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.

Square Favorite ‘Miss Behavin’ Offers Shoppers an Edgy Look

By Mary Mattocks Willis and Rachel Ladisic Hottytoddy.com interns Many clothing stores scattered throughout Oxford's downtown Square are known for their trendy, fashionable, and durable pieces....

Grove-Goers Ready to Spend Thanksgiving Tailgating

By Georgia Graves for Hottytoddy.com For some Oxford residents, Thanksgiving will look a little different this year—this year marks the first time in more than six...

Bonnie Brown: Thanksgiving is All About the Food, Tradition

Thanksgiving is all about food, family, football, and traditions. Not unlike the Pilgrims in 1621 at Plymouth Rock, we feast. And that’s where the...

Holiday Open House on the Square to Kick-Off Christmas

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com Instead of spending the first official day of the Christmas season inside busy, cramped chain stores on Black Friday, the Oxford...

Oxford Airbnb Hosts Earned $1.1 Million During Ole Miss Games

Airbnb announced recently that the Oxford Airbnb host community welcomed 5,700 guests and earned more than $1.1 million in supplemental income during Ole Miss...

Boutique Owners, Customers Possess a Passion for Frock Fashions

By Hailey Cunningham and Madison Garvey HottyToddy.com interns When a parent's child leaves for college, empty nest syndrome can begin to take effect. While parent teacher...

Maralyn Bullion: A Look Back to Oxford’s Yesteryear Through a Letter

By Maralyn Bullion Special to Hottytoddy.com Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Southern So & So. Maralyn Bullion is a 96-year-old native Oxonian...

VIDEO: Daughter of Former Ole Miss Chancellor J.D. Williams on Moving to Oxford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra-_4QSM_HU&index=4&list=PLUmz2DowXPPYkqZC1F_suhqb0SKenrTUn Video by Mykki Newton Newton is an Emmy and Telly Award-winning journalist/producer/director who spent 13-years as a television anchorman and reporter, 10-years as an actor...

Arrival of Pumpkins at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Marks Beginning of Fall

By Anna Grace Usery Editor-in-Chief anna.grace.usery@hottytoddy.com Although the temperature isn't indicative of the season, there's no doubt fall is officially here. However, locals who travel down West...

Allen Boyer: Review of “Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South”

Editor’s Note: Robin S. Lattimore read and signed copies of “Southern Splendor” Sept. 28 at Off-Square Books. “Southern Splendor” looks like a coffee-table book about...