Category: Southern Fun
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French Quarter Fest
The French Quarter Festival is the intro to New Orleans’ jam packed spring season, and of course we were there! In its 30th year, it’s the largest free music festival in the southeast. We hit the event rather late on its Saturday afternoon. With rain the day before and more predicted, a whopping 303,000 people…
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Let’s Go Fly A Kite
This beautiful spring day with its gorgeous blue sky and soft Southern breeze was screaming for us to get out and enjoy, so . . . we did. We grabbed our kite and string and headed out to the Mississippi river levee area in New Orleans called “The Fly” which is located at the river…
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
On a recent Sunday morning 16,000 runners from all 50 states and 23 foreign countries took to the New Orleans streets. My running days are over, but I can’t resist going to cheer them on, and sympathize with their pain. It was a perfect, cool winter day, with the sun peeking over the oak trees…
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Throw Me a Cabbage!
We have lots of folks of Irish ancestry in New Orleans. Irish immigrants in the 19th century dug the canals that drain the city, and we will forever be grateful for their backbreaking contributions. It is no surprise that we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with not one, but four parades – Uptown (starting in the…
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Superbowl Serendipity
Getting around in New Orleans during all of the Superbowl and Mardi Gras festivities can be challenging. My husband and I headed down to the French Quarter yesterday and opted to ride the very busy streetcar. This was a great way to avoid the traffic and parking challenges in the city. Heading back home, we…
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Southern Garden
My, what a labor of love a garden is. Been working on getting my garden in this weekend. It is a bit late, but with soooooo much rain, I had to wait for a dry weekend. It turned out that this weekend was perfect. Cool temperatures with overcast skies but NO RAIN! Before I go…
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Southern Fun With Mirrors
When we married, one of our gifts was a window that had been recovered from an old school. The panes had been filled in with mirrors. That window frame had seen a lot in its day and now it is living in our home. When I was in a creative mood (and when I had…
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Southern Fun
Just finished recording the first session of co-hosting The Margaret Banks show with my friend, Margaret. It is billed as a show for women and those who love them. I really like this idea, because, even though her show is targeted to women, it would be enjoyed by men as well. If you are in…
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Southern Fun
My friend, Margaret Banks will be debuting her new radio show The Margaret Banks Show on Mountain Talk 97 radio on February 27th! Margaret is so much fun and so talented. I am very happy and honored that Margaret has asked me to co-host her premier show where we will discuss how technology and social…
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Southern Red, White and Blue
I found this bird cage a few years ago. I used crackle base coat and finished it in red, white and blue. This will hold a candle in the tablescape I will show on Thursday. Love the red, white and blue! It worked out really well that this little bird cage already had stars on…
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Southern Fun
This week I’m posting about our local Red, White and Blue Festival here in Mountain Home, Arkansas. It started off with a vintage car rally. This car rally attracts drivers from all over the world. They stopped here for lunch. These old cars have been restored and are driven through this rally. It was really,…
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Southern Watermelon
This coming Sunday, summer is officially here! Nothing says summer to me more than watermelon. I remember, as a kid, eating ice cold watermelon on hot summer evenings. We always ate it outside since it can get kind of messy. Every time I eat watermelon, it brings back good memories of those simpler times and…
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Southern Fun
In the midst of all of the bad economic news, something has to give. When things are tough is the time when we have to make time for fun. I learned this in a major way from my best friend. She died from breast cancer on Christmas day 2005. No matter how bad things were,…
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Southern Party
Oh, the Mardi Gras party was fun. We had lots of great food and drinks. My friend Darlene made 2 kinds of hurricanes, the traditional and a blue hurricane. We had mint julep punch and the winner of the drink category was boozefish sangria made with homemade strawberry wine by Debra Alexander. We had jambalaya,…
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Southern Song in My Head
Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File Gumbo . . . This song has been in my head all week. This is what comes from planning a Mardi Gras party. My husband, in an effort to make this clearer to me found 101 versions of the song on the internet and played them all for me. Isn’t he…