Category Archives: Holidays
Happy Easter
My husband’s been sick lately and it’s been raining, so I had a two-fold reason to stay inside and keep busy yesterday. The problem: a holiday, especially one as pastel-forward as Easter, plus boredom can produce insane behavior. Witness the … Continue reading
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Winter Images c/o Ronald Searle
British artist Ronald Searle is one of the most brilliant illustrators and cartoonists I’ve encountered. Ever. Period. His work is insightful and intelligent and whimsical and lovely, and I can’t get enough of it. In honor of the upcoming holidays, … Continue reading
Just One Day Out of Life
If you’ve ever read any of Slim Aarons‘ iconic books–Poolside, A Place in the Sun, Once Upon a Time–then you’ve most likely seen an image from or commissioned by Holiday magazine. Though it’s now defunct, it still stands as a … Continue reading
Easter Eating: Ham + Mac and Cheese
Growing up, Easter dinner meant two things in my house: ham and macaroni and cheese. Sure, we had other things over the years–green beans and new potatoes, sometimes stuffing, rolls–but there was no doubt about the main event. Mac and … Continue reading
Happy Passover, Y’all
Over the last 30 years, the numbers of Jews in the South has tripled–from 382,000 in 1970 to more than 1.2 million today–but Jews have been a part of southern culture for as long as there’s been a “South.” In … Continue reading
