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Here are the top 10 blogs of 2021 on Two-Sided Southern. It’s a fabulous mix of profiles, recipes, restaurant rounds ups, reviews and more. It’s about being upscale and down home. Five-star and dive bar.
Jada Loveless is a Southern, luxury handbag designer who exudes grace and elegance. The same goes for her gorgeous luxury handbags.
This Vidalia onion dip recipe is the perfect appetizer to serve for football game day or at a tailgate. It’s a huge crowd pleaser.
A guest’s thank you gift can make a Southern host or hostess feel so appreciated and acknowledged. Here, 3 Southern gifts for that next party
How you behave when you’re at the top matters. It trickles down to your staff, how they treat customers and
Been wondering about Freshly, the pre-cooked nutritious meal delivery subscription, and whether it’s food you’ll actually like? I’ve been a Freshly client for three years and this is not a paid or sponsored post. In this review, I’ll let you know the six Southern meals I love from Freshly.
A sought-after speaker, leadership guru, and entrepreneur with his own podcast, More Than Beauty, Daniel Mason-Jones is a force of nature. One with a thick southern accent. He’s the owner of Muse Salon & Spa, a high-end teaching salon in Johns Creek, Ga. Johns Creek is a wealthy Northern suburb of Atlanta where he works styles socialites, reality TV stars and all the Braves’ players’ wives. “We’re a unique model for salon or beauty business. Hundreds of stylists and salon owners come to tour our space and learn from us. We have had 120 salon owners that have come through. We call it the Shadow Project.”
Umi is at the pinnacle of the other end of the spectrum. Umi is arguably the best fine dining restaurant, and definitely the best sushi restaurant, in Atlanta. Here are a few things I learned while eating there that prove my point:
Bryan Kirkland was named one of the Top 25 Designers in Atlanta by Veranda Magazine, Bryan Kirkland has been the owner of Showroom 58 at ADAC since 2018, and before that owned BAK Designs for over a decade. He’s also got a Jonesboro drawl to die for and is a Southern dandy through and through.
The South is filled with skilled artisans, crafty entrepreneurs and makers of all kinds. I love going into a boutique or hitting up an outdoor craft festival and discovering new creatives (usually with a thick drawl and impeccable manners) at work making incredible things. From candles to booze to prayer sticks (wha?), here are six things made by southerners I’m loving right now.
