Anybody can dunk a wing in blue cheese and call it dinner. Telling the true Buffalo wing story from the tall tales is the hard part. In honor of National Chicken Wing Day today, July 29, here’s a two truths and a lie game for you. Each round below hands you three statements, two of…
Half of what newcomers think they know about Tennessee comes from a country song or a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. Both get it wrong. Jack Daniel’s isn’t bourbon, and the state that supposedly runs on country music gave the world the blues, soul, and rock and roll too. These are the things Tennesseans are tired…
Six cousins once piled into a wood-paneled Buick Estate Wagon, three of them behind the back seat, for the drive down I-81 to Grandma’s. Nobody clicked a belt. That was an ordinary Saturday for a Virginia kid in 1975. Today, it would get a parent pulled over before the end of the block. These are…
Do you know what a Georgian means when they ask what kind of coke you want? If you’re not from the South, we’re willing to bet you don’t. These are the words and phrases Georgians say that leave many Americans across the country completely lost. 1. Carry A Georgian offering to “carry” you somewhere isn’t…
A transplant from Michigan shows up to a cookout near Florence at noon, and the host has already been awake since four in the morning. There’s a whole hog out back on a cinder-block pit, tended in shifts and still hours from done. By dark, that newcomer will have tried a handful of items nobody…
A Florida winter is the easy part. August is the test. While summer is winding down up north, the worst of the heat and the busiest weeks of hurricane season are both still ahead for Floridians. These are the things longtime Florida residents refuse to do in August, no matter what. 1. Wait for a…
A snowbird flies back to her Cape Coral condo in November and finds the locks changed and a stranger’s patio chairs on her lanai. The man inside says he signed a lease, and he waves a paper to prove it. She never rented the place to anyone. These are the Florida squatter laws homeowners learn…
How much does home insurance cost in Florida? Most homeowners pay around $5,838 a year in 2026, per Bankrate, to insure a typical $300,000 house. That’s more than double the national average of $2,424. The number swings hard, though. A blended statewide figure runs closer to $3,390 a year at NerdWallet, while MoneyGeek, which weights…
Anybody can drive the length of the 5 with a valid California license. Driving like a local takes longer. It’s the stuff no examiner tests and no sign spells out, the habits you soak up after years of on-ramps, gridlock, and one memorable ticket. These are the unwritten freeway rules Californians follow without thinking. Bail…
A couple downsizes from a house near Sarasota to a smaller place across the county line. They file for the new homestead exemption, sign every form the closing agent slides across the table, and miss the form that would have carried years of savings to their new address. That form has a name, and skipping…
