Southern Living back issues from July 1998:
Life at Southern Living
Jul 01, 1998; ... Dear Friend, For the editorial staff of Southern Living, July is a month of traveling. Not only do we travel for story ideas, but we travel for pleasure, taking vacations. To family reunions, Fourth of July celebrations, to the beach, and almost anywhere across the South that offers ...
Wild rushing water
Jul 01, 1998; ... You don't have to be a pro paddler to brave a rip-roaring ride along a Western river. TRAVEL SOUTHWEST Forward stroke," Heather directs to a crew of first-time paddlers from her perch on the back of the raft. As we dig our oars into the water, the craft wiggles alert ...
J.D.'s Delightful Inn
Jul 01, 1998; ... Wrapped in stately columns and settled into 9 acres of wooded grounds in Union, South Carolina, The Inn at Merridun looks every bit the gracious grande dame. Innkeepers Peggy and Jim Waller, with the help of their cat ID., make sure the hospitality matches the image. According to Jim, ...
Gaido's taste of tradition
Jul 01, 1998; ... It's summer. You're at the beach. You're going out for a seafood dinner. These are the basic tenets of the season along the Gulf Coast. And you might as well add the next one: You're going to wait in line. It's long been this way at Gaido's in Galveston. And for more than 50 years, it's been ...
The making of Mercedes
Jul 01, 1998; ... GENERAL ASSEMBLY Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center: 11 Mercedes Drive, Vance, AL 35490; (205) 507-2252. Tours: 9, 9:15, and 11 a.m. and 1 and 1:15 p.m. Monday-Friday. Must call for reservations because factory tours are booked far in advance. Directions: From I59/20, take ...
Summer days at DeGray
Jul 01, 1998; ... You won't find too many state parks with an entrance as grand and inviting as DeGray Lake Resort State Park in Arkansas. Coming in from Arkadelphia, or off I-30, the highway opens into a broad dramatic curve as it stretches over the crest of the huge earth and stone dike. Shimmering in ...
Season of the cicadas
Jul 01, 1998; ... Forgotten for years, every so often these little buggers explode from their subterranean chambers to fill the forest with raucous life. From the roadside, the sound of the cicadas was astonishing, as if a dozen sirens merged into a highpitched howl. But that was nothing compared to what ...
A map to magazine
Jul 01, 1998; ... If New Orleans' much-touted Magazine Street is on your must-do travel list, beware. There are 6 potentially overwhelming miles (nearly 75 blocks) of antiques and new treasures to see. Unless you're a power shopper, you need a battle plan before you hit town. The Magazine Street ...
Travel Journal
Jul 01, 1998; ... That's not just the wind whistling in Lubbock, Texas. It's music, almost any kind, and you can hear it nightly in clubs across town. Austin and Athens, Georgia, get credit as musical meccas in the South. But Lubbock, up here on the Llano Estacado, shares the stage too. From blues to ...
Uptown in old town
Jul 01, 1998; ... Albuquerque, New Mexico, is often overlooked by tourists rushing to trendy Santa Fe. And that's a shame because the bustling city has history, restaurants, and shopping that rival its neighbor to the north. A weekend in Albuquerque makes a delightful introduction to New Mexico and the rich ...
Southern Almanac
Jul 01, 1998; ... July jubilantly: In 1776, we declared our independence on the fourth. *In 1861, the U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue was established on the first. The cost of freedom perhaps? *July is a good month for picnics. *Sop up the sun. *Swim, camp, dine out, celebrate the good life, ...
Summer's jewel
Jul 01, 1998; ... If ever there were a relationship made in heaven, it is between butterflies and butterfly bush. In the eyes of a butterfly, nothing is more alluring than the jewel-- toned blooms of butterfly bush. And for the gardener looking for certain success, nothing is easier to grow. It begins ...
A place in the shade
Jul 01, 1998; ... A cool, comfortable spot to sit is not just a pleasantry in a Southern landscape; it's an essential. If your backyard is blessed with shade trees, consider adding a seating area. But take care not to disturb the roots that keep your trees alive. Most patios require some excavation so a ...
