Pretty Southern was privileged to be part of the inaugural Laugh Lab! Whoever thought my sassy ass would actually be a standup comic?! This comedy course by the lovely (and hilarious!) Lace Larabee was the first one ever! Lace is seriously one of the funniest comics working in the game today, especially as a Southern… Read more »
In life, most of us are on the quest to find “the one” When I was younger, I was obsessed with finding that perfect guy. Looking back through my teenage journals, I could witness 16-year old Lauren who was wrapped up in her first boyfriend, crushes, dates, flirtations, musings and dreams of finding Mr. Right…. Read more »
Kirkland Carden is not originally from the South, but he’s certainly trying to make our Southern lives better. Kirkland Carden is running for Duluth City Council in the 2017 election. Originally hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio, Kirkland has made Georgia home settling home in Duluth. He chose Gwinnett County as his home, Duluth in particular, because… Read more »
You graduated! #graduate #shots #nowwhat To all the recent college grads reading this post, I was sitting in your seat wearing that cap and gown exactly four years ago. When I graduated in May 2013, I thought I was hot shit. I thought employers would be lining up with job offers. I wasn’t, and they… Read more »
Luke Skywalker conned Han Solo by promising him more wealth than Han could imagine. Han’s immortal reply was: “I don’t know kid; I can imagine quite a bit.” So, when I heard a Braves talking head during a recent exhibition game to tout the traffic and parking situation as “not nearly as bad as you… Read more »
To a New York kid like me, Southerners were defined by “The Dukes of Hazzard”. When my Dad suggested I apply to Emory University, I thought he wanted me to learn about overnight delivery services. It only took one gorgeous weekend on Emory’s campus in 1977 (my senior year of high school) to change my… Read more »