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      • Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
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      • Recipe :: Cheesy Apples
      • Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts
      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
    • Mains
      • Recipe :: Beef Tenderloin
      • Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine
      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
    • Sweet Stuff
      • Recipe :: Boiled Custard
      • Recipe :: Caramel Apple Cake
      • Recipe :: Carrot Cake
      • Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings
      • Recipe :: Cinnamon Rolls
      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
      • Recipe :: Trifle in a Glass

Category: Out and About

Book of Marie
Book Reviews, Books, Out and About Posted onApril 5, 2014August 12, 2018

Book Review :: The Book of Marie

He calls it his most important work. The Book of Marie by Terry Kay is an epistolary novel that spans fifty years of Cole Bishop’s […] Read More

Book Reviews, Out and About Posted onMarch 15, 2014August 3, 2018

Book Review :: A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff

A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia by William Rawlings I met William Rawlings at a literary […] Read More

After the Arena
Book Reviews, Out and About, Things I Love Posted onJanuary 4, 2014August 24, 2018

Book Review :: After the Arena

Consider this a shameless plug for my uncle’s new book, After the Arena, in which I make a cameo appearance drinking strawberry moonshine. No joke […] Read More

Cooking, Out and About Posted onJanuary 30, 2012June 24, 2012

Restaurant Review :: Park’s Edge

Just a block away from the cluster that is the rejuvenated Inman Park social scene on Highland Avenue, sits the aptly named Park’s Edge. Self-proclaimed […] Read More

Out and About, Things I Love Posted onDecember 29, 2011July 6, 2018

Love :: To-Go Tumblers

I do hate that I had to keep this post until after Christmas, but today’s Things I Love Thursday is what I gave my parents, […] Read More

Manners Monday, Out and About Posted onOctober 31, 2011January 7, 2012

Manners Monday :: Bring a Gift

In October I’ve been focusing on table manners in order for us all to “up our game” during the holiday season which is right around […] Read More

Cooking, Featured, Out and About Posted onSeptember 2, 2011September 16, 2011

Road Trip :: Charleston, Part II – Food

So my sweetie and I celebrated our fourth anniversary mid-August in Charleston. Which means, amazing food. While I was trying to “not plan” as much […] Read More

Out and About Posted onAugust 27, 2011July 6, 2018

Road Trip :: Charleston

My sweetie and I took a road trip to the Holy City last week to celebrate our fourth anniversary. We were trying to decide between […] Read More

Cooking, Out and About Posted onAugust 1, 2011July 6, 2018

GNO :: Wine Tasting

One of the recent gatherings of the SOC Sistas Book Club was recrafted as a wine tasting.  I know what you’re thinking, “Isn’t every book […] Read More

Out and About, Photography Posted onJuly 26, 2011August 13, 2011

Field Trip :: Quail Hollow Gardens

My hubby and I were able to put the almost final touches on the landscaping for the front of our new home this weekend after […] Read More

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Consequences
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Consequences
by Penelope Lively
The Four Winds
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The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah
Oh William!
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Oh William!
by Elizabeth Strout
All Our Wordly Goods
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All Our Wordly Goods
by Irène Némirovsky
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson

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