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2 days ago | 
southernliving.com | Symiah Dorsey
By Symiah DorseyPublished on April 22, 2025 Photo: John Greim / Getty Images After finally making my first Trader Joe’s run in 2024, the grocery store has quickly become my saving grace. I now almost exclusively buy groceries here, because the store always seems to meet me where I’m at. If I need to prepare meals for the week but don’t have a lot of energy, I can simply buy pre-chopped ingredients. If I want to make elegant and elaborate homemade meals, I can find everything I need here.
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5 days ago | 
southernliving.com | Symiah Dorsey
You can search high and low, but it’s hard to find a Southerner who doesn’t love a road trip. Maybe it’s our knack for turning everything into a celebration, or our deep-rooted appreciation for the simple joys in life—but give us a good stretch of highway, and we’ll keep ourselves entertained for hours. It usually starts with great company, then a strong playlist, but perhaps most important of all: something good to eat.
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5 days ago | 
southernliving.com | Symiah Dorsey
By Symiah DorseyPublished on April 19, 2025 Photo: SOPA Images / Contributor/ Getty Images I’m a simple person—I see a viral recipe, I click. And what usually follows is a half-planned trip to one of my favorite neighborhood grocery stores, where I leave with at least one ingredient I’ve never tried before.
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1 week ago | 
southernliving.com | Symiah Dorsey
By Symiah DorseyPublished on April 12, 2025 Photo: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Phoebe Hausser Easter is all about joy, and as Southerners know, the celebration isn't over when the Sunday service ends. The good times continue at the dinner table, and the real life of the party—standing tall amongst the glazed ham and creamy scalloped potatoes—is our decadent layer cakes.
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1 week ago | 
muckrack.com | Symiah Dorsey
SPOTLIGHTFixin’ To Publish a BookMississippi native and social media star Landon Bryant unpacks our region’s culture with humor and heartColorful phrases like “clutchin’ your pearls” and “fixin’ to” come with the territory when you’re raised in the South.
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1 week ago | 
muckrack.com | Symiah Dorsey
WHAT WE’RE LOVING, SHARING, AND CELEBRATINGKATY BANKS can trace her flourishing Arlington, Virginia, garden of over 400 rosebushes back to a single bucket of blooms that was a present from her grandmother, who was the first in her family’s three generations of rose growers. “It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me,” remembers Banks. “It felt really luxurious and decadent to have all of these fragrant flowers.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernliving.com | Symiah Dorsey
For Arlington, Virginia gardener Katy Banks, roses are a living tribute to love, family, and the women who came before her. What began as a single bucket of blooms gifted by her grandmother has blossomed into a sprawling garden with over 400 rosebushes. Tending to them has become her passion, filling her days with color, fragrance, and a connection to her roots.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Symiah Dorsey
For Arlington, Virginia gardener Katy Banks, roses are a living tribute to love, family, and the women who came before her. What began as a single bucket of blooms gifted by her grandmother has blossomed into a sprawling garden with over 400 rosebushes. Tending to them has become her passion, filling her days with color, fragrance, and a connection to her roots.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernliving.com | Symiah Dorsey
Katy Banks can trace her flourishing Arlington, Virginia garden of over 400 rosebushes back to a single bucket of blooms that was a gift from her grandmother, who was the first in her family’s three generations of rose growers. “It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me,” remembers Banks. “It felt really luxurious and decadent to have all of these fragrant flowers.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Symiah Dorsey
Katy Banks can trace her flourishing Arlington, Virginia garden of over 400 rosebushes back to a single bucket of blooms that was a gift from her grandmother, who was the first in her family’s three generations of rose growers. “It was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me,” remembers Banks. “It felt really luxurious and decadent to have all of these fragrant flowers.
