by Rebecca Lynn Aulph
Rachel Turner already had people singing with a country twang in the shower thanks to her Nashville-inspired Music City Suds soap line. Soon, she’ll have folks wanting to take a bite out of one her bars while they’re lathering up. With soap names like “Friends in Aloe Places” and “Stand By Your Mandarin,” Music City Suds offers “hit single” bars that come wrapped in a piece of reclaimed sheet music.

by Patti Davis

Your children. Perfect little angels, aren’t they? You can’t get enough of their adorable antics. Doesn’t everyone cherish them like you do? No. They are pretty cute, I’ll acquiesce, but if I am calling to speak with you, the last thing I need is a 4-year-old trying to relay my message as to where we are meeting for martinis.

by Hunter Murphy

Easter is a time for rebirth. Down South, the azaleas and dogwoods are blooming and, although we’re no longer primarily agrarian, we still have plenty of green space. This time of year also ushers in a renewal of fashions. While temperatures in the South can sometimes feel like summer year-round, Easter is a milestone when it comes to the Southern wardrobe. White and seersucker begin making appearances, particularly for the Southern gentleman, and the bowtie, which has kept its traditional audience over the years, is beginning to gain new, and younger, fans.

A native of New Orleans, Bryan Batt landed the role of Art Director Salvatore Romano on AMC’s “Mad Men” in 2007. He moved from New Orleans to New York right out of college to be an actor and starred on Broadway and off, more recently guest starring on “Law and Order” and “Ugly Betty.” Batt made it through three seasons of “Mad Men” before his character was fired for rejecting the sexual advances of Lee Garner Jr., son of a Lucky Strike exec, a huge client for the agency. Now, Batt spends his days traveling between New York, New Orleans and Los Angeles. While in New Orleans, he can usually be found at his Magazine Street home décor shop, Hazelnut. Batt recently talked to us about “Mad Men,” his favorite cocktail and why he loves living in the South.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing a South to depict, just so long as you recognize that it’s not THE South. Lots of people, from cavaliers to carpetbaggers to snowbirds, have been seeing the South through a money-colored lens for generations. Thank God it’s not the only lens in town, though.