by Lauren | Oct 20, 2023 | Featured, Opinion
Dear friends, family, and members of the Pretty Southern squad: Y’all, it has been a tiiime. Since we first launched this baby blog more than 12 years ago, so much has changed in the world. AI may very well one day take over Pretty Southern. But that day is not...
by Isabelle Manders | Oct 19, 2023 | Featured
Polina Marinova Pompliano is the founder of The Profile, a weekly newsletter that studies some of the world’s most successful and influential people and companies. She began her journalistic career as Editor-in-Chief of The Red & Black at the University of Georgia...
by Meredith Biesinger | Sep 13, 2022 | Featured, Food, Variety
You’ve heard the name, and you might have heard terms like “Beaver Nuggets” and “Romanian garlic beef jerky” and wondered what is this place and what are they selling? Well, it’s Buc-ees! The world’s largest gas station,...
by Meredith Biesinger | Nov 29, 2021 | Featured
Huntsville, Alabama, was once a sleepy, farming town that you drove through on your way to Nashville. Well, folks, stand back because the Rocket City is on the move! Last year, Huntsville officially took the lead as Alabama’s largest city by the population at...
by Meredith Biesinger | Sep 21, 2021 | Featured
Eudora Welty is an iconic Southern writer who brought life to every single word she ever wrote. When many of us think of Eudora Welty, we probably picture an older lady with silver hair and endless words of wisdom. However, just like us, Welty was once a child too....
by Meredith Biesinger | Sep 8, 2021 | Featured
Tupelo, Mississippi?! Never in my life did I think I’d live in the northeastern pocket of Mississippi, in the hometown of Elvis. This “microtropolis,” with its rolling hills, local culture, and large Magnolia trees, now holds an extraordinary place...
