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Game day is no small matter in the South. From over-the-top tailgates to must-eat foods and peculiar traditions, fall Saturdays offer something for everyone to love. Every season, thousands of football fans flock to college towns across the South to join in on the revelry. In Oxford, Mississippi, you’re doing something wrong if you don’t pay a visit to The Grove. In Auburn, Alabama, all big wins must end with the rolling of Toomer’s Corner....

Tiaras, heirloom jewels, dazzling gowns—if “understated” isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you think about royal style, you’re not alone. The one minor exception? Their royally subdued manicures. It’s been well noted that Essie Ballet Slippers happens to be ­­­­­Queen Elizabeth’s long-time polish preference. The hint-of-pink hue is delicate, feminine, and doesn’t exactly draw eyes. While it seems Duchess Kate is also a fan of the less-is-more polish approach, the newest Duchess to grace the British royal family is intent on setting her own fashion tone, as she demonstrated at last night’s British Fashion Awards 2018....

There’s nothing more disheartening than getting a fresh manicure and promptly ruining it on the drive home from the salon. That brief moment is enough to make a grown woman cry. Why me?!, we yell to the heavens. But then, just as you’re rubbing off the shame with acetone-soaked cotton balls, a Facebook friend posts about how to avoid this nail fiasco, once and for all. It’s by using Color Street nail strips—and she can sell it to you....

Like potato salad and pasta salad, coleslaw is a relatively simple side dish, but there are endless ways to make it. People tend to be very attached to their favorite coleslaw recipe—which could have anything from caraway seeds to cranberries in it. Mayonnaise is usually the most polarizing ingredient in coleslaw. The anti-mayo crowd tends to prefer an oil-based vinaigrette dressing. These bright, vinegary slaws are often served atop or on the side of a pulled pork or barbecue chicken sandwich....

When we mentioned on Facebook that it’s impolite to drink from a cocktail straw, one of those funny social etiquette rules it caused a lot of ire. We got lots of questions about why you should remove it from your drink. “Is it because it’s likely to go up your nostril?” (Good thought, Bonnie.). Celeste Lawler rightly muses that that cocktail straws and coffee stirrers are very similar and maybe they should be used for stirring....

There are myriad reasons to bake a cake. Baking a cake can be soothing and comforting. It can be fun and uplifting (and then you get to eat the delicious results). It can even be an act of service for a sick or grieving friend or family member. But if you don’t follow certain steps—and one specific step in particular—when baking and frosting a cake, you may be frustrated with a misshapen or wobbly cake....

As far as the bees in Decatur, Georgia, are concerned, Lisa Ohrmundt’s house is the hottest spot in town. In the 14 years she’s lived there, Ohrmundt has had bees removed from the residence four times. Two of those times—including just a few weeks ago—the colony had swelled to more than 100,000 occupants. “Four years ago, in May of 2017, we had a really big hive taken out, a couple years later we had a smaller one taken out, then a week or so ago we had a smaller one taken out, and then this one … hopefully is the grand finale,” Ohrmundt told CNN....

Now that the holidays are over and cookie exchange season is behind us, it’s time to plan another type of swap. We have the perfect party to help you beat the post-holiday blues: a soup swap. Soups are great for sharing and swapping because the recipes generally make a large quantity and can even be easily doubled if you need even more for a large crowd. A soup swap will allow you to sample and share different recipes with friends, so you’re not stuck eating 10 bowls of the same soup....

Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Procrastinators, take note, it’s time to get those cards ready, those flowers artfully arranged, and those candy hearts displayed in a bowl. Speaking of those much-loved conversation hearts, there’s new reason to pick up a bag of the sweet treat this Valentine’s Day season: BRACH’S has released an updated edition of their tiny conversation hearts featuring sweet words on each side of the heart. The so-called “Heart ‘2’ Heart” tiny conversation hearts will feature double-sided messages that feel particularly of the moment (or perhaps cringe-worthy, for some ): “YAAAS,” “GOAT” (greatest of all time), and “BAE,” to name a few....

Even if the Queen Mother isn’t in your supper club, a few pieces of silver on the table enhance the feel of Southern hospitality. And let’s face it, the stainless serving spoon that’s seen the inside of your disposal is just no match for your grandmother’s favorite silver one. Yet polishing silver probably ranks right next to cleaning gutters on the list of boring chores. However, it doesn’t have to be that bad; a little maintenance goes a long way....

