In 2017 Gaynell and Ryan Martin relocated from Georgia to Hattiesburg for his medical residency program. The Martins have a family connection to Mississippi; Ryan’s parents grew up in Laurel. Hattiesburg quickly became the top of the couple’s rankings between...
In my very first entertaining book, Easy Hospitality, published in the ’90s, I described how to create gold- and silver-leaf eggs for elegant Easter tablescapes. I still enjoy displaying those eggs because they are beautiful and timeless. To create the gold- and...
As the poet John Keats once said in his famous “Ode to Autumn,” the months of September and October are indeed “a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” The flowers in the garden may be waning, but the woods are sporting their fall colors, and there is respite from...
The transition from dorm room to apartment is easier than you think. Gone are the days of bed-in-a-bag and egg crates for dorm rooms. The National Retail Federation estimates that United States dorm spending accounts for $50 billion each year. One of my passions and...
