Southern Experience

Heaton: 10 Essential Tips for Moving to the South

Embrace Southern hospitality with these essential tips on traditions, food, and customs to help you settle into your new home.

Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

Suanne Strider Presents: A Review of Texas Heart

Texas Heart Official Release Trailer- 2015 from Mark David on Vimeo. Out of all the submissions that I have had the pleasure to review for...

Chick-fil-A Brings Inspiration, Love with the Fourth Annual Daddy-Daughter Princess Ball in Oxford

To the world, Monday and Tuesday, February 8 - 9, are ordinary days, but in Oxford, little girls and their fathers will be swept...

EatingOxford: Resolving to Eat Lighter

Have you been keeping up with your resolution to eat healthier in 2016? Whether you’d like to lose a few pounds or just want...

Heaton: 17 Unique Southern Terms for Complainers

Some folks love to complain. Kids love to complain! Around my house these complaints center on: homework (too much), pizza (too little), bed time...

TJ Ray: Snow Birds Dominate Lafayette County Winter

HottyToddy.com is calling it: No more snow this season and winter is officially headed out of our area (like a lamb). With that in mind,...

Shelter Yourself – Custom Valentine’s Day Cards Made Easy

On Wednesday, February 10, Oxford and Water Valley’s favorite art advocate, Andi Bedsworth of Art To Go notoriety, will help make your Valentine’s Day...

Watching a Legend: How One Ole Miss Student Grew With Hugh Freeze

In 2012, I got up at 6 a.m. to watch Robert Nkemdiche sign with Ole Miss on National Signing Day. I was a senior in...

Visit Oxford’s Restaurant Week Bags $2K for the Oxford Food Pantry

For the third year in a row, Oxford Restaurant Week showcased local businesses, January 24-30, while making sure Oxford’s food-based charities and programs are...

Bolivar Bullet: Alphonso Sanders – Musical Notes of Joy

Georgia native Alphonso Sanders fell in love with music, but not just any music. In 10th grade, Sanders picked up a trumpet and never...

Vassallo, Scruggs Debate: Should the U.S. Cut Back on Foreign Aid?

Steve Vassallo: Absolutely! A country $19 trillion in debt needs to focus exclusively on reducing the debt, not increasing it by continuing to give away...