Letters to our garden editors
Jul 01, 1998; ... Lazy wisteria: I have a 5-year-old wisteria that has never bloomed. How can I get it to start? ARLENE PEACE MECHANICSVILLE, VIRGINIA Wisteria may fail to bloom for several reasons. First, it may not be getting enough sun. This vine blooms best in full sun. Second, the plant may ...
Editors' notebook
Jul 01, 1998; ... If you're a sensitive nature lover like me, you enjoy watching bluebirds as they flit through your garden, swoop down on bugs, and act all uppity around sparrows. But their building codes are very strict. So if you want bluebirds to set up housekeeping in your yard, you have to follow exact ...
Medley of mint
Jul 01, 1998; ... Way down in a low and cool spot behind the house in which I grew up was a spigot," remembers Richmond architectural historian Calder Loth. "Children like to play in water; we'd go down there to get a drink or to get our feet wet. In doing so, we'd disturb a large bed of curly mint. The smell of ...
Practically perfect plants
Jul 01, 1998; ... My wife, Judy, asks little from plants. All she wants is something that stays green all year and never stops blooming. Did I mention it should also tolerate heat, drought, neglect, and a possible nuclear explosion? No problem. The following two plants will fill the bill. Literally ...
Dressing a shaded bed
Jul 01, 1998; ... Planting a flowerbed is like getting dressed-it's best done in layers. That way your bed will be wearing just the right thing as the seasons, like fashions, come and go. For great companions in color and texture, you can't beat a cloak of bright impatiens coupled with caladiums ....
Fresh and fast
Jul 01, 1998; ... Betty Carden agreed to be a stop on The Fan Woman's Club Kitchen and Garden Tour in Richmond's historic Fan District last spring. Her kitchen looked great, but her garden needed help. "The backyard had been done years ago, but it was overgrown. There was no grass and no rhyme or reason ...
Many Voices, Many Rooms: A New Anthology of Alabama Writers
Jul 01, 1998; ... Many Voices, Many Rooms: A New Anthology of Alabama Writers, edited by Philip D. Beidler (University of Alabama Press, $39.95) "Alabama fiction in its range, diversity, and openness mirrors the whole body of Southern literature." So observes Philip D. Beidler, who has amassed a ...
Rose Cottage Chronicles
Jul 01, 1998; ... Rose Cottage Chronicles, edited by Arch F Blakely, Ann S. Lainhart, and Winston B. Stephens, Jr. (University Press of Florida, $34.95) This is a rare volume, indeed. Most Civil War letters reflect events only from the war front. Rose Cottage Chronicles, though, contains letters ...
Quite a Year for Plums
Jul 01, 1998; ... Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White (Knopf, $22) With this offering, an accomplished essayist makes her first foray into fiction. Still, even in a new medium, this is classic Bailey White-deftly drawn characters who can turn a Southern phrase like nobody's business ....
Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers
Jul 01, 1998; ... Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers edited by Joyce Dyer (University Press of Kentucky, $28) The seed for an intriguing nonfiction collection was planted with one simple question: "What were the influences on your writing?" That was what editor Joyce ...
Miles of memories
Jul 01, 1998; ... The Natchez Trace weaves through the scenic, rural South and centuries of travel. Journey along one of Anierica's best roads. The centuries-old Natchez Trace still holds powerful memories for the people today. People such as Erie Chamerlain, whose ancestors ran Mount Locust, a small inn ...
Staking claims in No Man's Land
Jul 01, 1998; ... Three churches. Two gas pumps. One store, a tin sheet shy of fully sided. A couple dozen homes. About 30 citizens. And plenty of pinonstudded red-rock elbowroom. That's Kenton, a town at the western end of "No Man's Land," as the Oklahoma Panhandle has long been called. Only 2 miles from New ...
Fresh-air rooms
Jul 01, 1998; ... Air-conditioning will keep you comfortable, but it takes a breeze to make you happy. We Southerners used to speak the language of the breezes. We chose our homesites to minimize the cold shoulder of winter winds and to make the most of cooling summer zephyrs. We designed our houses with ...
