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In 2007: 1. The cover of Juke Joint Soul CD 2. Courthouse protest in Harvard College Economics Review 3. Archibald's BBQ in Southern Belly 4. Katrina pics in Louisiana PBS documentary, Surviving the Storm
In 2008: 1. Home pics in an urban design and architectural pattern destin florida vacation rentals book for Michigan City, IN 2. Perry County Courthouse pic in Thicket Magazine 3. Boll Weevil Monument pic in the French Journal Insectes 4. Bryant Store pic in the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, magazine OnStage 5. Boll Weevil Monument pic and Coldwater Books pic in Thicket Magazine 6. Talladega Courthouse pic in Thicket Magazine 7. Various pics, Encyclopedia of Alabama destin florida vacation rentals 8. Several pics of Joe Minter's art environment for exhibit including him at Vulcan Park and Museum 9. Organizing feature at Apartment Therapy 10. Doe's Eat Place tamales at Gourmet.com
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In 2010: 1. Several pics in the book Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom 2. Article featuring Deep Fried Kudzu in Exodus, the Samford University Magazine 3. Contributor, Best Road Trip Ever! iPhone App 4. Peaches Cafe pic for Barefoot Workshops Documentary 5. Poster in Crit Architecture Journal 6. Consultant on MS Culinary Trail for MS Tourism 7. Stone bath mat idea produced for Lowe's Creative Ideas Magazine 8. W.C. Rice's Cross Garden image at Art21 In 2011: 1. Crawfish boil pic for Avia Boutique Hotels 2. Feature about DFK and making Easter baskets for children in homeless shelters, with a tutorial on naturally-dyed eggs, for the Publix Supermarket destin florida vacation rentals FamilyStyle magazine 3. Interview with me about DFK and travel in Alabama on the arts program, Tapestry, on the Bham public radio station, WBHM 4. Cover photograph of All Saints Chapel at Sewanee for UDC Magazine 5. Pics of Julia Tutwiler's church and monument for Escambia County Historical Society newsletter 6. Photograph of J.W. Renfroe destin florida vacation rentals building for company destin florida vacation rentals literature 7. Pic of American Village sounding board for Society of Colonial Wars book 8. Adjudicated grant applications for folk art fellowship, apprenticeship and roster for the Mississippi Arts Commission destin florida vacation rentals 9. Pic of a Koolickle for FoodandWine.com destin florida vacation rentals 10. Pic of Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome for Black White In 2012: 1. Gee's Bend Quilt Mural pic for Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement book 2. Rural Studio Animal Shelter pic in Moundville Times 3. More images at Encylopedia of Alabama destin florida vacation rentals 4. Koolickle image at the BBC 5. 'I Heart Alabama Gulf Seafood' feature destin florida vacation rentals for Alabama Gulf Seafood promotion In 2013: 1. Koolickle image for Scholastic's Action Magazine
1. The Hermitage, Nashville, TN 2. Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, LA 3. The Alluvian, Greenwood, MS 4. Le Royal Meridien King Edward, Toronto, ON 5. Le Meridian (now Golden Tulip) Apollo, Amsterdam, Holland 6. Imperial Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark 7. W New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 8. Le Meridien, Eilat, Israel
All-Time Favorite Shows: 1. The Waltons (The Waltons will always be my favorite show!!) 2. Downton Abbey , Little House on the Prairie 3. Six Feet Under and The Sopranos 4. Homeland and Curb Your Enthusiasm 5. Mad Men and Big Love Favorite Movies: 1. Sunset destin florida vacation rentals Boulevard 2. Gone with the Wind 3. Coal Miner's Daughter 4. Urban Cowboy 5. Muriel's Wedding 6. Mommie Dearest 7. Driving Miss Daisy 8. The Color Purple 9. Lost in Translation
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