Photo of this entry’s author courtesy knoxvillecycling user “Trentkc” College football season is over. You’re broke from Christmas shopping. And there’s nothing to do in Knoxville during the winter. Or is there? This past Saturday marked the first race of the 2008 Knoxiecross cyclocross series, with races held at three …
The Bruce (Pearl) is loose
The Bruce is loose, a song about Pearl, could it be? The Knoxify guys decided to mix things up a bit today. Don’t worry, we are still posting candidates responses; we just wanted a small break to celebrate the Vol’s victory on Saturday night. It’s not a big deal that …
‘Coffee and Chocolate’ sets par for Knoxville coffee shops
Sometimes, the only way to truly experience a place is to spend a lot of time there. Like, an entire afternoon. I did exactly that last Saturday by spending at least five hours in one of downtown Knoxville’s newest additions: the Coffee and Chocolate coffee shop. But this wasn’t the …
Knoxified: Top 10 News Sentinel Stories of ’07
Yesterday, the News Sentinel released the Top 10 local stories for 2007. The lineup came courtesy of an on-line poll from KnoxNews.com (I voted, did you?). Although many of the top 10 were good stories, here is my Knoxified 10 best. Christian-Newsom killings: I’m still baffled as to how this …
Catch-all Phrase of the Year: Happy Holidays
A recent letter to the editor of the News Sentinel from Jennifer Ward has me thinking again. This Christmas I made every effort to say “Merry Christmas” to anyone I came into contact with. I did this because Christmas is the holiday I observe. I cannot recall an instance where …