In this week’s feel-good story, a local fire department came to the rescue when a dog fell into the bay at Miami Beach on Tuesday. The Miami Beach Fire Department shared a video of the heartwarming rescue on their Facebook page. According to their post, a woman was playing with her dog at a dog park in Miami Beach when the pup got too close to the edge and fell into the water....
Over the years, I’ve experienced a love-hate relationship with the South’s beloved French aka bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla). Like you, I revere the showy snowballs of blue, purple, pink, red, or white flowers that crown the shrub every summer. And like many of you, I’ve felt the frustration of planting them in the yard, only to see them shrivel and die in red clay soil and withering summer drought. I, the Grumpy Gardener, actually killed three ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangeas one year because I refused to soak their roots every rainless day for three months after I got home from work....
You wipe your countertop. You clean your dishes. Heck, you even disinfect your refrigerator handle. But have you ever thought to clean your reusable grocery bags? Guilty as charged, y’all. If you’re anything like us, you may have overlooked cleaning reusable grocery bags, too—but it’s time to start doing it on the regular. First off, kudos to you for using reusable bags when you grocery shop over plastic—the more people who make an environmentally-friendly choice to avoid plastic, the more we can all make a difference....
When was the last time you disinfected the interior of your car? Chances are, you disinfect your toilet seat regularly, but the inside of your car? Not so much. We reached out to experts Alessandro Gazzo with Emily’s Maids and Alex Varela of Dallas Maids, for some helpful advice on how to clean and disinfect your car using household products. Before getting started, be sure to empty your car of garbage and use a handheld vacuum to remove any loose dirt or debris....
Believe it or not, but not everybody owns a Bundt pan. For the home baker who been forced to abandon a recipe solely because it required a Bundt pan, we have good news. There is a simple, affordable hack that will solve your cake woes and save valuable storage space. Win, win! Jocelyn Delk Adams of Grandbaby Cakes shared a brilliant trick for DIY-ing a Bundt pan on Instagram last month using things you probably already have lying around the kitchen....
Located in southeastern Mississippi, Hattiesburg is definitely one of the cities you want to put on your radar for when the time is right to travel again. In the coming months, the city of some 46,000 residents is expanding their East Sixth Street Museum District, the city’s African American cultural hub, as well as unrolling an expanded public art initiative. Now, they’re bringing to life an entirely innovative concept fit for this strange, socially distanced era, and are at the ready to bring people some much-needed diversion and connection to art and fun: Meet the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum....
These days, amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic restricting big gatherings, we’ve been forced to get creative around birthdays. Perhaps it’s a Zoom “Jay-pardy!” trivia tournament for your cousin Jay. Perhaps it’s buying a bookshelf and filling it with titles selected by all of your dad’s best friends with cards explaining each of their picks for your old man. Perhaps it’s just, you know, driving the family to Florida and pulling off an epic surprise for your mother....
It’s been an exciting month in the household of Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Hager. On August 2, they celebrated baby Hal’s first birthday with his grandparents George and Laura Bush joining their daughter Jenna Bush Hager’s family to celebrate. Then, on August 13, the couple’s daughter Poppy turned five-years-old. “Happiest Birthday to our darling Pops! You light up our lives. Like your namesake your kindness amazes and you make us laugh like no one else....
In the mountain South it’s known as long sweetnin’ for its lingering rich-as-honey finish. Steeped in backcountry tradition, sorghum syrup making is an art–a magical, end-of-summer alchemy bottled in a mason jar. To Buy Look for 100% pure sorghum syrup at farm stands or specialty markets, or order online. Unlike molasses, sorghum has a buttery complexity. To Store Tuck it into a dark kitchen cupboard, ready to drizzle over baked apples, hot cornbread, or a down-home version of caramel macchiato....
Whether you have limited space in your home or simply don’t need any more stuff, it’s perfectly acceptable to decline gifts at your next event. But when that gathering is one where guests typically bring a present, like a wedding or a baby shower, you’ll want to give everyone a heads-up about your no-gifts preference. So where’s the best place to indicate that you’d prefer not to receive gifts? According toJacqueline Whitmore, an international etiquette expert and founder of The Protocol School of Palm Beach, the invite itself might not be the appropriate avenue....
