Knoxville new­bie: term used to describe some­one new to the Knoxville community.

After mov­ing from the windy city of Chicago (way too cold) to “Mouth of the Rat” Boca Raton, FL (way too many toy dogs) and round­ing out my tour with grad­u­ate school in Wash­ing­ton, DC (way too many politi­cians),  I decided it was about time to make a place home. That place ended up being Knoxville.  So far there have only been way too many nice peo­ple here that it makes me won­der if this place is real.

Hav­ing only been a res­i­dent of Knoxville for 2 months now, I am happy to report that this place is earn­ing its place in my heart.  Knoxville it turns out is a medium sized city, with big small town charm. 


So far my Top 5 list includes:

  1. Cal­houns on the River — Per­fect for a sum­mer night. A burger and beer com­plete with a river side view.
  2. Knoxville Green­way — A great way to get out and enjoy the sur­round­ings.  Also have never walked passed some­one with­out get­ting a hi, hello, and how ya doing?
  3. UT spirit — Does every car come com­plete with an orange “T” on the back? This town is proud and shows it! Doesn’t mat­ter how good the team will end up being, I’m pretty sure every­one will keep wear­ing their UT watch.
  4. Knoxville Twit­ter Com­mu­nity — Net­work, con­nect, and make friends.  Also the quick­est way to find out where the best lunch spot is! Taste of Thai and Fire­house subs fre­quent the chat­ter at noon.
  5. Mar­ket Square — From Sun­down in the City to Shake­speare on the Square, Mar­ket Square offers a rich cul­ture of enter­tain­ment, food, and that small town charm right down­town. Plus, World Grotto is like a grown up ver­sion of Frag­gle Rock.

As a Knoxville new­bie, I know there’s much more to be dis­cov­ered.  Keep a look out for addi­tions to this list and feel free to make and post your own!

If you were to make your Knoxville Top 5 list, what would appear on it?

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