Its been a busy but fun day. I couldn't let this special day go by without a post, so here it is: Happy Happy Birthday Garrett! To family, friends, clients, colleagues: thank you for the hundreds of Facebook/Twitter/email/text, etc. sweet...
Wow. Time to start making the bourbon balls.
Last Saturday, an important race in the run up to the Kentucky Derby took place at the Florida Derby. Two top contenders, Quality Road and Dunkirk, ran an impressive...
This is a wonderful little film that shows what streets looked like back when people walked and rode bikes (lots and lots of bikes!) more than they drove cars and trucks. According to the YouTube description, it’s a hundred years...
This is a repost for a friend of mine, Skipper who is also a Chattanooga Cherry. She’s taken it on herself to put together a team for the March of Dimes. Unfortunately I’m not able to take part in it...
There once was a hippo named Fred,Who really was very much dead.A vulture came flyingWhilst Fred was dying,And took a big bite from his head.We are going to take a minor detour from Things I Love about Acapulco and discuss...
What good fortune: after admiring this plaid suit on a stranger at the Memphis airport, she found another like it in a Chattanooga department store. Let's all make wishes.......
I've mentioned these two blogsites to a couple of you, so I just thought I'd share the direct links here. These two blogsites actually do the work for me when it comes to saving more money when shopping....MoneySavindMom.com and DealSeekingMom.com.Using...
Night Blooming JasmineA mysterious intoxicating scent for any time of day, this sultry floral fragrance entices you into the room where it is burning, with an invitation to get comfortable and stay a while.Enjoy savings all month long on Night...
Mark Joiner is a glass artist from Austin, Texas. He founded his glass/design studio, under the name Fourteenfifty, in 2002. Joiner blends ancient glass working methods, mid-century influenced designs and the help of modern equipment to create functional one-of-a-kind pieces....
Ok folks! We are well into April now and spring training is coming to a close. It is time for me to make my “2nd annual” predictions on the upcoming MLB season.
Now, we have had some outstanding dark horse teams...
The Chattanooga Market, which returns to the First Tennessee Pavilion beginning April 26, has announced its new Support Area Food Economies (SAFE) Program. The membership-based program will provide consumers with affordable options for seasonal locally-grown foods while supporting a wide...
I kind of want to hippie out this summer and get these shoes from Toms. Plus if I buy myself a pair some lucky kid who really needs shoes gets a pair too.
win/win...
Complete Nirvana Discography: When running a Google search on Incesticide I found this gem of a site. I still love this band after all of these years....
Yesterday, I posted an alert from the Susan B. Anthony List on Senator Coburn’s attempt to reinforce workplace anti-discrimination laws for health care workers refusing to aid in abortions due to ethical conflicts.
Mike K replied with a comment that...
A local artist with a vision for a larger Chattanooga rap scene was killed on Saturday evening. A TFP story from Jacqueline Koch provides the details.
Lee Lee, whose real name was Robert Henry Brown VI, was shot to death Saturday...
This pretty much explains it to me.
Then my boss sends me this link via email this morning telling me how terrifying it is.
Sometimes you are just so much better off when you don’t understand shit.
I am living proof that ignorance...
Pressed for time yesterday afternoon between work and the academy, I was able to stop by David’s for a quick warm up and then:
Cindy
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As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:
5 pull ups (chin over bar)
10 push ups (chest...
Chattanooga’s underground art scene is surfacing with the help of Creativinc, an organization whose events feature talented local artists not only displaying, but performing their art for show. According to Creativinc, their mission is to:
“provide an environment that focuses on...
Matt updated our mac from tiger to leopard and now I can't upload pictures to my blog or to anything else... we're working on it, but I have a feeling that there won't be much progress until after Spring break....
This spring the girls have taken up a new favorite past time of looking under the bridge overpasses for...bums. Yes, I've done my duty to remind them that not all have been blessed with covenantal blessings, and we've taken several...
So, the other day I was driving to work, and I got caught a few cars back as a CARTA bus paused to let a rider remove his bicycle from the front rack at the UTC stop. I sighed impatiently...
Neanderthals with Disabilities… err… make that H. heidelbergensis.
Religious persecution, or just queasiness? What happens if there’s a leprosy epidemic?
“Nirtherism” is a grand plot by the clever Obama administration to make it seem that paranoid conspiracy theorists are paranoid. And conspiracy...
Read full remarks by RiverCity Company officials, Paul Brock and Charlie Arant, about the city’s $1.5 million lawsuit against RiverCity Co., Hargreaves Associates Inc., and Continental Construction Company for ongoing repair costs at the Passage in the 21st Century Waterfront.
Former...
I may be the last mom in the world to figure this out, but it makes all the difference for me so I must share! Set out clothes for your kids who can dress themselves the night before and...
Well, I already loved Leslie Jensen Inman, but had only briefly met her husband Shaun Inman and spoken with him a few times at one of my favorite haunts, Greenlife. But last night, at my Senior Show Exhibition, I got...
As those who have read for a while know, I drive a good bit for work, and I'm a bit of a fuel economy freak, I get upwards of 34 mpgs on the hwy when I'm careful, when I'm not...
According to U.S. News and World Report, Chattanooga is the no. 2 affordable city for retirees. Why? No state income tax and a median house price of under $150,000:
Retired hospital administrator Cynthia Nesson, 62, left behind a pricey suburb...
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