Lisa Jeffries Nobling – Raleigh, NC

Tag: Talk Southern to Me

  • City Girl with a Little Country Charm

    “Man I gotta warn ya, she’s a city girl with a little country charm” – Jerrod Niemann (from the song, “Bakersfield”).

    Country music fans, listen up. You’ve gotta check this guy out – Jerrod Niemann. I heard his song “One More Drinkin’ Song” on XM Radio and really liked it. His new single, “Lover, Lover”, I heard for the first time yesterday. I had to come home and find out what else he’s done, because I was HOOKED. “What Do You Want” is also pretty darn epic.

    Unfortunately, his MySpace is the most up to date thing (and only 3 songs, not including his latest, are on iTunes)… but the player on MySpace is playing in heavy rotation here today.

    GOOD STUFF. He reminds me of a little bit of Dierks Bentley and Lee Brice – two of my other all time favorites.

  • I’ve Always Wondered…

    ….why sometimes I’m so darn longwinded!

    “In the South, the breeze blows softer…neighbors are friendlier, nosier, and more talkative. (By contrast with the Yankee, the Southerner never uses one word when ten or twenty will do)…This is a different place. Our way of thinking is different, as are our ways of seeing, laughing, singing, eating, meeting and parting. Our walk is different, as the old song goes, our talk and our names… Nothing about us is quite the same as in the country to the North and West. What we carry in our memories is different too, and that may explain everything else.” – Charles Kuralt in Southerners: Portrait of a People

  • Steel Magnolias

    After “google-ing” Buzz & Berly last night, I stumbled upon this blog: Puttin’ on the G.R.I.T.S.

    I love the random goings-on this fellow southern belle writes about and the collection of “Steel Magnolias” she links to! Her description, is one of my favorite southern girl quotes that I had not yet included here:

    “If anyone tries to tell you a Southern girl shouldn’t drink, just tell them the truth: we don’t drink, we sip…a lot.“

  • Quotes About Growing Up Southern

    Borrowed from Averi:

    “The drawl – which accents the rhapsodic blend of beauty, grace, charm, ingenuity, and strength – is the gorgeous red bow that completes the ‘Girls Raised In The South’ package.”Thanks Justin!:
    “Growing up Southern is a privilege really. It’s more than where you’re born, it’s an idea and state of mind that seems imparted at birth. It’s more than loving fried chicken, sweet tea, college football, beer, and country music. It’s being hospitable, charming, and respectful while having strenght, grace, and a genuine love for our family and our land. We don’t become Southern, we’re born that way.“

  • What Southern Chicks Can Teach You…

    An excerpt from an article I pulled out of a magazine a long time ago. Judging by it’s content it must have been Cosmo 😉

    Originally written by Colleen Rush

    “What Southern Chicks Can Teach You About Love, Lust, and Life”The Perfect Southern Iced Tea
    Ingredients:1.5 oz – vodka
    6 oz – iced tea
    2 tbsp – simple syrup
    Fresh mint to taste

    Directions:Muddle ingredients; serve over ice in a tall glass.

    Southern Secrets
    (I plan to elaborate more on these with the quotes, possibly an attachment of the original article… but for now… you’ll just have to start with the Cliff Notes version.)
    1 – Look traffic-stopping hot
    2 – Be wiser than guys
    3 – Use sugar-lips
    4 – Get results in bed
    5 – Treasure your friends
    6 – Be party savvy
    7 – Have amazing etiquette

    7 Southern Girl Staples
    1 – Fabulous stationary
    2 – A swell necklace
    3 – The family cookie recipe
    4 – One silky lingerie set
    5 – A stash of emergency cash
    6 – A signature scent
    7 – Condoms and matches (Oh my!)