Sugar on the vine
Jul 01, 1998; ... When one has tasted watermelons, one knows what angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented. Mark Twain Watermelon is the South's summer oasis, a wide smile of scarlet ice on a sizzling day. The big red fruit visits all our ...
Graceful passage
Jul 01, 1998; ... This garden changes with the seasons of life, as well as the seasons of the year. Not many people begin a garden redo by removing a swimming pool, but Trisha and Charles McCallum of Columbia, South Carolina, did just that. The McCallum children had enjoyed the pool when they ...
The cowboy chronicler
Jul 01, 1998; ... Growing up in the Texas Panhandle, Red Steagall and his four brothers and one sister didn't just play cowboy-they lived it. "When I was three, my family moved to Sanford, a little town north of Amarillo. I was 25 years old before I knew there was anything other than mesquite trees, buffalo ...
Curve appeal
Jul 01, 1998; ... When it comes to dressing ourselves, we usually aim to accentuate the positive. The same should be true of dressing a window. An arched window's best feature is the curve that defines it. "Sometimes people just ignore arched windows because they think they're too hard to treat," says Nashville ...
Open-air living
Jul 01, 1998; ... Here are several ways to keep your outdoor retreat inviting, even during the dog days of summer. If you are inspired by "Fresh-Air Rooms" on page 74, listen to tips from an expert on outdoor rooms, landscape architect Robert E. Marvin. He still speaks the language of the breezes ....
Controlling insects
Jul 01, 1998; ... Ah, the joys of summer. Hamburgers on the grill, freshly cut grass, children playing in the yard . . . and the incessant buzz of insects. Here's a bug-by-bug list of ways to control pests you are likely to encounter. Although swatting an adult mosquito on your arm will give some measure ...
Ribbon-laced linens
Jul 01, 1998; ... Dress up your table for entertaining with this easy idea using plain hemstitched linens and organdy ribbon. A large needle makes lacing simple. The trick is to not pull the ribbon too tightleave it loose to create little poufs. Play with the looseness in the ribbon and the spaces between each ...
Colors for the country
Jul 01, 1998; ... A combination of paint and wallpaper gives the kitchen in Charles and Susie Morgan's new lake house a light and casual look. The room is compact and efficient, with tall built-ins along one wall, a generous island, and an L-shaped counter. Because there are only three small windows, ...
Storage on the side
Jul 01, 1998; ... One of the many intriguing features of Judy and John Mixon's awardwinning home (see "Building on the Edge," Southern Living, February 1998) was this arrangement of storage closets for the master bedroom. Filling the top floor of the three-story home designed by Houston architects Gordon ...
How to be a good client
Jul 01, 1998; ... Any home remodeling project, no matter how simple or how extensive, requires a team effort. And the team consists of a designer, a builder, and a client. Your role, as the client, is not merely to sign all the checks. Your part in the entire construction process is actually the most ...
Blooming bottles
Jul 01, 1998; ... Instead of always throwing empty bottles away, use some as decorative floral containers. You might be surprised at how well everyday food containers work into home decor. Good examples of these vases in disguise are containers of sauces, assorted beverages, and salad dressings. We ...
Accented with pattern and color
Jul 01, 1998; ... Melinda and Chris McLendon have set the foundation of a timeless style by collecting classic furniture and accessories. "I like to see clients invest in really good pieces-the staples of decorating-that can go anywhere," says designer Gwen Moore Swann of Macon, Georgia. "The McLendons' living ...
Jack in a box
Jul 01, 1998; ... Jim and Jennifer Kline used four compatible pastel colors on the walls of their Homewood, Alabama, nursery, creating a colorful box for their son, Jack. "I remember seeing a similar room and was drawn to the idea," says Jennifer. "I wanted something new and fresh." The small, square ...
