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

The Oxford, Mississippi Dictionary: The Young and the Neckless

Needed nomenclature for a growing community. Editor’s Note: This is an installment in a series of blogs on new Oxfordisms. When I traverse Oxford’s highways, byways,...

Getting Looks: Miss Behavin’ Stays in Style

Oxford shop strives to keep ahead of the curve. Oxford is a city chock full of great destinations, from the historic to the cultural to...

Oxford Adult Entertainment Ordinance is Preventive Measure

The Oxford Planning Commission voted earlier this month to recommend passage of a proposed adult entertainment ordinance. But Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson described the...

Oxford Holiday Events: Shell Plastic Surgery

Donate, Receive Fully Stocked Frig, Apartment for Mizzou Weekend

A $2,500 donation to Ole Miss’ Engineers Without Borders will get you a furnished three-bedroom apartment within walking distance of the campus for this...

Gage Dorris Receives Eagle Scout Award

Gage Dorris, son off Beth and Kevin Dorris, received the Eagle Scout Award in ceremonies at First Presbyterian Church Sunday. A member of Troop 45,...

Out of My Back Yard Today

By: Tom Freeland, HottyToddy.com, Blogger Here’s some things that came out of my back yard this evening. First, some herbs: parsley and oregano for chimichurri...

Color Blazes Through Dreary Day

The weather was dreary this morning. But I found some beautiful foliage on my way to church and I had to share it with you,...

Giving Soul Walks Ole Miss Grad Down Path to Help Others

Buying shoes is great. Buying shoes for a cause can be life changing. On Thursday November 15, the socially conscious shoe brand, Nisolo, had an...

Things I Don’t Want for Christmas: Volume 1

Avoid wasteful gift-giving this year. I always feel bad when I receive gifts for Christmas, from a well-meaning friend or family member, that I'll never...