­val House & Gar­den Show. How­ever, this year they’re offer­ing up a sur­prise in the form of a lit­tle black bag. Check out the pic­ture above and leave a com­ment with what you think is in it. To see if you’re right stop by the Knoxville Con­ven­tion Cen­ter today at 10am.

This post is a lit­tle free adver­tis­ing for The Dog­wood Arts Fes­ti­val. Please note that one of the own­ers of Knoxify.com is closely related to this event.

Photo by: Mr. Good­speed

Ear­lier this week the announce­ment was made that Sun­down in the City will trim its sched­ule from 12 shows to 5.

Are you happy or sad to see to a shorter Sun­down schedule?

Given the recent buzz about a national chain pos­si­bly land­ing in Down­town Knoxville, we thought today’s ques­tion was fit­ting. On a side note, one of the most pop­u­lar posts here at Knox­ify was/is a retail rumor.

What stores or national chains would you like to see in Knoxville?

Photo by: Rod­Beg­bie

Is this the right time to use, “when I was in school we walked to class up hill both ways in a foot of snow”? I’m sure we’ve all heard that one before. But call­ing school off before any type of pre­cip­i­ta­tion has touched the ground? Come on. What do you think?

Were Knox County schools (and other sur­round­ing sys­tems) closed prematurely?

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Our ques­tion this week comes from gexxin­knox, one of our loyal Twit­ter followers.

If you don’t know what you’re doing and would rather not be able to power your Prius with the touch of a fin­ger, elec­tric­ity is some­thing you should leave to a pro. We want to know:

Who is the best licensed Elec­tri­cian in Knoxville?

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One of our read­ers wants to know:

Who has the best Chi­nese or Thai food in Knoxville?

In just a cou­ple of short weeks we’ll wrap up the 2000s, a decade that has shown our scruffy lit­tle town polit­i­cal chaos, a high-profile mur­der case, a spill of epic pro­por­tions and many more neg­a­tive, gut wrench­ing sto­ries. Unfor­tu­nately, we haven’t been around since 2000 so we haven’t had the chance to share the Knoxville pos­i­tives with you. So you tell us:

Over the past decade, what Knoxville sto­ries, projects, pro­grams, busi­nesses, etc. have shined above the rest as the best of the 2000s?

One that comes to our mind is the I-40 Smart­Fix project.

Mr. Bee­son, our famous cof­fee and beer guru, wants to know:

Who has the best beer selec­tion in Knoxville?

Photo by: photo credit: john­paul­goguen