My Favorite Shops at Christmas Made in the South

I have been going to Christmas Made in the South almost every year with my mom for many years now. It has become one of my favorite holiday traditions. Here is a list of ten of my favorite shops from this year and others. Time in a Bottle: Linda makes really cool, vintage-inspired pieces from …

10 Fun Things I’ve Found Online

Here are 10 fun things I found online in November of 2023. Movies Rolling Stone‘s nostalgic oral history of the movie The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. With the new release of The Boy and the Heron, we’ve been getting our Ghibli on lately, and who hasn’t fallen absolutely in love with …

How to Spend a New Orleans Weekend

Forty-nine years ago, my boyfriend’s parents celebrated their honeymoon in New Orleans. Last week, they invited him, his sister and brother-in-law, and me to join them there for their anniversary. What fun! I was not accustomed to traveling with a group, and particularly not one I like so much. We had a blast. My first …

5 Days in Montana: A First-Timer’s Guide

Our trip to Montana was a bittersweet one–a breathtaking journey through wild and desolate lands, punctuated by melancholic ruminations of my dear little brother, whose funeral we held the night before. This trip was truly an adventure because I had no idea what to expect from it. The mental image I had of Montana was …