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Independent Spirit
Home + Boutique TOURS IN
MISSISSIPPI [\ DIY PROJECTS For the Kitchen The recipes you’ve been waiting for!
Learn to cook with celeriac, beets, cabbage and other fall harvest veggies
Plus, a special fall travel guide see which spots made our list! ^Boutique owner Erin Abbott relaxes at home in Water Valley, Mississippi
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Erin Austen Abbott
Boutique-owner, photographer and entrepreneur Erin Austen Abbott is pictured on our Fall Issue cover. Photographed at her boutique and in her home by Laura O. Zumwalt in August 2011. Text & Art Direction by Elise Yetton
Kate Hash
story on page 19
Editorial Director
Olivia Rae James Food & Travel Editor
Natalie KILGORE Contributing Editor
Elise Yetton
Southern Style Editor
Elizabeth Ragland
Creative Assistant & Blogger
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Cover STORY
Southern
style
editor’s letter
Fall is kate’s favorite season and this year she’s experiencing it in a new part of the world. Plus, she shares her color inspirations for fall. Page 8
leading ladies + contributors
meet the editors behind each of our regular sections and our wonderful, talented and diverse group of fall issue contributors. Page 10
issue
In EVERY
EDITORs’ Pick: Fall favorites
Our team shares their must-have fashion pieces for fall and we tell you where to find them! Page 14
Cover Story: Amelia and the Oxford Collective Our intrepid editor Elise gets the inside scoop from erin austen abbott, the brains behind oxford-based boutique amelia. Find out more about the boutique, tour her home and learn what’s on the horizon for one of our favorite southern gals. Page 19
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Spice up your Kitchen: 3 Quick DIY projects
Food &
travel
Recipes: Unsung heroes of the fall harvest
Ever wonder what in the world you could do with celeriac? The masterminds behind big girls, small kitchen will show you! Page 36
One of our favorite new bloggers, Amanda from wit and whistle shares her crafty DIY projects with us. Page 76
Georgia Home Tours: A tale of two decorators
The talented ladies behind milk & Honey design give us backstage passes to their gorgeous homes. Page 86
Bringing Street Style Inside
Street Style blog DC HERE NOW Inspires Moxii to put together three seriously stunning bedrooms. Page 100
From the pasture to your plate
How the Harris family from georgia is leading the sustainable agriculture movement. Page 48
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our top 12 travel picks for fall. Page 56
Home &
garden
“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
on SAle MAy 24th!
“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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Editor’s Letter Have you heard? Earlier this year my husband and I packed up and fulfilled a lifelong dream: to live abroad—Italy to be exact! It’s been a fun, fascinating and fulfilling experience to say the very least. It’s also been interesting to see how our adopted Southern sensibilities translate into an entirely new culture. From our manners to our dinner party etiquette, it’s clear that even when you temporarily leave the South, the lessons that you’ve learned stick with you. Aside from being insanely excited to host a Thanksgiving Dinner for our new Italian friends, I’m also dying to see the episode of House Hunters International that my husband and I filmed a few months back. I hear it will air sometime in September or October, so keep an eye out for our silly mugs on your television. Oh, and if you ever doubt the yum-factor of the recipes that appear in our pages, think again! I’ve tested Cara and Phoebe’s Italian-meets-comfortfood Parpadelle with Spicy Italian Sausage, Broccoli Rabe, and Sun-dried Tomato Pesto recipe and it is delizioso!
-Kate
Editorial Director 8 f Fall 2011
Malene Birger Wool-Blend Coat This coat is the perfect weight and color to take me from the early days of fall straight through into the winter chill.
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< J. Crew Cashmere Sweater This luxurious, yet comfy, dress is the type of piece I would wear over and over again until someone said, “OK, seriously, time for a new outfit.” Kate Spade Hang In There Glasses Necklace > This cheeky and fun necklace from Kate Spade reminds me of my husband—who is known for his thick-rimmed black spectacles—so, naturally, I’m totally obsessed with it.
Chloe Matte Silk Satin Blouse > The perfect pumpkin orange, this blouse would look adorable with skinny jeans and zebra print flats, or dressed up for a night on the town.
