Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin

2 days ago | gardenandgun.com | Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin

With more than twenty number-one songs, three Grammys, an Academy Award nomination, and writing partnerships with stadium-headlining artists like Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga, Nashville songwriter Hillary Lindsey knows what it takes to pen a hit—and the right setting helps. “I came up in my twenties writing in all the beautiful old buildings on Music Row. They’re stunning; old and haunted by the ghosts of legends,” she says.

3 weeks ago | gardenandgun.com | Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin

HomeplaceA pair of equestrians take the rainbow for a ride at this pastoral retreat When a couple of Los Angeles–based equestrians began searching for a rural retreat outside California, Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, arose as a perfect fit. Remote enough to have plenty of acreage for the family’s aging horses to retire, but not so far removed that travel might become burdensome, the historic village just outside of Nashville immediately seemed familiar.

1 month ago | gardenandgun.com | Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

Where: Western North CarolinaWhen: Year-roundIf you like: arts and cultureWhy you should go: When Hurricane Helene swept through the mountains of Western North Carolina in late September, it unleashed a torrent of water, mud, and devastation across the region. But “mountain folks are resilient people,” says Mickey Poandl, public relations manager for Explore Asheville, the nonprofit arm of the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority.

Nov 23, 2024 | southernliving.com | Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin

It was late 2019, my now husband Tanner and I had been engaged for a few months, and we were preparing to spend our first holiday season together under the same roof. As the decorating got underway, he’d graciously caved on the colored lights vs. white lights debate (I’m firmly in the colored lights camp; the retro oversized kind your grandmother might have owned), which is how we found ourselves in the Nashville Costco just after Thanksgiving in search of a few new strands.

Nov 22, 2024 | southernliving.com | Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin

The image of my grandmother’s formal dining table decked out for Christmas dinner is one of those core holiday memories—the kind that sticks with you well into adulthood. My grandmother spent weeks leading up to the holiday assembling the perfect table. Starching the linens. Waxing the table. Polishing the silver. Trotting out the once-a-year Christmas china. And shopping for ornaments to personalize each place setting.