My Grandpa Lashlee could grow any vegetable any where, in any soil. When he and my Grandma Lashlee lived with my parents in Gulfport, Miss., my grandpa grew the best tasting veggies in the sandy soil. Then when they moved up here to East Tennessee, my grandpa grew the best tasting veggies in the red clay hillside behind the house they shared with my mom and dad. Cucumbers, jalapeno peppers, radishes, okra, watermelons, tomatoes, grapes, blackberries, mustard greens… oh my goodness, I could go on for days listing everything in his garden! You name it, he probably grew it! He had […]
Links I Love
Since I revamped my blog earlier this month, I have been looking at starting a new weekly or monthly series (or two). I have found myself drawn to other bloggers posts about “links they love”, so today, starts the first in a series. My plan for this series – “Links I Love” – is that it will become a monthly series. I hope you find these links as great and interesting as I did! Ever wonder about the bedrooms of those TV characters like Carrie Bradshaw and Serena van der Woodsen? Glamour magazine shares some cools details about these rooms. Daily Dose of Design shares […]
How to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
When you think of Cinco de Mayo, you probably think about hitting up a Mexican restaurant for chips and salsa and gulping down big glasses of margaritas. I’m not a drinker (or at least not much of one), but I could probably eat my weight in chips and salsa. What most may not know is that “Cinco de Mayo—or the fifth of May—commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867).” (Source: History.com) So you want to celebrate Mexico’s victory of France? Then do it with craftiness (i.e., make your own […]
Celebrity Dinner Party: SNL Edition
Have you ever been asked this question? “Who would you invite to a dinner party, dead or alive?” I would have dinner parties every weekend – both Friday and Saturday nights – because my guest list is sooooooooo long! Who would be my first guests, you ask? I would have some of my favorite female Saturday Night Live veterans – Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Molly Shannon. I have watched SNL for the last 25 years, and there have been some funny women on that late night show. Tina Fey – Sarah Palin and Weekend Update. Amy […]
Friday Favorites: Instagram Bloggers
Instagram is my favorite form of social media, simply because pictures are literally worth a thousand words, or in this case, a thousand #hashtags. Some days I can’t wait to open my Instagram feed just to see what people post. Instagram is a treasure trove of beauty, indulgence, food, fashion, love, and life. I follow people, models, magazines, businesses, as well as friends and fmily. I follow fitness, beauty, fashion, and celebrities. I watch as people travel, party, change their hairstyle or haircolor, announce their pregnancy and then the birth, announce new business ventures, celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and deaths, and […]