The fall colors at Red
Horse Inn in Landrum, South Carolina (and
featured on page 87)
caught my eye as we put the fall issue together!
What’s on my
FALL
WISH LIST
Kate hash Editorial director
Tory Burch Aaden Leather Boots > I’m a sucker for a great pair of brown boots and this pair is beyond gorgeous! < Alexander McQueen Studded Velvet Belt Talk about a pop of color! I just love bold accessories like this.
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Natalie Kilgore
Olivia Rae James
Elise Yetton
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.
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.
Elise Yetton is a freelance writer and stylist living in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and a dream of a puppy. She blogs daily over at Pennyweight and runs an online vintage shop called Troubadour Vintage. She enjoys traveling, antique stores and chai tea lattes.
Read Natalie’s Blog
Read Olivia’s Blog
Read Elise’s Blog
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TRAVEL
STYLE
Contributors
Jennifer Kesler
Amanda Wright
ERIKA BURNS
Greg Crescimanno
Laura Zumwalt
ELIZABETH RAGLAND Special Thanks to:
Emily Wall
Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress
Erin Austen Abbott & Sean Kirkpatrick Anisa Darnell Julie Holloway The Harris Family McCall Mastroianni Brittany Trotman & the team at Moxii.com Fall 2011 f 11
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Amelia & The Oxford Collective Cover Girl
Erin
Austen Abbott Connects the Dots of Mississippi's Booming Art Scene. text and art direction by
Elise Yetton
photography by
Laura O. Zumwalt
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The 5 Unsung
heroes of Fall Vegetables
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Cara Eisenpress & Phoebe Lapine
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From the
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pasture [\ to your
plate The Harris Family of Bluffton, Georgia is on a mission to prove that food can taste great, be organically produced and processed, and have a limited footprint on the environment in which it is raised. Take a tour of White Oak Pastures, where a 4th generation cattle farmer is moving the sustainable food movement along by leaps and bounds. text by
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You’re Invited! We’ve scouted our Top 12 travel picks for fall. From city lights to quiet country sojourns, the South is full of fun fall destinations.
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FALL 2011 SOUTHERN TRAVEL GUIDE selections and text by
Greg Crescimanno
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The GreenBrier White Sulpher Springs, WV WHY IT MADE OUR LIST:
One of the finest resorts in America, the Greenbrier prides itself on elegant luxury. Located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and surrounded by the Allegheny Mountains, the Greenbrier has it all. Numerous activities are available, ranging from bowling to horseback riding. Play a round of golf on a world class course that hosts the PGA Tour every year, or pamper yourself in style at the 40,000 square foot Greenbrier Spa. If lady luck is on your side, try your hand at one of the games in Greenbrier Casino Club. Spend a day shopping and eating with over 50 shops, boutiques and restaurants at the resort. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for a night or for a year, the Greenbrier lets you live the life of luxury. 66 f Fall 2011
Top: The Greenbrier Far Right: Inside the Greenbrier Right: Ornate fireplace at the Greenbrier
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THREE
Quick fun &
crafty
projects for the kitchen Move over Martha Stewart! Our new must-read Southern blogger, Amanda Wright from Wit & Whistle, gives you a step-by-step guide to three great DIY projects for the kitchen. These quick, easy and fun projects will help give your kitchen the handmade vibe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for without breaking the bank or causing DIY-induced madness. text and photography by
Amanda Wright
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two interior designers
two
Beautiful
Homes one perfect marriage of style
Designers and self-proclaimed soul sisters Julie Holloway and Anisa Darnell are the women behind a successful Atlanta-based design team and design blog, Milk and Honey. They sit down with us to discuss their inspirations and take us on a tour of their charming abodes. text by
Natalie Kilgore photography by
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Bringing
Street
Style Indoors
[\ An Outfit-to-Room
Challenge We love Washington, D.C. for its great mix of Northern and Southern style — and we love Emily Wall, the blogger behind DC Here Now for capturing the eclectic style of the city’s residents. We were so inspired by Emily’s photos that we asked Birmingham-based home decor store and online boutique Moxii to put together three bedrooms based on some of our favorite shots from DC Here Now. Were they up for the challenge? You better believe it! street style photos by EMILY WALL Fall 2011 f 101
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