by Lauren | Dec 6, 2012 | Art
The other day, my mother-in-law presented me with a news clipping from 1991. Keep in mind y’all, this was back when The AJC was still The Atlanta Journal in the morning and The Atlanta Constitution in the afternoon. “This seemed like something Pretty...
by Lauren | Dec 5, 2012 | Art
“Do you know what your name means, Vivienne Grace? And why your Christian name is after my mother, Vivienne?” “Not exactly,” I admitted. “Did they not teach you Latin at that fancy Magnolia Academy?” “I took Spanish instead.” “A lot of good that will do you.” stated...
by Lauren | Nov 12, 2012 | Featured
Their slogan says it all – “Make a statement without writing a word.” Southerners know the simple art of writing with a quality pen, and founders Bart Creasman and Cass Baltz have a true understanding of what it means to produce premium, hand-made...
by Lauren | Nov 4, 2012 | Featured
If y’all loved our post Words Only Southerners Say then you’ll love Sh%t Southern Women Say. As it’s Pretty Southern’s mission to ask the question “What does it mean to be a Southerner in the 21st century?” we were tickled to...
by Lauren | Oct 24, 2012 | Featured
Pretty Southern was privileged to attend a cocktail party for Emily Giffin at the W Hotel in Buckhead honoring this beautiful lady’s latest novel Where We Belong. The party took place in Atlanta’s most posh neighborhood hotel, where pretty Southern ladies...
by Lauren | Oct 23, 2012 | Featured
Editor’s note – this was an essay which was originally published in Athens Magazine (Vol. 20, No. 4 September-October 2008) with “G-O-D-A-W-G-S-! printed on the binding of the issue. In this edition, an almost-23-year old me writing from the...
