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We are Karen and Emily, a mother and daughter from Arkansas. We love the people, food, and places of the south and look forward to sharing them with you here! From the well-known to the obscure come with us as we explore the southern states.
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Homestyle Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
We love a good breakfast casserole around here. It’s the kind of thing I like to make when the house is full and nobody’s in a hurry to go anywhere. This Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole is a special favorite that I actually discovered by accident. Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole I love to make a breakfast…
Hey y’all! We are Karen and Emily!
We are a mother and daughter from Arkansas. We love to explore, eat at hole in the wall restaurants, meet interesting people, visit small towns, and get out in nature. We started Somewhere Down South in order to have a place to share the food, people, places, and stories of the southern US.
Our goal is for you to come along with us as we strive to experience and understand one of the most unusual, complicated, quirky, misinterpreted, difficult, underrated, and beautiful areas of the United States.
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Winter Salad with Pears and Cashews
This Winter Salad with Pears and Cashews is one of my all-time favorites! I had it for the first time many years ago at a baby shower and was immediately smitten. It was love at first bite. Winter Salad with Pears and Cashews This is the perfect salad for that time when most of the…
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Come on Down to The Flora-Bama
A visit to the iconic honky-tonk the Flora-Bama has been a rite of passage for Alabama and Florida locals as well as vacationing southerners since the 1960’s. Despite hurricanes and high-rises it is still going strong. This famous bar is consistently named as one of the best beach bars in the United States. I can…
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Luxurious Romantic Getaways in the South
Trees dripping with Spanish moss, the sound of a slow southern drawl, trickling fountains, lush greenery…there is no denying the romance of the southern states. Here is a list of the most incredibly luxurious and romantic getaways in the south. With locations from sugar white sand beaches to verdant mountains to city centers, these are…
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Things to Love About Rosemary Beach Florida
There are many lovely beach communities situated along scenic county 30A. Rosemary Beach Florida is at the far eastern end of the this 18 mile stretch of road and is, in our opinion, one of the prettiest and most livable of the beach towns. Here are just a few of the MANY things to love…
