Mothers Day at Pure Luxe Spa
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Celebrated every year, Mother’s Day is an occasion when individuals express their love and respect that they have for their mother. It’s time to pamper her for all she has done for us over the years. What better way to show your appreciation and love than to treat her to a day of pure luxury?

A day at the spa is the perfect way to thank the mom in your life for everything she does. When she comes to Pure Luxe, she will experience all the pampering and luxury there is to offer. The moment she steps through the doors, she will be transported into a soothing environment and greeted by the friendly staff. She will then be shown to the women’s bathroom which is adorned in marble, crystal and sparkling decor. After changing into her plush robe, she will relax in the lounge before she is guided to her private massage room. After a full hour of mesmerizing massage, she will then receive a rejuvenating facial and pampering manicure and pedicure.

Her day at the spa does not stop here! After her treatments, she is invited to make full use of the opulent facilities. This includes basking in the sauna with a cool towel soaked in eucalyptus, detoxifying in the private steam shower, and bathing in the experience shower. All of this is accompanied by a spa lunch made with fresh, local, organic ingredients provided by Luxe Catering & Events.

So thank the mothers in your life with a Spa Package from Pure Luxe, and she will be thanking you!

For more information on pricing and packages, call 474-7873.

Pure Luxe Salon, Spa & Medspa
10780 Hardin Valley Rd
865.474.7873
pureluxespa.com

Knoxville Landscape Company Branching Out

You’ve surely seen their signs in yards and on trucks throughout Knoxville and the surrounding region, but what you may not know is that Acadia Landscape Company offers much more than just landscape / hardscape installation.

“It all starts with a design,” say designer Julie Cooper and landscape architect Patrick Beasley. “Acadia has developed a reputation for working hand-in-hand with their clients to develop unique gardens and outdoor living spaces that are perfectly suited to their individual needs.”

Acadia’s chief operator, Phil Bonifacio, agrees. “More and more of our clients are looking for a one stop shop – someone they can trust to blend good ideas and quality materials into a functional outdoor garden. And because more of our work involves our entire spectrum of landscaping services, we’ve recently expanded to a new location in the old Ellenburg Nursery space at 5805 Walden Drive (off of Northshore Drive near Kingston Pike).”

The new facility allows Acadia to stock samples of hardscaping materials, plants, fountains and containers, which makes the selection process easier and more involved for the client.

In addition to their new location, Acadia is offering expanded landscape architecture services, including LEED-certified plans for those looking for environmentally friendly landscaping services. Or, as Phil points out, you can still install the exact same eco-friendly garden but not worry about “counting points.” “LEED certification is a point system, with pre-set guidelines for making a project more environmentally friendly. Developers and commercial projects will do it in for tax breaks, but most of our residential clients do out of the goodness of their hearts.”

In time, Acadia hopes to offer a variety of plants and shrubs unique to their company. “We plan on stocking hard-to-acquire varieties that are currently unavailable in this region — shrubs, trees and flowers that will make a landscape unique.”

Bill Jones Music

In with the New… Bill Jones Piano and Organ

Out with the old and in with the new is what spring is all about. This year, Bill Jones Music is celebrating spring in a whole new way with the grand opening of their second piano and organ retail location in Turkey Creek, Bill Jones Piano & Organ (formerly Heritage Piano and Organ next to Ethan Allen). This new location will house a wide variety of Yamaha, Kawai, Pearl River and Hallet & Davis Grands, Baby Grands and upright pianos. Additionally, Bill Jones Piano & Organ will also carry an array of brand name Allen Church organs and Lowrey home organs.

Like the flagship Bill Jones Music location on Kingston Pike that offers piano education courses such as the Yamaha School of Music and Scott Houston’s, Play Piano in a Flash, Bill Jones Piano & Organ in Turkey Creek will additionally provide music learning through its Lowery Quick Start Program. While the Yamaha School of Music and Piano in a Flash courses are geared toward children and adults, the Quick Start Program is specifically designed for seniors. With the addition of Bill Jones Piano & Organ, Bill Jones Music can now offer music education at every stage of life, for all the people in East Tennessee.

To celebrate this Grand Opening Event, Bill Jones Music and Bill Jones Piano & Organ has arranged a Special Dealer Purchase with up to HALF OFF plus low interest financing or no interest cash options on name brand pianos and organs available at both locations from May 10th through the 31st. Don’t delay… Grand Openings only happen once and the best values go fast!

