Tag: dolly parton

  • Late Spring Playlist 2019: Rise & Shine

    Late Spring Playlist 2019: Rise & Shine

    We’re finally getting back into the swing of life after a long, long winter (like seriously long…it was 40 degrees last week). The sun is finally out, it’s warm enough for bare legs and shoulders, and for the first time in her life Zelda is working a daytime job! It’s all very exciting. So inspired…

  • Early Spring 2018 Playlist: Wild Flowers

    Early Spring 2018 Playlist: Wild Flowers

    It has technically been spring for two weeks now, but here in New York City, you wouldn’t know it. On the Monday morning when we compiled this playlist, snow was falling outside our windows — big fat flakes that covered the ground, coated the trees, made fluffy hats for the trash cans…and then melted within…

  • Early Winter Playlist 2017: Holly Jolly

    Early Winter Playlist 2017: Holly Jolly

    Sleigh bells ringing, lords a’leaping, dreidels spinning, candles glowing: The holiday season is full of magic and light. But our absolute favorite part may just be the music. We count down the days until that magical Friday in November when, Thanksgiving safely stowed away until next year, we can let our festive flags fly. It’s…

  • Just Folks: Andi Morrow

    Just Folks: Andi Morrow

    Guess who’s back (back back), back again? That’s right, it’s“Just Folks,” our series in which 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 Andi Morrow. An actress, writer, and filmmaker from Huntsville, TN,…

  • A Dirty Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: 9 Life Lessons We Learned From Steel Magnolias

    A Dirty Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: 9 Life Lessons We Learned From Steel Magnolias

    While Nora Ephron shaped our cinematic visions of New York, the single biggest cinematic influence on our views on life in the South was Steel Magnolias. From the big hair to the epic levels of snark and sass, we identify with these ladies big time: An alternative name for this blog could have been Clairee…

  • 10 Awesome Southerners to Dress Up As This Halloween

    10 Awesome Southerners to Dress Up As This Halloween

    All Hallow’s Eve is nearly upon us, a festive season of masquerades and sugar highs. I don’t know about you, but Halloween always has a tendency to sneak up on me. I start each year with grand ambitions of a great costume — cute but not slutty, clever but not so niche as to be unrelatable (I’m lookin’…