These days, the world of beer is almost entirely dominated by men. But for the majority of the time that humans have been partaking in the drink, it’s actually been made by women. And we’ve been drinking beer for a long time—almost 7,000 years in fact. According to the National Women’s History Museum, documentation of women’s involvement in brewing beer exists from as far back as 4,000 years ago. That’s because until the 1500s, brewing was seen as just another domestic task, A....

This holiday season, you better not pout, you better not cry, you better not shout, but Chick-fil-A will be closed for the entire Christmas weekend. That’s right, you’ll have to fill up on Christmas cookies, holiday roast (from Costco, naturally), and Christmas tree pull-apart bread, because come December 24, your favorite chicken emporium is closing for the entire holiday weekend. The weekend off isn’t because Chick-fil-A wants us to eat more bourbon pecan balls or support the holiday ham industry, but because of a quirk in this year’s calendar....

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, turned purple in honor of the life and legacy of longtime resident Hester Ford, WCNC reports. Ford, who held the title of oldest living American, died at the age of 116. Purple was her favorite color. Around sunset, the Wells Fargo Lights on the Duke Energy Building in Uptown lit up purple in Ford’s memory. Other Uptown businesses reportedly followed suit. Ford lived in the same home in Charlotte for more than 58 years....

Deepica Mutyala’s commitment to creating a more diverse beauty industry began when she was 16 years old. “I grew up in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston,” she says. “I was surrounded by a very specific standard of beauty, to the point that I dyed my hair blond and got blue contacts.” But even as she tried to replicate what she saw in her hometown and the media, Mutyala quickly realized she could (and should) be making efforts to challenge that standard instead....

After a bit of a rocky start, the unprecedented program to feed Florida’s starving manatees is finally beginning to show promise. The starvation deaths of more than 1,000 manatees in 2021 led state and federal environmental officials to launch the controversial test-feeding operation at a Florida Power & Light plant along the Indian River Lagoon in Cape Canaveral back in December. On Wednesday, officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shared with CNN that an average of 350 manatees a day are now coming to chow down on romaine and butter leaf lettuce at a temporary field response station....

As an aspiring baker, one of the questions I always ask bakery owners and pastry artists is what makes a good cake. When it comes to even cake rounds; layers of buttercream; and clean, sharp angles – the answers vary. One local baker told me to make sure that all of my ingredients (even milk!) are at room temperature before making cake rounds so that they rise identically. Another told me to freeze my rounds before frosting so that the cake layers stay together more firmly when adding my buttercream....

Throwing on a comfy pair of pants designed with tons of style is the key to all-day wear. As we start to head back into the office, you’re going to want a work wardrobe refresh filled with cute, easy-going staples that are totally on trend with a professional edge. If you’re searching for a pair of trousers that are versatile enough to wear to work and out for drinks, look no further than the Grace Karin Cropped Pants that “fit like a dream” and are on sale for just $23....

The bad news is that it’s not Christmas (i.e. Hallmark Christmas movie season) year round. The good news is that Hallmark just released a Countdown to Valentine’s Day movie schedule that includes three new Hallmark original movies we can’t wait to see. Not only that, but the schedule is packed with some of our favorite Hallmark movies of all time, like All of My Heart and Dater’s Handbook, which stars the bride-to-be of the moment, Meghan Markle....

Have you mastered the fine art of attracting hummingbirds to your backyard? Thinking it’s time to recruit some Cardinals to your space as well? The good news: The Northern Cardinal is quite common in the Southern portion of the United States. The other news: It’s going to take some work to get these delightful creatures spending time outside your home. (FYI: The male Cardinals are the bright red you may associate with Cardinals, but the females are light brown with touches of red....

Let’s start with the basics. What’s a podcast? It’s an audio (or video) program—much like a radio show—that you can download or stream from the Internet and listen to at your leisure. There are podcasts on every subject under the sun: food, travel, politics, design, storytelling, science, true crime, books. The list is truly endless. There’s a podcast out there for every interest, and new episodes drop every day, which means there’s an infinite stream of entertainment just waiting for you to dive in....