On Thursday, June 21, the day before the Southern Foodways Alliance‘s Charleston, South Carolina, field trip officially kicks off, there will be a full day of events and dining at Middleton Place Plantation. Middleton Place is one of the most beautiful places I have ever had the pleasure of visiting. The sense of history and [...]

What a weekend! While the rest of the country is locked down in ice and snow, our little pocket of the southeast has luckily gotten away with only being colder than normal. So we decided to take advantage of that fortuitous weather and headed to Atlanta to see the Louvre exhibit at the High Museum [...]

We took Squirrelly, Jr., and his friend to the Liberty Bowl. It was Teh Boy’s second football game and his friend’s first. Neither one of them are sports enthusiasts, so they weren’t impressed. Mama Squirrel and I had a good time even though South Carolina was on the good end of the seesaw over Houston [...]

Good news for those of us in search of sweet holiday treats. Laura of Bun in the Oven will provide the tea room for Memphis Heritage this year. Memphis Heritage works incredibly hard to preserve beautiful and historic landmarks. Tours of their new headquarters at Howard Hall will support their efforts. Laura’s email: Seasons Greetings! [...]

Our final tourist activity in Maui took us far away from the white sand beaches. Well, as far away as you can really be from the beach when you’re on a relatively small island. We had considered driving the Road to Hana (3 hours to drive 52 sea cliff-hugging miles) or driving up to the [...]

We love catfish. We have a favorite place in town — Catfish Cabin on Airways — the catfish of my youth and still some of the best around. We also make very good catfish at home. Both are stories for another day. Today, well, ok, donut day really, the story is about the best catfish [...]