This afternoon I bartered for the second time. A neighbor two streets over has six laying hens that produce daily during the summer. (She also has two rescue bantam hens and three ducks with “angel wing” that can’t fly.) We met through NextDoor, a social network for neighborhoods. We exchange a dozen eggs for aContinue reading “Barter”
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Residents of the Pink Palace Mansion
Originally posted on The Pink Palace Family of Museums:
Clarence Saunders never lived in his pink Georgia marble mansion. In fact, he went bankrupt while the mansion was being built, and the unfinished building was given to the City of Memphis in 1926. Saunders never lived in the mansion, but over the museum’s history a…
On mud…
Italian Fest turned into a mud pit by Friday afternoon. Really smelly mud. Because of the downpour, we didn’t serve nearly as many people as we normally do. About 175. So we have lots of gravy left over. It was fun and a bit weird to be there with my baby. The kid rocked someContinue reading “On mud…”
On celebrating Italy
This week is Italian Fest week. In other words, one of my favorite, exhausting, spectacular family traditions. For as long as I can remember, my family–grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, siblings–comes together as Rome(r), Italy (my mom’s maiden name is Romer). We set up shop in a couple of tents at Marquette Park and spendContinue reading “On celebrating Italy”
On taking a 4.5 month old to NOLA…
This weekend we took our baby to NOLA to celebrate a close friend’s wedding. We were both great friends with Ryan in college, and there was no doubt that we would be at his special day. Even if that meant driving over six hours with a 4.5 month old. To be fair, the baby isContinue reading “On taking a 4.5 month old to NOLA…”
2 Weeks at the Garden
Greg and I are doing pretty good on our resolution to spend more time at the garden this year. Well, except for this week because of the rain and the baptism/party/family in town this weekend. There’s a lot of getting ready that needs to happen at casa Carrico. Like recaulking the bathtub, and mopping, andContinue reading “2 Weeks at the Garden”
Read: Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly by Mike Freeman
Clarence Saunders and the Piggly Wiggly have ended up being oddly important to my professional career. I work at the museum housed in Saunders’ never-lived-in mansion that was funded by his creation of the self-service grocery chain. I wrote a graduate seminar paper on the city’s transformation of the mansion into a museum. Currently, IContinue reading “Read: Clarence Saunders and the Founding of Piggly Wiggly by Mike Freeman”
Mothers’ Day
My first Mothers’ Day as a mom was awesome. I got to sleep mostly through the night and then play with my laughing baby while lounging in bed. I ate homemade pancakes with sorghum-strawberry syrup outside, went to mass with a very large chunk of my family, ate a BBQ lunch outside with my husband,Continue reading “Mothers’ Day”
On nightless days…
There was no night last night. At least not for our sweet, lovable kid. [Adjectives employed to remind myself that despite the thoughts that run through my head at 3AM, he is always sweet and lovable.] To be fair, we did it to him. We stayed “late” [8:30] at Garrett’s graduation party because we wereContinue reading “On nightless days…”
On love…
It’s not our anniversary or his birthday or some day of special significance for the two of us. It’s Monday. And, like every Monday, he woke up and made me breakfast and fixed my coffee. We tag teamed our way out the door and later we will eat dinner together and play with our kidContinue reading “On love…”
Caroline Mitchell Carrico 