Forget plane tickets, Americans need only jump in their cars to visit Paris… Tennessee, that is. The small community of Paris, Tennessee, lies approximately 120 miles west of Nashville and just a stone’s throw from Big Sandy River. If you find yourself in the area or road-tripping through the Volunteer State, we highly recommend stopping by. One of 15 U.S. cities named Paris, the historic Henry County town of less than 11,000 residents is known for the “World’ Biggest Fish Fry” as well as a 70-foot, to-scale replica of the original Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower....
In addition to frequent hand-washing, there are ways to give your immune system a better chance at fighting everything from the common cold to coronavirus. First, it’s essential to limit stress. (Easier said than done, right?) Numerous studies have shown that the human body does a better job fighting off respiratory illness when it’s not under stress. Meditation, controlled breathing, knitting, and other stress reduction techniques can help your immune system stay strong....
Amy Grant’s family is supporting her through music as she continues to recover from a scary bicycle accident last month. Her husband Vince Gill was joined on stage by their daughter Corrina during his appearance at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Thursday night. The talented 21-year-old broke down in tears during an emotional performance of the song Gill wrote for her mother, “When My Amy Prays,” swapping mentions of “Amy” with “Mama....
Kids who grew up in the 80s and 90s—and the brave parents who raised them—are no doubt familiar with the phenomenon that was Polly Pocket. The miniature worlds contained in those iconic jewel-tone compacts posed choking hazards to a generation of fixated youngsters. And then, out of nowhere, heaps of them were packed away as kids moved on to newer, fancier toys. Vacuum cleaners everywhere rejoiced. Despite decades collecting dust, like all good things, Polly Pockets began making their triumphant return around 2018, which also happens to be when Mattel introduced a new line for the first time since 1997....
An invitation to a crab boil on the beach is a sure sign that warm weather has finally arrived. But you don’t have to go to the coast to enjoy the season’s freshest catch, and you don’t have to be a seasoned harvester to know how to purchase fresh crab. Once you learn the difference between jumbo lump meat and backfin, blue crab, and soft shell, you will be ready to host a crab feast for your family and friends....
Persimmon trees produce some of the most gorgeous fruit, putting on a show toward the end of autumn when the rest of our shrubberies, flowers, and landscaping has started to fade. If you want to add one of these beauties to your yard, check out these tips helpful tidbits on growing persimmons. What Kinds of Persimmons Are Grown in the U.S.? According to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, there are two primary varieties of persimmon grown in the United States: Diospyros kaki and Diospyros virginiana....
Just like he sings, Willie Nelson can’t wait to be “On the Road Again.” But until the time is right to return safely to touring, the Red Headed Stranger is still hanging out on his beloved tour bus, Honeysuckle Rose — even if it’s just parked outside his home. That’s right, Mr. Nelson is still spending plenty of quality time on his tour bus during these strange pandemic times. “When I’m home, I probably don’t sleep on the bus that much, but when I’m out on the road, I sleep on the bus all the time....
Good news: You can stay in your very own Ark right here in the South. If it has been a while since you were in Sunday school, here’s a quick reminder of the story of Noah and his Ark. In the book of Genesis, God decided it was time to deal with the increasing violence and corruption on Earth. However, there was one man on the planet who God deemed righteous because he and his family were good God-fearing folk who God wanted to spare from the rising waters....
April Jones, along with her son, husband, and father-in-law, were hoping to land a big fish during the 2022 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo last week. Instead, they left with a story they’ll be telling for the rest of their lives. The family was fishing near the Sand Island Lighthouse off Dauphin Island last Friday when something extraordinary happened. “I felt something hit me,” Jones told Fox News, “and then I see this big blob flopping around in the back of the boat....
We are excited for Season 2 of our Biscuits & Jam Podcast to launch on Tuesday, March 30! In the South, talking about food is personal. It’s a way of sharing your history, your family, your culture, and yourself. Each week, Sid Evans, Editor in Chief of Southern Living, will sit down with celebrity musicians to hear stories of how they grew up, what inspired them, and how they’ve been shaped by Southern culture....
