Birthday Girl…or 40 is the new 30.

It took weeks of stealth planning…endless Facebook messaging…multiple revisions…crafty, deliberate misdirections…all in an effort to throw Rina the surprise 40th birthday party she richly deserved.  She did not make it easy.  We all knew she wanted something special to mark this milestone, but being the suspicious woman that she is, Rina kept her husband, Ken, and…

Steel Magnolias…or Drink Yer Juice, Shelby

Steel Magnolias is one of those movies we like to watch over and over again not only for its depiction of southern charm, wit, and eccentricity, but its celebration of family, friendship, big hair and over the top 80’s melodrama (cue M’Lynn’s epic breakdown monologue here). So it comes as no surprise that the news about a certain Louisiana…