Author: zeldaandscout

  • Just Folks: Caroline Bologna

    Just Folks: Caroline Bologna

    Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. This week we have Caroline Bologna. As a writer and editor extraordinaire (in…

  • May Playlist: I Want to Be a Part of It

    May Playlist: I Want to Be a Part of It

    Music has a unique power to define a place or time for us, providing a soundtrack to a certain period in our lives or a place we used to know. There are bands and songs that take us back to childhood car rides or high school dances, late nights in a dorm room or unpacking…

  • April Round Up

    April Round Up

    April is the cruelest month, or so T.S. Eliot says. Zelda’s roommate’s acupuncturist (yep) takes a different approach: She thinks April is an emotionally tumultuous time, because the plants are working so hard to break through the soil that it produces a lot of violent and negative energy, which in turn affects everyone’s mood. Whatever…

  • Party Like It’s 1875!

    Party Like It’s 1875!

    Not all of us have the luxury of being in our old Kentucky home for the Derby. We, both Zelda and Scout, are going to be in the city that never sleeps this year. But even though we may be far from Southern climes, New York is never one to pass up a good time.…

  • Just Folks: Louisvillians on Derby

    Just Folks: Louisvillians on Derby

    So we’re just over halfway through our make-shift Derby Festival here on Zelda & Scout, and as a blog about displacement and diaspora, we wanted to focus a couple of days on how to celebrate Derby when you’re far away from Churchill Downs (as we so often are…sigh). The stars aren’t always in alignment for…

  • April Playlist: For Our Old Kentucky Home

    April Playlist: For Our Old Kentucky Home

    No party is complete without an appropriate soundtrack. These are the songs that get us in the mood all Derby season long. From bluegrass and country classics to tunes with a modern twist (Didn’t know there were rap songs about Kentucky? You are welcome.). Whether they’re Kentucky specific or just oozing Southern charm, each track…

  • Just Folks: Joanna Futral

    Just Folks: Joanna Futral

    Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. Want to be next? Fill out our questionnaire here! This week we have…

  • These Are a Few of Our Favorite Folks: New York Edition!

    These Are a Few of Our Favorite Folks: New York Edition!

    The internet is a big place, and many people call it home. That’s the wonderful thing about technology: It allows you to form cozy little communities whose members may be scattered to all corners of the globe. You can connect with people miles away or right next door, all at the drop of a hat.…

  • Just Folks: Luke

    Just Folks: Luke

    Mondays on Zelda & Scout are all about you! In a series we call “Just Folks,” we talk to Southerners who have found their way to New York about where they’re from, where they are now, and what home means to them. This week we have Luke! A fellow Brooklyn transplant, Luke hails from East…

  • March Playlist: Musical Madness, Act II

    March Playlist: Musical Madness, Act II

    Our love of musicals is so great it spilled over into a second act, and that’s with the pared down version. (It’s not a problem: It’s just a challenge — it’s a challenge! — to resist…putting every song we love on this list.) We pick up after intermission with two Southern gals relocating to New…