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Comment on A tour, proposed by Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:30 +0000

Mountain Momma’s! Last exit in TN on I-40E. Head toward Big Creek and it’s the only outpost on the left.

Comment on Miller’s Crossing, twenty years later by Kevin O'Mara

Kevin O'Mara — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:02:33 +0000

So I hear! I would very much like to come see your place some time.

Comment on Miller’s Crossing, twenty years later by Amanda Turpen

Amanda Turpen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:00:50 +0000

Hey O’Mara– we live in “The Fern/Barton Arms” now!!!

Comment on A tour, proposed by Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:27:14 +0000

Do you know when more precisely than “this summer?”

Comment on A tour, proposed by dshular

dshular — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:00:29 +0000

Great post. Great Idea.

I’ve got some East TN insight I think.

I recently rediscovered Sweetwater, TN. I recommend the drive on HWY 2 between Lenoir City and Athens. It has a cheese dairy, a sock factory outlet, and a retired guy who sales old bikes in his front yard for $20 anytime the weather is good enough.

Also, if you have time I like North of Knoxville into the Jelico, Lafollette, Stinking Creek area. (Stinking Creek is one of these places where the road off the interstate only goes 1 direction and there are NO businesses at all).

Downtown Knoxville still has plenty of industrial urban decay awesomeness.

Comment on A tour, proposed by towanda46

towanda46 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:44:23 +0000

Here’s a list for starters:
Bucksnort
Leiper’s Fork
Red Boiling Springs
Hartsville (never-used nuclear plant)
Northcut’s Cove
Strawberry Plains
and
Chattanooga–definitely the coolest re-invented city in TN right now.

Comment on A tour, proposed by NMDA

NMDA — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:36:58 +0000

Atox-

It is because of the geography of the state- east, middle, and west. I (from the east) had more in common with folks from Western N. Carolina and Southwestern VA than I did Cookeville or Sparta, or Smithville… much less Memphis, Jackson, Martin, or Bucksnort.

Comment on A tour, proposed by Kevin O'Mara

Kevin O'Mara — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:01:35 +0000

Atox: I think I will. I just didn’t feel like including it in the overall discussion, but I am definitely interested in seeing it.

Comment on A tour, proposed by Atox

Atox — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:55:40 +0000

Cool idea. I’ve been planning a tour of my own, to the east coast.

Will you be visiting the Kentucky Bend? I know it’s not part of Tennessee, but I remember you mentioning it before, and there’s definitely a unique connection.

I wish I could offer more ideas. The parts of TN that lie beyond 100 feet of my home still feel like a foreign land to me.

Comment on Can’t go without by Inez Clarke

Inez Clarke — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:36:46 +0000

I have got to find this syrup. I live in Central Florida (Lady Lake) and I hope that someone can tell me where I can find this syrup…I don’t care how much or from where. We use to get it from Winn Dixie, but the supply has dried up. PLEASE..PLEASE..HELP ME Inez Clarke