Southern Experience

Theatre Oxford to Perform Their First Musical

Theatre Oxford’s musical comedy explores love and relationships from first dates to funerals in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.

John Hailman’s From Midnight to Guntown: The Nation of Islam Comes to Greenville

As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to...

The End of Summer: The Last Pesto of the Season

By: Tom Freeland, HottyToddy.com, Blogger I cut the rest of my basil tonight for the last pesto of the season.  My usual practice is to...

Halloween Memories From the HottyToddy.com Staff

The HottyToddy.com staff was sitting around the last few days talking about their fondest memories of Halloween. Then we thought, "Hey, lets put these...

Why My Headless Grandson Gives Me the Willies

This is my first Halloween in my new home of Oxford and I’m disappointed that the terrible weather is going to prevent many kids...

Director’s Cut: Cleveland and Charleston Eats and Sights

I traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, and Cleveland, Ohio last week. Before you make a Cleveland joke, like this presumed local did, I’ll tell you...

Take a Tour of Haunted Oxford: Part II

Oxford’s community of undead is certainly not confined to the city limits. The University of Mississippi’s rich, and sometimes, tragic past lends itself well...

Halloween Goes On In Oxford Whatever Weather

 It’s that time of year again. Time for the spookiest ghosts and gremlins to come out to play.  It’s time for candy and time...

At Highlands In Birmingham, with Wine

Some of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous mysteries are the ones he never got around to writing. In several Sherlock Holmes novels his associate...

Take a Tour of Haunted Oxford: Part I

Editor's Note: This is the first for a two-part series. Part Two will appear tomorrow morning on HottyToddy.com. With many homes, buildings, and a university...

Belles & Beaus Offers Cute, Quality Clothes to Please Mom and Child

Nestled amid the trendy women’s clothing stores and boutiques on Oxford’s historic Square is a little shop catering to the littlest of Oxford residents....