Bathed in character
Jul 01, 1998; ... A few special details make a big bathroom even better. For this Texassize master bath, Dallas architect Stephen Chambers repeated the craftsmanship and old-world character that embellish other rooms of the new ranch house near Waxahachie. Stephen placed the tub in the 9 1/2- x 17foot ...
For a look that's tray chic
Jul 01, 1998; ... You can quickly add character to a bookshelf, wall, or tabletop by choosing a tray as a decorative accessory. First, explore any possibilities among trays you've previously used just for serving. And you can usually find handsome ones in antiques stores; secondhand shops and garage sales are ...
Affordable for four
Jul 01, 1998; ... Entertaining on a shoestring needn't be embarrassing. We've done some sneaky thinking to bring you this menu for about $35. Shrimp is pricey, but a little can go a long way (about $5 for 3/4 pound), as in Shrimp Rounds. And pork tenderloin is as nice as its beef counterpart, without the ...
Garden variety
Jul 01, 1998; ... This versatile dish allows you to use seasonal vegetables in year-round variations. Simple recipes that let a single vegetable stand on its own are almost always best for summer produce. But when beans and squash arrive by the bushel and herbs are harvested by the bunch, it's time to ...
It's okay to pig out
Jul 01, 1998; ... It wouldn't be summer without porkspareribs, chops, and tenderloin-on the grill. The National Pork Producers Council shares some good news: Eating pork is a healthy choice. Today's pork is 31% less fat, is 10% lower in cholesterol, and has 14% fewer calories than 10 years ago. The NPPC ...
Juicy peaches
Jul 01, 1998; ... Reach high in the trees and you will achieve the ultimate reward-peaches of perfection," my father says. Years of family harvesting in Louisville taught us to appreciate the perfect peach. Mom always stashed some away for cobblers or her favorite dessert of peach slices and blueberries splashed ...
Wonderful watermelon
Jul 01, 1998; ... We've given you a slice of cool sweetness on page 76. Here the king of melons takes a regal bow in salsa, granita, an appetizer, and two beverages. Elle Barrett WATERMELON SALSA 2 cups peeled, seeded, and cubed watermelon 1 cup peeled, cubed nectarine 2 to 3 jalapeno peppers, ...
Farmstand favorites
Jul 01, 1998; ... Now is the peak season for IN healthy eating. With farmers markets and roadside produce stands dotting the landscape, it's easy to find fresh fruits and vegetables for low-fat meals. These recipes, from cooks inspired by the bounty of nature, delighted us with their originality and ...
Supper from the grill
Jul 01, 1998; ... You'll find this meal perfect for celebrating with friends. The flank steak and grilled vegetable recipes serve four but may be doubled or tripled. If you don't have a large grill, wrap the steak in aluminum foil while you grill the vegetables so everything will come to your table hot. Patty M ....
Pass the ribs
Jul 01, 1998; ... There's not a family in the South without a favorite recipe for barbecued spareribs. But here is a new version to challenge the winning tastes at your house. All you need to complete this meal is a big pot of baked beans, your best coleslaw, a stack of paper napkins, and a shady backyard table ....
Old-fashioned sweetness
Jul 01, 1998; ... Scan a Southern sideboard groaning with the weight of desserts, and you'll likely find some version of a brown sugar cake. These creations, simple and satisfying, duplicate the glories of past delights. Handwritten legacies similar to these cake recipes probably had their beginnings hundreds of ...
Beachcombing
Jul 01, 1998; ... In Tom I see myself, as if I were looking at an old photograph from the family album. I see the same smile, the innocence and trust of a 6-year-old. He is experiencing what I experienced, and through him I relive my childhood. I am my father. I am my son. Out of school, Tom spends the ...
Party on the patio
Jul 01, 1998; ... When it's sizzling outside, keep it cool inside by preparing a super supper on the grill. Barbecued chicken flanked by Grilled Corn With Maple Vinaigrette and cooling Sweet Onion Slaw salute the season's bounty while keeping the workload to a minimum. Use indirect heat to ensure slow, even ...
