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From the lens Southern Hospitality, Hey Y'all!.

  • COUNTRYLUTHIER Feb 17, 2012 @ 11:05 pm | delete
    Alright now, glad to stop in a fellow Southerner's lens and say well done. Keep up the good work ya'll!
  • Todayhaspower Dec 6, 2011 @ 4:05 pm | delete
    My daughter's youth pastor is from Texas, and when he moved up north, he brought all the Southern warmth and speech up here. Y'all, and all kinds o' different abbreviations and slurs have become a part of our language, because we hear him talk so much! :) Great lens!
  • tagsforkids Sep 26, 2011 @ 9:48 am | delete
    I'm only in the south geographically in Florida. With the exception of some areas upstate, we don't represent the south well, at all. :-) Thanks for showing what the "South" is all about!
  • angela morrow Jan 5, 2011 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    I am a storyteller looking for some good tales of the southern spirit (food, hospitality friends, family, faith)--really enjoyed your words
  • coolhiptrendy Dec 15, 2010 @ 7:23 am | delete
    It's sad but it seems there's little time for community and hospitality in our hectic modern world - thank you for reminding us of how it should be.
  • emmalarkins Oct 24, 2010 @ 6:14 pm | delete
    What a great topic to write about! Blessed by a Squidoo Angel!
  • VivekS Jun 22, 2010 @ 3:17 am | delete
    never known of small town hospitality, can feel the warmth. people must be lucky to get a taste of it! i come from a big city with lots of nerves and sound. good sharing
  • rodgerbl Apr 8, 2010 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    Great lens
  • Mar 27, 2010 @ 5:21 am | delete
    I wish you the further development of this wonderful site
  • LensMaster007 Feb 16, 2010 @ 7:31 am | delete
    I lived in MO for a while and definitely know what you are talking about. :)
  • AppalachianCountry Feb 8, 2010 @ 9:15 am | delete
    Great lens from a couple of southerners. 5*
  • OhMe Nov 19, 2009 @ 9:02 am | delete
    I returned to this great Southern lens to lensroll to my Reflections of a Mississippi Magnolia and also to leave you with a Squid Angel blessing. Thank you for all you do for Squidoo.
  • BevsPaper Jul 5, 2009 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Crystal, what a terrific lens! Southern Hospitality is in our hearts no matter where we live. I believe that when we let it shine outwardly people notice and hopefully try to shine with it too.
  • 24websurf Jun 8, 2009 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Crystal, I love this lens! Rolled to my Hometown of Jonesboro, GA lens. I do love the southern hospitality. 5*s
  • Jeanie (Momtothezoo) May 19, 2009 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    Crystal, I love this lens...boy, do I relate! We grew up the best way there is. My father is from another small town in Georgia, Maysville. I visited there in the summers and had such a wonderful time! Thanks for this lens!
  • Mickie_G May 15, 2009 @ 9:57 am | delete
    Nicely done! Is Southern Hospitality dying? I hope not! More often than not, any true Southerner will come to the rescue or the garden gate.
  • Laniann May 14, 2009 @ 8:40 am | delete
    A beautiful lens. 5*s
  • spirituality May 13, 2009 @ 9:13 am | delete
    Great lens - blessed by a squidangel :)
  • Southern-Lady Apr 29, 2009 @ 1:29 pm | delete
    Love your lens. Would love it if you would visit my 1st lens on squidoo http://www.squidoo.com/a-southern-life and offer any input you have. I'm just learning about squidoo. Enjoyed visiting here and learning from your lens.
  • drifter0658 Apr 20, 2009 @ 8:12 am | delete
    There is nothing like southern hospitality to warm a visit.