Bill Jones Piano and Organ
11139 Turkey Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
865.675.1512

Bill Jones Music
10412 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922
865.690.6465
www.billjonesmusic.com

In 1947, New York newspaper reporter John Gunther, came into town, checked out the area, then returned to New York and wrote that “Knoxville, Tennessee is a scruffy little city on the Tennessee River and the ugliest city in America!” Those remarks led to the founding of the Dogwood Arts Festival. The natural beauty of Knoxville, its dogwoods, azaleas, and other flowering plants seemed to be the vehicle to “polishing” Knoxville’s image. Thus, in 1955 members of the Knoxville Garden Club lead by Betsey Creekmore, Martha Ashe and Betsy Goodson, along with a group of concerned citizens with a vision began a civic beautification project… “The Dogwood Trails.”
As more people came to Knoxville to drive the trails, area business and community leaders felt more entertainment was needed for the visitors. A Charter of Incorporation was signed on March 31, 1961, and that official document listed the Festival’s purposes as “advancing, promoting, supporting, and fostering the natural beauty of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, and the surrounding area and advancing, promoting, supporting and fostering educational programs, charitable undertakings, historical, horticultural, drama, crafts, tours, lectures and other related activities, either singly or in cooperation with other organizations, for the purpose of emphasizing the cultural opportunities of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, and for other related purposes.”
When it was first organized, the Festival Corporation was the creation of the Junior League of Knoxville and the Greater Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. Two of the signers of the charter were the first Festival Co-Chairs, Goldsby Timberlake and Jim Talley, representing the League and the Chamber.
By 1976, the Festival was large enough to go into the world on its own and have a separate Board of Directors. One of the Board’s first actions was to hire a full time Executive Director.
The Festival has been one of the largest and finest annual festivals in America. It has been recognized nationwide, though professional associations such as the IFEA (International Festival and Events Association), TFEA (Tennessee Festival and Events Association), membership with ABA, (American Bus Association), and many others. DAF has been named among the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association and one of the “Top Twenty Events” by Southeast Tourism Society.
Over the past 50 years, thousands of volunteers, patrons, media and corporate sponsors have assisted a small Dogwood Arts staff to make a festival of this magnitude possible.
With the flowering of the dogwoods in the spring, coupled with the creative culture and the community-wide pride, the Festival always has a newness and wonderful freshness every spring. Individual home owners who spruce up their yards make the dogwood trails a sight to see year after year.
The Dogwood Arts Festival represents the very best of nature and the people of East Tennessee and its commitment to that Charter Goal will always be in the forefront.

The Art Market Gallery, a cooperative of over 60 regional artists, is an art lover’s destination for top quality, but affordable, original art and fine crafts that range from the traditional to the contemporary.  Founded during the Knoxville World’s Fair, for the last four years the gallery has thrived in its current location, which is a stylish, sprawling space situated in downtown Knoxville at 422 South Gay Street just a few doors down from the Mast General Store.

The gallery attracts locals and out-of-towners alike.  Its professional artists come from throughout East Tennessee, and all have been through a comprehensive jury process which ensures the gallery can continue to maintain the high standards of quality and creativity for which the Art Market has long been known.  Represented are painters and printmakers, sculptors and potters, photographers, jewelers, weavers, wood-turners and furniture makers, as well as fiber, glass, mixed-media artists and others whose styles and creations defy pigeonholing.

April is a busy month at the gallery.   Featured artists are wood-turner Janis Proffitt and painter Mary Ellen Bohm, both of Knoxville. The artists will be honored at the gallery’s April 2nd First Friday reception from 5:30-9 pm.

Beginning April 20th and running through May 8th, the gallery will hold its Annual Members Auction.  This silent auction allows gallery visitors to bid on original art and fine crafts for a chance to buy these artworks at a fraction of their value.  During the Rossini Festival’s Italian Street Fair on April 24th, the gallery, along with an outdoor booth in front, will remain open
until 9 pm.

With complimentary refreshments and live music, the gallery is a very popular stop on the downtown First Friday circuit.  In addition to spotlighting the works of the monthly featured artists and changing exhibitions of new works by their colleagues, these receptions provide an opportunity to mingle with member artists, patrons and collectors.

422 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville

11 am to 6 pm Tue-Sat, 1 to 5 pm Sunday
Major credit cards accepted

865.525.5265

www.artmarketgallery.net
facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

East Tennessee’s musical history is as rich as it is varied.

