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Andalusia: Home to yummy cakes, giant white shirts and Ward’s store

Kelly Kazek

Sweetums and I were on one of our road trips last month when he saw a billboard that read: “Dean’s Cake House.” He noted the billboard but kept driving. It’s like he doesn’t even know me, y’all. Do I look like the type who’s going to bypass something called a “cake house?” We turned into… Continue reading Andalusia: Home to yummy cakes, giant white shirts and Ward’s store

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Our road trip to ‘Stranger Things’ film sites in Georgia

Kelly Kazek

Last month, Sweetums and I took a trip to south Alabama for a speaking engagement and then to Georgia for a family event. In between, we ended up on some Georgia back roads, seeking out oddities to photograph for my upcoming guidebook to Southern roadside attractions. We didn’t have tons of time but there were… Continue reading Our road trip to ‘Stranger Things’ film sites in Georgia

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Moms who raised kids in the Seventies sure were brave

Kelly Kazek

In honor of Mother's Day, I'm running an excerpt from a column I did about memories of Mom from the 1970s, back when we lived dangerously and rode without seat belts. This column also appears in my book, "Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of a Weird News Reporter." When you’re a kid, you have… Continue reading Moms who raised kids in the Seventies sure were brave

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There be giants in Dallas, Ga.: A Muffler Man & Uniroyal Gal taller than Sweetums

Kelly Kazek

Sweetums is like a little boy when we come across roadside giants – perhaps because he so rarely sees figures that are taller than his 6-foot-7 frame. We recently made a road trip through Georgia and made a quick side-stop on the way home in the city of Dallas for the sole purpose of seeing… Continue reading There be giants in Dallas, Ga.: A Muffler Man & Uniroyal Gal taller than Sweetums