Liz Moore Mcdermott owns any room. Whether she’s in Atlanta, Tuscaloosa, New York City, Austin, Palm Beach or Nantucket. She holds court. She is joy personified. Liz Moore Mcdermott is a talented interior designer and entertainer, and she frankly (my dear), doesn’t care if you like her or not. She’s going to have a good time no matter what. And isn’t that part of her incredible Southern charm?
Maybe it’s my ADD. Or how we’re all trying to maximize every experience these days. But I can’t stay at one restaurant for more than an hour or so anymore. My new habit? I call it restaurant hopping or cluster dining. And I want to make it a thing. Instead of a two drink minimum, I’m a two drink maximum.
Christy Plott Redd is a Southern girl. She is the creative director, head of global sales, and co-owner of American Tanning and Leather. I’ll let her tell you what that’s all about below. Let’s just say she’s a red-headed spitfire who knows her way around a gator farm in Louisiana, as well as the corporate offices of Oscar de La Renta, Ralph Lauren and other hoity-toity fashion designers who buy up her alligator skins like hot cakes. She is as Two-Sided Southern as they come and one of the funniest, most charming people I know. Read below and you’ll soon agree.
I took a road trip to Nashville and stayed in a hotel suite that had never been stayed in before.The Grand Hyatt Nashville debuted in October 2020, and my husband and I arrived only 10 days after the luxurious 591-room hotel opened its doors.
The Royal family is one of the most refined and regal group of people in the world. In the Crown, they put them to the famous Balmoral Test.
I know I’m Two-Sided Southern when I’m in my hometown of Atlanta, and the small turn-of-the-century bungalows of Decatur and Candler Park delight me as much as the ornate Victorians of Inman Park. The Greek revival homes with their stately white columns across Middle Georgia are as pretty to me as the smaller tudors with their sloping roofs that have been left untouched around my neighborhood of Lake Claire and Druid Hills.
I would argue that it’s this juxtaposition of country charm coupled with exquisite lodgings, white glove service and gourmet culinary offerings (Madison’s is a must-try), that is a significant reason Old Edwards Inn (OEI) has been so successful. It’s also the kind of place I personally love—where you can have the most opulent of experiences and yet no one is uppity, everyone is friendly and the millionaire standing next to you may be wearing flip flops or hiking boots.
I am always fascinated by what outsiders think of the South or Southerners and their style. Most southerners are stylish, and many people find that surprising. Not me.
I have this odd habit of each time I choose a fancy restaurant for a nice evening out with my husband or friends, I go looking around for somewhere divey nearby to go to after. Do any other Southerners do this?
Try this foodie-lover’s list of my favorite high- and low-brow restaurants in Atlanta. It’s a mix of casual and fine dining around the city.
