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Here’s to a Sweet 2015!

As we dig in to our last dessert of 2014 — the Peanut Butter Stack at Cellar 6 in St. Augustine, Florida — we want to say thanks for joining us in our travels in 2014. It’s a sweet treat just knowing you’re reading along and commenting when you can. We never knew how much […]

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Ramsey House Country Market Returns with Fall Kick-off and Glimpse of Simpler Times

Fall for me just wouldn’t be the same without a trip to Ramsey House for the annual Country Market. And since last fall came and went without the annual celebration, I was feeling a bit of withdrawal. The Country Market celebrates so many things I love about East Tennessee: colorful fall flowers, homemade cobblers, homey crafts of […]

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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 small towns where you drove up to a tiny little building and then walked up […]

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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 inside or out. In fact, all of downtown Chattanooga is unique — an upscale city devoted […]

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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 cream and concoctions to come back for. But we’ve saved what we think is our […]

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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 I found Razzleberry’s Cafe & Market in Oak Ridge on the day of the Lavender […]

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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 — one of the fastest growing ice cream chains in the country is an exception! Bruce […]

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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 quite accidental. My husband and I were meandering down Biltmore Avenue (Asheville, NC) in search of […]