SOUTHERN
FLOURISH Modern Glamour
IN Birmingham
Plus Our favorite summer recipes, hairstyles and fashions
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2011 ISSUE NO. 6
Kate Hash Editorial Director
Laurel-Dawn McBurney The designer behind Birmingham-based blog Abode Love. Photographed at her home by Eric Chapman in May 2011. Fashion Styling by Dana Humpreville Interior Styling by Laurel-Dawn McBurney
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Olivia Rae James Food & Travel Editor
Natalie KILGORE
Home & Garden Editor
Elise Yetton
Typically Southern Editor
Elizabeth Ragland Creative Assistant
Chelsea Hathaway
Public Relations & Outreach
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Cover STORY
editor’s letter
What inspires you? That’s what editor-in-chief KAte asks in this issue’s editor’s letter. Page 8
leading ladies + contributors
meet the editors behind each of our regular sections and our fabulous summer issue contributors. Page 10
summer lovin’
We pick our favorite summer fashions and share them with you. Page 12 / 16
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up-and-coming: jamie and the jones meet the talented designers behind burgeoning fashion line jamie and the jones. Page 22
summer hair how-to guide
issue
In EVERY
Nashville-based stylist liz Agricola shares her favorite summer hairdos. Page 30
southern wedding charm in south carolina Take a peek at Elizabeth and Myers’ gorgeous southern wedding. Page 40 Summer 2011 Z 5
COVER STORY: Alabama Abode Love Check out the fabulous home of blogger laurel-dawn mcburney. Page 54
Home farming movement in Athens, Georgia
Food &
travel
what you need to know about the local farming movement. Page 70
On our bookshelf The books we’re taking to the beach this summer. Page 78
Southern Sippers: Charleston Cocktail tour A guide to the best cocktail bars in charleston. Page 84
Have your chicken and eat it, too!
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Our resident foodie Matt Moore is back with tips for healthy eating this summer. Page 92
pack a perfect Summer Picnic Cara and Phoebe are back with their favorite summer recipes. Page 100
“A truly wonderful cookbook.” —Keith McNally, restaurateur and owner of Balthazar “Cara and Phoebe have figured out what takes some of us a tad longer to realize. We can cook anywhere, any time, with anything on any budget.” —Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of Public Radio’s The Splendid Table
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“A comprehensive and inspiring must-have guide for quarter-life cooks everywhere.” —Merrill Stubbs, co-founder of Food52.com
Cara Eisenpress and Phoebe Lapine, creators of the popular food blog biggirlssmallkitchen.com, share their kitchen prowess and tasty tips for daily cooking and entertaining on a budget. In the Small Kitchen is required reading for anyone who wants to put an appetizing meal on the table.
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Natalie Kilgore
Elise Yetton
Olivia Rae James
Natalie Kilgore is a writer and artist living in Athens, Georgia. When she isn’t crafting stationery and invitations with watercolor pencils, she can be found freelance writing for magazines, nonfiction media companies and for her personal blog, Natty Michelle.
Elise Yetton is a stylist and blogger living in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and a dream of a puppy. Her day-today life includes wardrobe styling, set designing and blogging for Pennyweight, a collection of inspiring, interesting or just plain lovely things.
Olivia Rae James recently graduated from the College of Charleston with a degree in English and anthropology. She loves anything to do with food – making it, photographing it, eating it, dreaming of it. She documents bits and pieces of her life on her blog, Everyday Musings.
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EDITOR
TRAVEL
EDITOR
Contributors
Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress
Ben Williams
Erica JAckson Curran
Matt Moore
Liz Agricola
Austin Gros
Emily Wall
Dana Humphreville
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Jamie and the Jones Jamie and the Jones is the brainchild of Nashville fashion designers Jamie Frazier and Hannah Jones, A duo THAT bonded and joined forces over their mutual appreciation for slow process design at O’More School of Design. Several years later, Jamie and Hannah continue to combine clean silhouettes with stunning handwork for their rich, feminine pieces. text by elise yetton fashion photography by bradley spitzer designer photography by austin gros Summer 2011 Z 23
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Summer
HAIR How-To Looking for simple, yet chic, hairstyles perfect for the seemingly endless heat and humidity of Southern summers? One of our favorite hair stylists, Liz Agricola of the yellow house salon in nashville, shares three of her favorite looks for your locks this season! Follow these simple steps for a carefree, summer style. produced by Elise Yetton photography by Allen Clark hair styling + instructions by Liz Agricola Summer 2011 Z 31
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Southern Wedding Charm in
South Carolina It wouldn’t be a Southern Flourish Summer without a gorgeous Southern wedding to share. Join us for a walk through the rustic chic wedding of elizabeth and myers. plus, Elizabeth (an event stylist!) shares her favorite planning tips. interview by Kate Hash photography by Ben Williams
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Home & Garden
Laurel-Dawn lounges with one of her beloved dogs, Lady, in their glamorous living room. 54 Z Summer 2011
Alabama ABODE
LOVE STEP INSIDE THIS BIRMINGHAM HOUSE, AND YOU’LL FIND A PALACE OF GLAMOUR, COLOR AND COMFORT. THE DESIGNER? A KNOCK-OUT SOUTHERN BELLE WITH A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO DECORATING. SHE SHOPS ON A BUDGET AND DOESN’T MIND HER DOG ON THE SOFA. MEET LAUREL-DAWN, THE BLOGGER BEHIND ABODE LOVE. text by EMILY WALL photography by Eric Chapman interior styling by Laurel-Dawn McBurney fashion styling by Dana Humphreville
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Home & Garden
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The HoMe Farming
Movement in
Athens,
Georgia
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Home & Garden
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ON OUR BOOKSHELF
summer
READING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE SOUTHERN FLOURISH TEAM
A GREAT BOOK CAN BE THE ICING ON TOP OF A FANTASTIC SUMMER VACATION. WHETHER YOU’RE HEADED TO THE BEACH, NEED A DISTRACTION DURING A LONG FLIGHT OR ARE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR A GREAT BOOK TO KEEP YOU COMPANY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD, WE’RE HERE TO HELP. THE SOUTHERN FLOURISH STAFF SHARES OUR FAVORITE BOOKS FOR SUMMER.
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Food & Travel
The Belmont owner and mixologist Mickey Moran. 84 Z Summer 2011
Charleston COCKTAIL TOUR Blame the long, hot summers or our naturally social dispositions, but most Southerners have a weakness for wellcrafted cocktails. And in Charleston, S.C., it’s truly part of the culture — now more than ever. text by Erica Jackson Curran photos by Olivia Rae James + Ben Williams
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