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A Merry Mud Bog Christmas

By on February 13, 2013 in family, Georgia, South

TweetThose of you who follow me on Instagram may have seen an unusual photo on Christmas Eve, me and my two sisters covered head to toe in mud. And my explanation is no less unusual than your first impression. I’ve already written about it on This Is My South, but more from a guide standpoint [...]

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Photo Friday: Auburn, AL

By on April 20, 2012 in Alabama, Auburn, photo friday, South, USA

Tweet I came across old photos on my hard drive and couldn’t help but share them. I miss these spur of the moment road trips I used to take around the South and am looking to re-live them. In summer of 2006, my friend Christine and I went to visit our other friend Elizabeth at [...]

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A Civil Rights Tour of the South

By on April 4, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, Memphis, South, Tennessee

Tweet Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.– Martin Luther King Jr. We start our tour in Atlanta, Georgia, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born and where much of his work was done. In the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, you will find [...]

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Photo Essay: Elvis’ Graceland

By on February 29, 2012 in Memphis, photo friday, South, Tennessee, USA

Tweet Memphis is the former home of legendary musician Elvis Presley and having grown up listening to his music with my grandparents, I knew I had to visit Graceland. We purchased tickets online before leaving Nashville to ensure we got in, since even in low season, thousands of people pass through the gates at Graceland. [...]

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Memphis: A Lil Bit Country, A Lil Bit Rock n Roll

By on February 27, 2012 in Memphis, South, Tennessee, USA

Tweet Before making the trip, I’d heard mixed reviews of Memphis. I was told that there was good food, but that it was “dangerous.” It’s larger than Nashville and was the setting of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. But as with everything, I set out to form my own opinion. I liked the downtown area, [...]

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Biscuits and Beer in Nashville

By on February 25, 2012 in beer, food, Nashville, South, Tennessee, USA

Tweet I’ve been to Nashville many times throughout my life since my aunt has lived there since she was a student at Vanderbilt. My last visit there was for her wedding nearly three years ago, so I knew it was time to return. I wanted to see her and my cousins, as well as my [...]

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Lovely Lynchburg

By on February 19, 2012 in South, Tennessee

Tweet The Aussie and I took a brief road trip of the South so I could show him that America is much more than Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York. On the way to visit my aunt in Nashville, we stopped in Lynchburg, Tennessee so we could tour the famous Jack Daniels Distillery. As [...]

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This Is My South

By on October 29, 2010 in Georgia, North Carolina, small town, South, South Carolina, Tennessee

TweetAre you craving the small town life? Look no further than these Southern gems, all within 3 hours of major cities. Just pick a state. I compiled some of my favorite posts on the region, so enjoy, especially if you’ve never visited my South before. Uga, the university’s mascot Athens, Georgia, known as the Classic [...]

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Photo Friday: Chattanooga, TN

By on October 15, 2010 in americana, Chattanooga, photo friday, road trip, South, Tennessee, travel

Tweet Chickamauga Battlefield I forgot all about these pictures until I started compiling them for a future post about small Southern towns. Two summers ago, my sister Sammi and I took a day trip to Chattanooga, TN. We wanted to do something fun before going to our separate schools. It had been years since we had [...]

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Caroline in the Country

By on April 1, 2010 in adventure, beer, Charleston, South

Tweet Macro shot of the placemats at the Marina When I got home from running the bridge and a day of shopping with my parents last Saturday, I had every intention of falling asleep before nine. But my roommates had other plans. Rose told me about one of her friends whose boyfriend was having a bonfire [...]

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