Dogwood Arts Festival celebrates this heritage with Rhythm ‘N Blooms.

This weekend-long event features musical performances by locally-revered and nationally-renowned artists whose work falls under the broad banner of “Americana” music. A genre spanning country, blues, jazz, rock, bluegrass and folk, Americana is generally categorized by a strong sense of musical tradition even as it may expand beyond traditional musical boundaries. Produced in partnership with Knoxville Americana Music Foundation.

Bands

Ben Sollee &
Daniel Martin Moore

Carrie Rodriguez

The Old Ceremony Those Darlins

Samantha Crain

Dixie Bee-Liners

Yarn

The New Familiars

Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

18 South

The Black Lillies

Elliot Brood

RB Morris & Hector Qirko

Shotgun Party

Kristin Andreassen

Kris Delmhorst

Soulgrass Rebellion Harpeth Rising

The Drunk Uncles
Rollin’ Highway Revue

Stephen Sebastian

…And many more to be announced!

Cleaning with Consistency

Owners John and Christina Fitzwilliam have been in the deep-cleaning business for almost two years. “I love to see my husband do something he gets excited about,” says Christina. She remembers the 60+ hours a week that John was required to work in restaurant management. After 17 years in the restaurant business, they were both ready for a change.

Christina saw some amazing videos showing some state-of-the-art cleaning equipment. “At first I didn’t know if the images I was seeing were real or had been edited,” she says. “The results were so dramatic that I was skeptical. When John got home that night we watched in awe one video clip after another. We saw carpet, tile and grout, concrete, stone, and most every surface we could think of become almost spotless.”

A few days later they traveled to Arizona to see this equipment first hand. “When we saw in person what we had seen on the videos, we were instantly sold,” says Christina. “Surface Doc, inc. was born the following week.”

Two years later, Surface Doc, inc. is going strong. “In the first few months, we would pray for the phone to ring. Now it seems the phone rings constantly,” says Christina.  Being the only deep-cleaning company in the Knoxville area with this equipment has given them a niche they are grateful for.

So, what makes Surface Doc stand apart from the other cleaning companies? Ask John and you’ll see his face light up. He’ll tell you that Surface Doc uses up to 3,000 PSI of PURIFIED water, which is four times that of his competitors. They use sanitizing hot water, up to 240º. Surface Doc is a GREEN clean company and the 15 pounds of vacuum ensures your floors are dry with no residue left behind.

Two years later, John and Christina have some of their own “unbelievable, but real photos and videos from previous job.”

You can see them at www.SurfaceDoc.com. Drop John a note or call him today at 865-567-1986.

Keller Williams Realty
Helping to make life worth living, one client at a time

This past February, Keller Williams Knoxville West won the award for the most successful new Keller Williams office across the USA and Canada! Team Leader and Broker, Sharon Laing, won the coveted “Black Belt” Team Leader Award (the top award in this category.  There have only been 12 awarded in the history of the company) and she remains the #1 Team Leader in the Southeast Region.   Along the way to earning these awards, the company grew from 21 agents to 121 agents, in the process selling over $91.7M in real estate in East Tennessee last year alone (all while the Knoxville market declined 13%). And although the numbers speak volumes, the true success comes when agents and, in turn, clients’ lives are changed.
“Our agents turn the stress, fear and uncertainty of difficult times and a turbulent market into confidence, strength and compassion,” says Holli McCray of Keller Williams Knoxville West.
The third largest real estate company in the United States and only 12,500 agents from becoming the biggest in the country, Keller Williams is built on the belief that clients choose agents, not companies. That’s why Keller Williams does not believe in charging agents for costly, national advertising campaigns. Instead, the real estate firm’s resources go to helping agents build their own brands. In turn, this agent-centric business model helps ensure a better buying experience for clients.
To maintain this level of service, Keller Williams offers various training courses in its West Knoxville office. These real estate training courses, which are taught by brilliant Keller Williams leadership, are available to each and every agent in the Knoxville market. The belief is that the more agents know, the better they can serve the Knoxville market.
Unlike other real estate companies, Keller Williams offers profit sharing, which was designed to reward agents for working together, creating an environment of sharing that enables agents to serve their clients better.  Committed to treating associates as stakeholders and partners, Keller Williams Realty has created a unique profit sharing program in which close to 50 percent of their profit is given back to the agents who help build it!  Keller Williams Knoxville West paid over $115k back to their agents in 2009!  These agents are vested in their profit share program after 36 months with the company. 
Keller Williams Knoxville West, a debt free company, is also constantly ahead of the curve where technology and marketing are concerned.  Baylor University houses the Keller Center for Research in Residential Real Estate Marketing for Keller Williams International and Keller Williams Knoxville agents are among the beneficiaries of this research. This means KW agents have the knowledge to help investors find better investments, help sellers sell for more money/less stress and help buyers purchase more wisely.

