Tag Archives: Blount County

Day 46: Lucy at The Tomato Head

Lucy is the name of the sandwich I had today for lunch at The Tomato Head in Maryville.  I have always enjoyed every meal I’ve had at The Tomato Head.  The food always tastes fresh.  It tastes like someone cares.  Lucy is especially delicious.  It is a vegetarian sandwich with hummus, portobello mushrooms, red onions, [...]

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Tired of Rain in Blount County

It has been raining here a lot lately.  Normally I am fine with rain, but I really prefer to be running outside.  Now I can run in the cold but I am too much of a wimp to run in the cold AND in the rain.  So it needs to stop raining. And if it [...]

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I’m Bringing Home the Bacon

I am officially a working lawyer.  You heard me right, I have clients and I am bringing home the bacon (turkey bacon, that is).  A local attorney who is friends with my uncle has been wanting to hire an associate for the past year or so.  I talked to him about his practice and sounded [...]

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The Best Part About Living in East Tennessee

The best part about living here is being around all of my family.  Today I went over to my aunt and uncle’s to help them install their first cable modem.  Tonight I am at another aunt’s watching horror movies and talking about even scarier things.  It is so wonderful to be close to my family.  [...]

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7th Annual Taste of Blount County Roundup

Thursday night I was delighted to attend this year’s Taste of Blount.  Coming from San Francisco, a city of predominantly non-chain restaurants, I was interested in sampling food from a variety of locally-owned and operated eateries.  This year saw representation from Aubrey’s Restaurant, Foothills Catering, Foothill’s Milling Company, Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar, [...]

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The Daily Times Launches Spotted

Maryville’s very own Daily Times has launched a photo sharing site: Spotted.  Under “You Spotted” Maryville citizens get the opportunity to share their personal photos as well as photos of Blount County events and locations, while “We Spotted” is set to highlight photos from “The Daily Times.”  While writing this post, I noticed that there [...]

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Tonight is the 7th Annual Taste of Blount County

If you are looking for something to do tonight, why not head to downtown Maryville and enjoy the Taste of Blount County.  Tickets are $25 and can be purchased from the Chamber of Commerce.  Local restaurants will be represented, including Foothill’s Milling Company, Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar and The Miles Family 411 [...]

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100 Push ups, Bar Studying and House Hunting

I finally finished my first week of training under the One Hundred Push Ups program.  I am proud to say that I made it all the way through.  It was challenging, but a success.  Now only five more weeks to go before I can do the big 100.  The training program has made me feel [...]

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