Your Wednesday at a glance:
- Weather: High 86; scattered storms, a little cooler
- What to eat: This brown rice salad with cherries and chicken, full of summer flavor.
- What to do: Read Oprah’s newest book club pick, “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride, set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969 and centered on the shooting of a drug dealer by an aging and tipsy church deacon.
- What we’re excited about: “Live” music concerts this July. Tour promoter Live Nation just announced its first-ever drive-in series of this sort.
Greetings, Chattanooga!
Time sure moves differently when you have no place to be, huh? I mean, who even remembers April? And how is it almost July? Now that cities are easing restrictions amid the pandemic, the question is: Should you go to that restaurant? How about the gym? As the world continues to reopen, here are some tips on protecting yourself.
And now, today’s top stories:
People magazine just named actor and Chattanooga native Leslie Jordan among its 2020 list of “100 Reasons to Love America.”
Speaking of our claims to fame, the Tennessee Aquarium was nominated in a USA Today poll as one of America’s 10 best aquariums.
And, dead set on accomplishing a goal she had since eighth grade, Mariah Berner was not going to let a pandemic shut down her dreams of running a half marathon. Here’s how two friends fueled each other to complete their dreams.
– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com
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