The Market of the Moment: Short Sales!  
Everyone wants to know what a short sale is these days!  Expert Short Sale Agent John Verdeaux calls it the “ultimate real estate win-win!”  From condos to luxury homes, short sales are the answer for anyone who can no longer afford their mortgage and may be facing foreclosure or contemplating bankruptcy.  Short sales can be the answer… and the commission is paid by the bank!  For more information on Short Sales, visit www.KnoxvilleForeclosureHelp.com.

Mission: To build careers worth having, businesses worth owning and lives worth living.
Vision: To be the real estate company of choice for a new generation of sales associates and real estate owners.
Values: God, Family, then Business

Spring Cleaning for Your HVAC System!

Rocky Top Air is your local resource for top quality heating and air conditioning services. Our professional team knows exactly what to inspect on your system to make sure it is operating at maximum efficiency so you will save money on utility bills.

With warm weather approaching, it’s a great time to do some SPRING CLEANING on your heating and cooling system! Rocky Top Air offers a complete 19 Point Precision Tune-Up that includes professional cleaning and a safety inspection to reduce the chance of unexpected breakdowns and make sure your system is dependable and safe. We identify existing or potential problems that can impact your system’s efficient operation such as draining/clogging issues, water leakage, filter changes, refrigerant levels (to avoid frozen coils), correct voltage draw on the motors, thermostat calibration, and tightening of loose electrical connections. We also clean the condenser coil and lubricate all moving parts (where applicable).

With newer, energy-efficient models now on the market, the professionals at Rocky Top Air can evaluate whether an improvement in your system is necessary to achieve additional cost savings and added comfort in your home. Plus there’s a LIFETIME REPAIR WARRANTY on the purchase of all new systems! Rocky Top Air provides reliability, efficiency, value, and performance you can count on!

For April and May, take advantage of a $40 discount on our 19 Point Precision Tune-Up at $49.95 instead of $89.95. If you need a new system, Rocky Top Air is designated as a Trane Comfort Specialist and provides a more diverse selection of Trane equipment than other dealers in this area. We also offer a variety of financing options to fit within your budget.

Please give us a call, 865.474.1511, www.RockyTopAir.com, 3035 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37919.

Chocolate never tasted so good!
The best chocolate in Knoxville is at Schakolad Chocolate Factory, where just about anything you can imagine is made out of premium European chocolate.
Gus Paredes and his family took ownership in November 2009 with a remarkable success. They have over 800 molds for just about any occasion that can be customized and personalized, and corporate logos can be incorporated in many different ways onto Schakolad’s chocolate.
Couples who are planning for the special day can also add a decadent touch and personalize truffles with an array of special ways including a chocolate fountain rental. Gus can work with all budgets.
Any occasion is a perfect occasion to enjoy chocolate at Schakolad’s. In addition to customized pieces, they offer more than 80 types of chocolates which are hand-dipped or made on-site at the store.
Truffles range in a variety of flavors with everything from Italian Amaretto to Key Lime, dipped fruits or pretzels, nut clusters or just plain dark, white or milk chocolate. Also, they carry chocolate-dipped strawberries all year round.
Diabetic customers or those who prefer to enjoy their chocolate without sugar or carbs will want to try Schakolad’s delicious sugar-free chocolates.
“Our customers say that our sugar-free candy is the best, and they can’t tell the difference from regular chocolate,” Gus says.
With the weather warming up, customers will also want to taste Schakolad’s gelato, which is a richly flavorful Italian ice cream.
They also do birthday parties and private chocolate events.
Store hours are from 10 am to 9 pm Monday through Saturday and from 11 am to 6 pm on Sunday. For more information, call (865) 675-2626, email turkeycreek@schakolad.com or visit www.schakolad.com.

Schakolad Chocolate Factory
10944 Parkside Drive
Knoxville, TN 37934
865.675.2626
www.schakolad.com