Category: Southern Favorites

  • Calling All Fishermen & Fisherwomen!

    I say fisherwomen explicitly because I know quite a few of my female readers kick butt and take names when it comes to fishing. Please consider entering or volunteering with this event to benefit the NC Coastal Land Trust!Championship to Benefit NC Coastal Land Trust! Calling all fishermen and women!…

  • Garden & Gun

    Another positively southern magazine: Garden & Gun. I had my first experience with Garden & Gun in the waiting room at my dentist’s office… yet another reason I absolutely love them. (from her email newsletter) It’s been said before on this blog how much I adore Miranda and I am…

  • Sweet Tea Vodka

    You heard it here first folks. I’d like to thank my dear e-friend, Antoine, for returning from Charleston to tell me about this wonderful phenomenon that has taken over the bars in the Low Country (who, by the way, I finally got the chance to meet in person for the…

  • Hot Sauce Festival?!

    No, not the Buckhead band (who still manage to amaze me with their on-stage shenanigans on Friday and Saturday evenings), but the real hot sauce! From today’s Boss’ Planner, Jonny mentions September 13th as the date for the NC Hot Sauce Festival… further proof that we’ll have a festival for…

  • Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star…

    at my bar… tomorrow! How sweet is that?Join 94.7 WQDR at Buckhead Saloon THIS THURSDAY NIGHT at 9pm to help decide who our next big star will be! See the 4 finalists – Holland Marie and the Johnston County Line, The Johnny Orr Band, Kevin Lee and Jason Marks –…

  • Obligatory Wedding Post

    I think know the South has a very awesome way of making weddings better than any other geographic region, so I read a few wedding blogs. Read: a few, not hundreds of the thousands that are out there – mostly scanning for looks and pictures I just like. I can’t…

  • Update: Beer, BBQ, & Bourbon

    From my earlier post tonight, here’s more info… a link to the official site and a few details about the cause supported by a portion of the proceeds from the event.Official Website AND a portion of the proceeds benefit: I love a great festival with a heart, too!

  • More Info and a Blog from the NC Ag Jam

    Bryan got his tickets front and center on Saturday AM… have you got yours yet? Check out their new blog (ooh, nice job Dept. of Agriculture!) with more info each day:Diet Pepsi-Got to Be NC Ag Jam 2008 DebutWith the Dept. of Agriculture on board, I’d say blogging has become…

  • Mega-Post of “Must Do” Events

    Please forgive my brief hiatus last week/end… real estate licensing + more bridesmaid dresses mishaps + Amber’s bridal shower/luau with these girls = sleeping in AND a nap on Sunday. So here’s your new calendar entries, which of course, have been added to my Google calendar for all to share:August…

  • The House Rules for College Football

    Thanks Ashton! If someone could frame this and hang it up for the games we’ll be seeing from home (very few since I have NCSU season tickets and BF has UNC season tickets)… that would be great!The House Rules for College Footballby Fox Sports blogger Lisa H.(which is a great…