It’s moving day at Moxley Carmichael!
Today is the last day for us in the glass tower that has been our home for the past 15 years. It’s moving day and we are taking our toys and moving from First Tennessee Plaza, the tallest building in …...
View ArticleAkima loves “Lucy” and rakes in big bucks
Well, the ladies of Akima have done it again — with the help of a few male supporters. Their Cabaret 2012 fundraiser brought in over $100K — just in sponsorships alone. That doesn’t count the two...
View ArticleAll in the details at 2013 Symphony Show House
Thanks to Tami Hartmann of Moxley Carmichael for writing this guest post for the Blue Streak — Cynthia Moxley. Do you have a stairway from your closet to an out-of-season storage room? How about a...
View ArticleFacebook replaces “storybook” in this wedding tale
To make up for that recent blog post about a romp of a divorce party (click here), I will now pass on a story about love. Shaun Fulco was 15 years old in 1982, working nights and weekends at the …...
View ArticleNot in the mood? This will get you there!
We interrupt this report on the Museum of Art trip to New Orleans to bring you — Christmas! Fantasy of Trees, the huge display of Christmas trees and all other things related to the holiday, continues...
View ArticleSweet sensation of cookie exchanges
It is hard to believe that our annual holiday cookie exchange has been going on for 10 years! It all started because of some shows I saw that year on The Food Network, the cable TV network to which I …...
View ArticleBest wishes to the couple who failed at breaking up
It's wedding season here at Moxley Carmichael! There must be something in the water, because when we counted earlier this year, five of the women who work here were engaged. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe best golf shots come at the parties
The News Sentinel Open Presented by Pilot golf tourney earlier this month was a huge success, organizers say. Golfer Martin Piller walked away with a $99,000 purse and more than 38,000 spectators got a...
View ArticleUnited Way givers treated to Alison Krauss
If, as is said in 2 Corinthians, “God loveth a cheerful giver,” Knoxville businessman Randy Boyd has made God love us a little more — because he made us a little more cheerful about our giving! How?...
View ArticleSweetest addition arrived late to cookie exchange
This was the 11th year for our annual cookie exchange and, by now, it just wouldn’t seem like Christmas without it. Our spouses and families have come to look forward to it, and we know all the “rules”...
View ArticleFor the love of food, wine and Sam Beall
L’Amour du Vin 2016, the wine auction that has been the Knoxville Museum of Art’s largest fundraiser for the past 13 years, was an immediate sellout earlier this month, as usual. And, as usual, the...
View ArticleTony Spezia: It’s not a risk if you know the outcome
Tony Spezia, who recently retired from his position as CEO of Covenant Health, gave a speech at a party in his honor April 1 that truly knocked it out of the ballpark. Spezia’s speech was so powerful...
View ArticleNews Sentinel Open is in full swing
Of course sports fans love the News Sentinel Open, being played at Fox Den Country Club through Sunday. A stop on the Web.com tour, it offers an opportunity to get a firsthand look at up-and-coming...
View Article‘Great’ Lyle Lovett charms Tocqueville Society
Country singer Lyle Lovett was in Knoxville the other day providing a concert for a small gathering of Knoxvillians at the Mill & Mine on Depot Avenue. The occasion was the annual Alexis de...
View ArticlePicture perfect patio for a party!
Here’s some welcome news for party and event planners. The University of Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information has just opened a spacious new patio with an interesting view of Neyland...
View ArticleCookies, camaraderie mark season’s commencement
It’s the craziest thing what a bunch of cookies and a few glasses of wine will do to adult women! After 14 years, I am no longer too surprised by the noise level and the enthusiasm with which my...
View ArticleKnoxville community welcomes new campus leader
Beverly Davenport, UT-Knoxville’s new chancellor, charmed more than 200 Knoxville business and community leaders recently with her enthusiasm and openness at a reception held in her honor at the...
View Article‘Evening Under the Stars’ hits all the right notes
Among our favorite events each year is one called “Evening Under the Stars.” It is held at Sherri Lee’s beautiful waterfront home off Houser Road and it benefits the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, which...
View ArticleEven Mother Nature loves Ijams and the Symphony
In the 32-year history of Symphony in the Park, the fun, fun event where the Knoxville Symphony plays at an outdoor fundraiser for Ijams Nature Center at the nature center, there’s never been a rain...
View ArticleFor the love of food, wine and Sam Beall
L’Amour du Vin 2016, the wine auction that has been the Knoxville Museum of Art’s largest fundraiser for the past 13 years, was an immediate sellout earlier this month, as usual. And, as usual, the...
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