Monthly Archives: June 2012
Cool Off 2012: Tic Toc Ice Cream Parlor
It’s been fun writing these blogs for Cool Off 2012, a review of area ice cream shops we love to patronize. Selecting one as “the best” is not only difficult . . . it’s impossible. They each have remarkable ice … Continue reading
Cool Off 2012: Mayfield Dairy Farm
Ask almost anyone from Knoxville to Athens what color jug to look for if you want Mayfield’s milk, and they’ll answer YELLOW! It’s the same with ice cream cartons, frozen novelties, even campaign posters for Mayfield Dairy Farm president Scottie … Continue reading
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
Cool Off 2012: Bruster’s Real Ice Cream
It’s unusual that we visit chain restaurants or chain ice cream shops or chain anything – we love to see what’s local! We want to find out who owns a Mom-and-Pop establishment and what they serve and what’s unique. But Bruster’s Real Ice Cream – … Continue reading
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
Cool Off 2012: Original Freezo
It’s June 20th! Summer has officially begun, according to the calendar. But in some places (Knoxville included) it began when the first convertibles went topless, and we started sweating at the half mile mark! So to keep your cool this … Continue reading
Asheville’s Black Walnut Inn — Elegant Relaxation
Asheville, North Carolina is blessed with gracious Southern accommodations – the Inn on Biltmore Estate, the Grove Park Inn, and, if moved side by side, enough Bed and Breakfasts to line a street worthy of Hollywood. But when we began searching in earnest … Continue reading
Curate: Spanish Flair in Downtown Asheville
Tyler shows us Spanish ham at Curate Now that I’ve seen the website for Curate and read about this rave-about place for fine dining, I don’t know how I could have almost walked past without even knowing about this unique new restaurant. It was all … Continue reading
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
