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Palm Beach may be known for its glitz and glamour, but you don’t have to be rich or famous to enjoy everything the seaside community has to offer. Separated from the mainland by Lake Worth Lagoon, beautiful Palm Beach is one of many tourist towns that make up the iconic Palm Beaches along Florida’s eastern coast. Though more than a century has passed since Palm Beach made its Gilded Age debut, you can still find a familiar air of opulence at the legendary resorts, ornate mansions, and historic landmarks that first put the town on the map as a winter getaway for the wealthy....

The giddiness sets in about a mile into the Lost Mine Trail, 6,000 feet up in the burnt sienna Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park. Beyond the peaks, hundreds of miles of Chihuahuan Desert spread out on every side, yet the trail is bursting with life. Vibrant yellow goldenrod and damianita; spiky-petaled, neon-red mountain sage blossoms; and ghostly white clouds of flowering mountain mahogany crowd the path in bushy abundance....

Did you know that your ceiling fan is designed to rotate in different directions for summer and winter. Look for a small switch next to the motor of your ceiling fan that directs your blades to run either clockwise or counterclockwise. Counterclockwise is the correct rotation for summer. Although the direction can vary by some manufacturers, check to make sure you have your fan set to the accurate warm weather rotation by standing below it....

Girl Scouts of the USA know that we could all use something to look forward to these days. This week, months ahead of Girl Scout cookie season, the organization announced a new cookie in select areas. Behold: Toast-Yay!, a French toast–inspired cookie dipped in delicious icing. “The name is designed to be a play on words for ’toasty,’ which evokes the warmth and joy we believe people will associate with this great new French Toast-inspired flavor,” a representative for the Girl Scouts explained to HuffPost....

What was your life like growing up in Jackson?I was kind of a hell-raiser. Tate Taylor (lifelong friend and director of The Help) and I were always stirring it up. When we were 14, we “borrowed” a car and drove to New Orleans for the night. The worst thing for someone like me is too much free time. Idle hands… How did you come to write The Help?My grandmother had a maid, Demetrie, who worked for her for 32 years—she died when I was 16....

Shrimp boats, kayaking outfitters, and lively bars and restaurants line the commercial side of Shem Creek, the gem of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina’s Old Village Historic District. But north of the Shem Creek bridge, the waterway winds through quiet neighborhoods where children roam on bikes and go crabbing off backyard docks. “My husband dreamed of being on the water, and we fell in love with this lot. We’re drawn to older areas where kids can run around,” says owner Maggie Bullwinkel....

Faithful reader, Gail, asks, “What is the best way to cut back or prune two very large boxwoods that are on each side of our church entrance steps? They are at least 6 feet tall and 6 feet wide. They are very old and we don’t want to get rid of them.” Other readers want to know how to prune big boxwoods at their homes. As always, Grumpy has the answer....

One of the perks of living in the South is that grilling season extends way beyond the summer well into the fall—and even winter, depending on where you live, and your tolerance for the cold. And dinner doesn’t get much easier than throwing a piece of seasoned meat on the grill and serving it alongside your favorite side dish. The hardest part of a dinner like this is choosing which protein to grill....

Where the Crawdads Sing was so popular when Taylor John Smith was preparing to audition for the movie adaptation that he couldn’t get his hands on a physical copy. So, the 27-year-old did what any of us would do. He bought the audio version of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel. “I listened to it at 1.5x speed,” Smith tells Southern Living. “I was actually on a plane when I finished it and I was so emotionally distraught that a flight attendant came over to check on me!...

Deer-hunting season is wrapping up, so your freezer should be filling up with venison. Now is time to plan meals that call for the season’s best red meat and learn how to cook with venison. When prepared correctly, venison’s flavor, texture, and health benefits surpass any other red meat. Venison is lower in fat and cholesterol and higher in Vitamin B6, B12, and Omega 3 fatty acids, too. I cook it five nights a week, along with heirloom produce from our garden, for my husband and our seven children....