    Thanks!
  • a_willow Apr 17, 2009 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    You are one of January 2009 graduates! Come by and answer few questions to show the way to those who will follow! Wish you many, many more great lenses!
  • AppalachianCountry Apr 8, 2009 @ 8:27 am | delete
    This is a wonderful lens. I really enjoyed it.
  • Pastiche Mar 30, 2009 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    I think the world could use a dose of southern hospitality - or at least a dash of civility. I grew up in the New England, where my experience with small town life was pretty much the same as yours in the south. Perhaps it's not the location these days, just a colder change in attitude.
  • OhMe Mar 23, 2009 @ 8:47 pm | delete
    Oh, you really flatter me by featuring another lens. You are too much and I sure appreciate you. Thank you. I do love this lens.
  • Heather426 Mar 19, 2009 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    great lens about a great subject. I grew up everywhere as my dad was in the Army but my roots are all Southern: Texas, Louisana, Misissippi so those are our traditions. Funny but I used to hide my heritage till I grew up a little and became proud of it. The only thing I don't like about the South is their propensity for completely OVERcooking vegetables. Still, their unabashed friendliness, kindness, and warmth are what draws me home as often as possible, though I live in Ca now.
  • Marijoyce Mar 16, 2009 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    What a great lens. I, too, am from a small southern town in Northern Georgia. Now I live in a small town in North Carolina, after having lived in many different parts of the country and the world. I feel I am finally "home again." Thanks for sharing this. I loved it.
  • dc64 Mar 7, 2009 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    Hi, from one small town Southern girl to another, I grew up in Alabama (mostly). Great lens, and unfortunatley, I think Southern hospitality is dying. Sad, but there are just too many grouchy people.
  • sandyspider Mar 6, 2009 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Great lens. Thanks for your southern hospitality.
  • EverythingMouse Feb 17, 2009 @ 4:51 pm | delete
    I really enjoy your lenses. I am also a Giant Squid Greeter - have you thought about aiming for the Giant Squid program?
  • awelldressedbullet Feb 14, 2009 @ 7:56 pm | delete
    What a wonderful lens, I loved it! Southern hospitality totally rocks! - Kathy
  • Ramkitten Feb 13, 2009 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    I definitely experienced southern hospitality while hiking the Appalachian Trail. I met such wonderful people all throughout Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia ... and so forth, because the hospitality didn't end in the south. It continued right on through W. Virginia, Pennysylvania, Maryland ... yes, even New York, New Jersey, and New England to Maine. So I came to think of it more as American hospitality, though the food did change a bit as I went north. The grits and okra definitely disappeared. Anyway, the hospitality is still out there, though maybe a bit harder to find nowadays.
  • Eclectic_Muse Feb 4, 2009 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    Go, Go, Go Southern Girls! We rock! Off to check some of those recipes...
  • Beautiful_GreenBeans Feb 2, 2009 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    This lens makes me feel so good! No instant grits for me! Great lens!
  • a_willow Feb 1, 2009 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    This lens entered Fresh Squid Contest for February as one of featured lenses on Fresh Squid group in January! Come by and vote!
  • topstuff Jan 26, 2009 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    wow what a great lens, I loved it :)
  • mysticmama Jan 25, 2009 @ 10:46 am | delete
    My husband and I attended a Burn Injury Survivor's convention in the Chapel Hill triangle- Raliegh-Durham NC a few years back and experienced true Southern Hospitality first hand. Being fron Minnesota which is supposedly the neighborly nice state up North. Hence the saying "Minnesota nice"

    After visiting NC, Minnesotans have a lot to learn about hospitality and nice. We loved how friendly and helpful everyone we met was.
  • Susan52 Jan 24, 2009 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    I love the lesson in the lens, very well stated. I live in the south, too. There's just no beating southern hospitality! Blessings, y'all!
  • Jewelsofawe Jan 21, 2009 @ 2:00 pm | delete
    My great grandmother was born in Oklahoma and she always would say ya'll come back now ya hear!
  • Jewelsofawe Jan 21, 2009 @ 1:59 pm | delete
    I love Paula Deen. She is the sweetest lady. I love this lens too and I love the hospitality of the south. Ain't nothing like it.
  • sittonbull Jan 21, 2009 @ 12:15 am | delete
    Great description of Southern Hospitality. Was blessed to grow up in Pendleton, SC, so that qualifies my credentials you know? Oh yeah... I do love Paula Dean... watch her every chance I get... and have eaten in her restaurant in Savannah several times! Yawl cum back now... yu heah! 5*, fanned and faved
  • Jan 19, 2009 @ 9:05 am | delete
    I love southern hospitality, they're great people also.
  • kiwisoutback Jan 17, 2009 @ 6:13 pm | delete
    It's funny, every time we've taken a vacation to the south we always notice the huge difference in lifestyle and attitude from the northern states. Everything is much more laid back, which can take a while to get used to if you're from the north. The change is refreshing and much more personal.
  • flipflopnana Jan 16, 2009 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    This is just a great lens! I moved to a small southern town just a few years ago and was greeted with this wonderful southern hospitality you are talking about. I just can't imagine living anywhere else now.
  • julcal Jan 15, 2009 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    This is a lovely lens.