Grilled pizza party
Jul 01, 1998; ... Pizza parties are fun for all ages. Start out with paper plates and frozen roll or bread dough. Set the children's table with construction paper, safety scissors, and a handful of crayons. They can set the mood with their own decorations, while adults do the grilling. Grilled Pizzas 1 ...
Potato sides
Jul 01, 1998; ... picnic season has arrived and it's time to prepare a summer favorite-potato salad. We've given this familiar dish some new treatments. Safety is important when preparing and storing these tasty side dishes. Here are a couple of tips to remember: Most potato recipes yield generous ...
Cool endings
Jul 01, 1998; ... Rich cakes-topped with ice cream, of course-are difficult to turn down any time. But in hot weather we think first of things cold or fruity, as these six desserts demonstrate. Homemade ice cream delivers sentimental recollections as well as sweet flavor. Someone in your family is sure ...
Dining inside out
Jul 01, 1998; ... Want to prepare a meal like a chef would? Make Mike Thompson's Acapulco Fillet, and dine out in your own backyard. His creation was the winner in a recent Virginia Bed & Breakfast Chefs' Beef Cook-Off. This four-in-one recipe is easier than it looks; you can even prepare the mole sauce and ...
Sip of summer
Jul 01, 1998; ... Whether you want a drink that's bubbly, frothy, fizzy, or slushy, there's one here you'll like. Use the fresh fruit of summer to make Watermelon-Strawberry Cooler or Blueberry Lemonade. Sangria is always a favorite for parties. And the kids will want to cool off with a colorful glass of ...
Simply tomatoes
Jul 01, 1998; ... Certain foods mark the seasons. Pumpkins herald autumn, chestnuts crack open winter, and strawberries sing of spring. No food signals summer like ripe tomatoes, full of lush taste lacking in their pale winter cousins. Here they take their well-deserved seasonal spotlight. Tomato-Cheese ...
Appealing appetizers
Jul 01, 1998; ... There is nothing more anticipated than the first taste of food offered at a dinner gathering; the right appetizers make great first impressions. Here, such flavors as spinach, fresh ginger and lemon, toasty pecans, and avocado and garlic make great taste teasers for the entrees that lie ahead ....
Herbal accents
Jul 01, 1998; ... A sprinkle or rub of the right herb helps get rid of the supper blahs. Whether you grow your own or buy them by the bunch at the market, use them freely. These recipes feature heaping helpings of herbs-taste the fresh difference. Use a nonstick skillet to sear steaks so the garlic crust ...
Fresh on the plate
Jul 01, 1998; ... Savor this meal outside while your garden is brimming with nutritious gifts. If you have a bumper crop of okra, make several recipes of the pickled pods for Christmas presents. Pickled Okra Tie raffia around jar lids for the perfect hostess gift. 2 Pounds small fresh okra ...
Naturally Albuquerque
Jul 01, 1998; ... Cricket symphonies, classic cottonwoods, bodacious birds, and a rolling river. You'll discover all that and more in the 270 acres that make up the Rio Grande Nature Center, just five minutes from bustling Old Town. Take several minutes to explore more than 2 miles of nature trails that ...
A true gentleman
Jul 01, 1998; ... Arthur Ashe. Born on the 10th of July, 1943, in Richmond, Virginia. Came to fame on the strength of his game: tennis. Artful tennis, powerful tennis, winning tennis. He won the U.S. Open in 19.68 while still an amateur, and in 1975 he defeated Jimmy Connors at Wanbledon, becoming the only black ...
Day-tripping the trace
Jul 01, 1998; ... The limited-access parkway has numerous entry and exit points, so you can choose the portion you want to travel. Budget several days to do the entire 447miles. Or hop on a short section for an easy afternoon drive. Here are some day trips we suggest. * Begin at the northern end, and ...
Keeping them out
Jul 01, 1998; ... Here are a few ways to keep insects from coming inside.Trim the hedges. Plants too near the house provide an easy route for an invasion. Prune trees and shrubs back at least a foot from the house. Watch the dog (and the cat too). Household pets are magnets ...