Southern Thing Columns

Today’s driving PSA: The Courtesy Wave is not optional, people

I come to you today with a public service announcement. No need to thank me. Just doing my job. It has come to my attention of late that some people in this country are not aware of some common rules of the road and it's really ticking me off. In the coming weeks, I will… Continue reading Today’s driving PSA: The Courtesy Wave is not optional, people

Southern Thing Columns

5 tips for the most southern wedding ever

After raising Baby Girl by myself from the age of 2, I married my Sweetums in October and gained two stepsons, as well. Because Sweetums and I travel around the state finding quirky roadside attractions and little-known history for my AL.com Odd Travels feature, we decided to have a road-trip-themed wedding that showed our love… Continue reading 5 tips for the most southern wedding ever

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7 of the south’s most photographed cemetery monuments

Sweetums and I love beautiful cemetery monuments. We walk through at least one cemetery on every road trip to see if we can find hidden works of art or interesting epitaphs. Here are a few of our many, many favorites. Napoleon's Tomb replica, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville TN Vernon King Stevenson, a railroad magnate and founder… Continue reading 7 of the south’s most photographed cemetery monuments