    ~ Julie
  • GrowWear Jan 13, 2009 @ 10:46 am | delete
    Hey there! Glad to meet a fellow Southerner! Very nice lens!
  • flighty02 Jan 13, 2009 @ 8:34 am | delete
    Welcome to The Cooks Cafe group!
  • a_willow Jan 12, 2009 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    Welcome to Fresh Squid group! Glad to have you aboard!
  • TheInfamous7 Jan 11, 2009 @ 1:51 pm | delete
    Wonderful Lens!! I hope to one day experience all that famous Southern Hospitality!! :-) x Most definately Blessed!!
  • bdkz Jan 11, 2009 @ 9:06 am | delete
    Wow what a neat lens! 5 stars and a Squid Angel Blessing!
  • spirituality Jan 11, 2009 @ 6:39 am | delete
    Great look into a smalltown world :) not something I've ever experienced, I'm sure.
  • XP Jan 10, 2009 @ 10:56 am | delete
    This is lovely. Welcome to Squidoo!
  • Jimmie Jan 10, 2009 @ 4:27 am | delete
    From one Southern girl to another -- a right good lens!
  • Spook Jan 10, 2009 @ 4:27 am | delete
    Beautiful lens. Couldn't agree with you more. Not necessarily on being a Southerner but your views on treating people and kindness. Spot on.
  • Temeshia Jan 10, 2009 @ 1:36 am | delete
    Great job, Crystal! I will surely stop by often. With your recipes, I know menu planning will be a breeze.
  • luvmyludwig Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:14 pm | in reply to mama | delete
    Did you have to make me cry? I love you too mama!
  • luvmyludwig Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:12 pm | in reply to chefkeem | delete
    Your pictures of Alaska are amazing. Thank you for stopping by!
  • luvmyludwig Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:12 pm | in reply to chefkeem | delete
    Your pictures of Alaska are amazing. Thank you for stopping by!
  • luvmyludwig Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:10 pm | in reply to mbgphoto | delete
    Thank you for stopping by, I just love your georgia lighthouse lens.
  • luvmyludwig Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:08 pm | in reply to OhMe | delete
    I'll take a blessed heart any day, thank you for stopping by!
  • luvmyludwig Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:06 pm | in reply to Joan4 | delete
    Thank you for stopping by, come back now ya hear!
  • mama Jan 9, 2009 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    I'm proud of you for not forgetting your roots and being proud of them. I brought you up to say yes mam and no mam. You are teaching your children the same manners you were taught as a child, I wish more parents would teach their children some Southern manners as well as Southern Hospitality. You are an amazing Mother, you have it together much better than I did at your age.
    Don't Forget BE Southern and BE Proud!!!
    I love you with all my heart ,
    Mom
  • chefkeem Jan 9, 2009 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    Welcome to Squidoo - great start! I'm a Southerner from Bavaria, Germany residing since 1981 in Austin, Texas. Looking forward to more of your lenses. Call on me if you need help. :)
  • mbgphoto Jan 9, 2009 @ 1:19 pm | delete
    Great lens. Welcome to Squidoo. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I do! It's great fun and you meet such great people. Fits in with your southern hospitality!! I'm from Missouri but my daughter now lives in Atlanta so my granddaughters are growing up learning southern hospitality!
  • OhMe Jan 9, 2009 @ 8:49 am | delete
    Welcome to Squidoo. I love your first lens but then I am a Southerner through and through and live in the small town of Pendleton, SC. I hope that Southern Hospitality will remain a part of the South forever. Ya'll drop by anytime. I enjoyed your lens. Bless your heart! I wish I was a Squidoo Angel so I could really give you a blessing but blessing your heart will have to do.
  • Joan4 Jan 9, 2009 @ 7:08 am | delete
    I totally agree! Southern Hospitality is the best. Example: I stopped at store one night and grabbed loaf of bread. Store Owner said, "you don't need bread. Your husband just got some!." I cannot imagine that happening anywhere else!

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