While I would in no way be opposed to a get together, the ideal place would be somewhere between Nashville and Knoxville - to save on gas funds for a poor broke grad student.
My wife did her undergraduate and graduate work in the 'boro from 1994 through, well, this past August (2 year break for our daughter thrown in there.) I spent EVERY weekend for two years driving the four hours from Atlanta to see her. Many fun nights at Jonathan’s watching Fluid Ounces (Fl. Oz) and at Gentleman Jim’s (the good one across the street from the stadium - not the Joe-Shit-The-Horse-Rat version about two miles east).
Two words - Jazz Fest. Big fun.
Miss it all. Great little town.
Our Jazz Fest is going strong, every spring. Great turnouts.
I live in Manchester, an even smaller town. I started reading cecil’s books about 10 years ago but only been posting here for about a year and a half with the majority of my posts being erased in the “hacker” tradgedy. but not too sure if I would be up to a meeting there’s a Mid TN doper or two that I dont care for.