Russ McBee (who, by the way, is a great recent addition to the Tennessee blogosphere whose blog you should be reading) has tagged me with another one of these blog chain letter/meme things. Read more...
1. Add a direct link to your post below the name of the person who tagged you. Include the city/state and country you’re in.
Nicole (Sydney, Australia)
velverse (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
LB (San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy)
Selba (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Olivia (London, England)
ML (Utah, USA)
Lotus (Toronto, Canada)
tanabata (Saitama, Japan)
Andi (Dallas [ish], Texas, United States)
Todd (Louisville, Kentucky, United States)
miss kendra (los angeles, california, u.s.a)
Jiggs Casey (Berkeley, CA, USA! USA! USA!)
Tits McGee (New England, USA)
Joe (NE Tennessee, USA)
10K Monkeys (Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)
Big Stupid Tommy (Athens, Tennessee, USA)
Newscoma (Weakley County, Tennessee, USA)
Russ McBee (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA)
R. Neal/KnoxViews (Blount Co., Tennessee)
2. List out your top 5 favorite places to eat at your location.
• Riverside Tavern (but not for much longer, it's going away and being replaced by Ruth's Chris)
• Pizza Palace (curbside beer, best pizza)
• Regas Restaurant (Knoxville tradition, reliable choice)
• Foothills Milling Co., Maryville (only been once, but looks to be a future favorite)
• Tie: Los Amigos/El Sazon, Blount Co. (we're lucky to have two great Mexican restaurants)
3. Tag five others.
Gene Patterson, Michael Silence, Joe Lance, Randall Brown, Say Uncle
(P.S. The chain letter links are attached in a text file if you don't want to retype them. Right-click "save as", open with notepad, copy and paste.)
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