The fall months are finally here! Even if you can’t attend the traditional fall festivals or county fairs, you can still gather your family for a small outdoor party and enjoy the iconic flavors of fall, such as hot mulled cider, a warm pot of soup, and caramel apples. These sweet treats have always been a fall classic, combining the crisp and juicy texture of apples with sticky, indulgent caramel for a treat kids of all ages enjoy....

“Oh, hello, you’re here for the meringue lesson.” The year was 1992, and just a few days earlier, I had presented Nathalie Dupree—cookbook author, queen of Southern cuisine, and my professional idol—with a plate of soggy meringue kisses while working behind the scenes on her PBS show, Nathalie Dupree Cooks for Family and Friends. In her typical way, Nathalie was gracious about my flop, saying only, “You know, Virginia, it’s nearly impossible to make a meringue when it’s raining,” and then invited me over to her house for a one-on-one tutorial....

Remember when you were a kid and you chose plain vanilla or chocolate over cream cheese frosting? Thankfully we’re not kids anymore. As we grow older, most of us find out that mushrooms aren’t gross and that blue cheese doesn’t just taste like dirty socks. Our tastes change, and the things that appeal to us as adults are often different from our childhood favorites. As our palates develop, we begin to crave complexity and contrast in flavor and texture....

Road trips through the South just aren’t complete without pulling over to a roadside stand to pick up a supply of boiled peanuts (or boil p-nuts, as many signs read). While people raised on crunchy peanuts may find their boiled cousins to be an acquired taste, Southerners know that they are truly a delicacy. If you haven’t come across the damp legume before, boiled peanuts are freshly harvested or ″green" nuts that are boiled in their shells in salty water for hours....

Rio Beach chairs and accessories are already popular with shoppers thanks to their durable and versatile designs. So it’s only natural that the Rio Beach Folding Backpack Beach Lounge Chair caught our attention. It has many standard features: adjustable backpack straps, a zippered pouch where you can store essentials, and a lightweight build (it’s just nine pounds). But it also flips open into a lounge chair that allows you to fully prop up your feet on the sand....

What do Emma Stone, Mindy Kaling, and Selena Gomez have in common? Besides being gorgeous (obviously), these A-list ladies all have round faces. With style choices as diverse as the roles they take, these women prove that you can own the room (or the big screen) with just about any haircut. But it’s also true that certain looks can work more in your favor, flattering the unique features of your particular face shape....

You may have heard of the Waffle House Index, The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) unofficial metric for measuring the severity of a storm. Known for its covered and smothered hash browns, the chain restaurant has also earned a reputation over the years for often staying open in the face of extreme weather—or at least reopening quickly thereafter. As former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate put it, “If you get there and the Waffle House is closed?...

Hold your hoecakes, folks, because Waffle House is making it even easier to stay safe. The beloved house of chocolate chip waffles, endless coffee refills, and hash browns that are covered, smothered, scattered, chunked, peppered, capped, and country-styled (which means topped with a generous ladle of sausage gravy) is stamping its beloved logo onto face masks that can be purchased from their online shop here. When employees began sporting the Waffle House masks months ago, loyal patrons were bound to get a little jealous....

In the South we make the claim that porch season extends to three seasons a year. With the additions of the almighty ceiling fan, screening, and fireplace, it is entirely possible to enjoy 270 nights and days on the porch except for rainy days and stormy nights, which are only becoming more and more frequent. It’s delightful to listen to the rain on your porch, but it’s zero fun to get wet....

When it comes to grocery shopping, we all strive to stretch our dollars while also stretching the shelf lives of our store-bought foods. Having your refrigerator set to the proper temperature not only extends the freshness of your groceries but is overall better for your health. So, what’s the ideal temperature to set your refrigerator to? Angi Home Expert, Bailey Carson says the typical temperature to set your fridge is between 37 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit, but there are a few things you need to know that go beyond the thermostat....