Modern Day Southern Belle

We are very big on birthdays in my family. Honestly we are very big on any reason to celebrate.  Monday?  Let's celebrate!  You finished...

Faulkner borrowed Boyfriend's sunglasses Recognize the title?  I love the movie The Christmas Story .  A week doesn't go by wher...

The Cockrell Girls at our 3rd Annual 4th of July Bash After a long winter and many blog posts lamenting over the fact that I had cabin...

The other day I mentioned to two of my colleagues that I enjoyed doing the blog posts on food so much that all I can imagine for future post...

There is something special about weekend breakfast.  I love to plan a bigger breakfast to lazily enjoy on a Saturday morning. The weekend br...

Being raised in a Southern family of cooks, I have incorporated their recipes as well as created my own. I gravitate to making dishes that...

Mary Lea's Tomato Cups For the longest time, my mother and I have always wanted to belong to a bunco group.  About two years ago, we fo...