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Tag Archives: chocolate
Love food? Love art? Route yourself through Chicago O’Hare!
Lately, I’ve done a lot of flying. From Knoxville to Vegas to Michigan to Maryland. A lot of flying. I may even be identifying with George Clooney’s character Ryan Bingham in the 2009 hit movie Up in the Air — … Continue reading
Posted in Airports, Food, Restaurant, Retail Shops, Travel
Tagged After School Matters, chocolate, Eli's Cheesecake, Field Museum, food, Garrett's, Montblanc, O'Hare Airport, Oakley, Starbucks, Tortas Frontera, travel, Vosges, Wolfgang Puck
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My Very First Blog Award! Thanks so much!!
A couple of weeks ago, I was nominated for a Leibster Blog Award, an award given to fellow bloggers to recognize new, up-and-coming blogs! “Liebster” is a German word meaning dearest, beloved, or favorite. The Liebster Award is given by … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Bed & Breakfast Inns, chocolate, Knoxville, Liebster Award, Southern food, travel
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Summer’s Last Sip: Chillin’ Good Cook-Out Milkshake
Now, I don’t even pretend to be a Guy Fieri who knows every drive-in, diner, and dive across America and where to get the best milkshakes. But I do know a GOOD milkshake, if I say so myself. I grew up in … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, Restaurant
Tagged burgers, chocolate, dessert, drive-through, food, ice cream, Knoxville, milkshakes, North Carolina, peanut butter, restaurant, Tennessee, travel
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Bluff View Art District: Chattanooga View Points
Even on the Fourth of July, Chattanooga’s Bluff View Art District was open for business! It’s a place unique unto itself — an artist colony of sorts, offering historic lodging, a noteworthy museum, artists’ renderings, and places to relax and eat … Continue reading
Posted in Artist, Bed & Breakfast Inns, Destination, Restaurant, Retail Shops
Tagged art, Bed & Breakfast Inns, bread, Chattanooga, chocolate, dessert, gift shop, pottery, restaurant, Tennessee, travel
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Cool Off 2012: Razzleberry’s in Oak Ridge
Sometimes you just stumble onto good ice cream. In a place you’ve never even heard of. You see people licking drippy ice cream cones, and you’re hot, and you ask . . . Hey, where’d you get that? And that’s how … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Restaurant
Tagged chocolate, Cool Off, dessert, ice cream, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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Cool Off 2012: Coolato Gelato
Ready for the second in a series of Cool Off 2012? We’re in Downtown Knoxville for another favorite place where lines can get long on hot days: Coolato Gelato. OK. So I said I would write about ice cream for this … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurant
Tagged chocolate, Cool Off, ice cream, Knoxville, restaurant, Tennessee
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Asheville NC: Shopping’s Unique!
If you’ve followed my blog in the last week, you know that my husband and I traveled to Asheville, NC over the Memorial Day weekend specifically to check out Tupelo Honey Cafe, a restaurant coming to our town — Knoxville, TN! (Can’t … Continue reading

