Event Planning + Services

Friendsgiving

Bringing family traditions to the table with friends, new and old Article by Kit Garrott | Photography by Bonner Morgan Friendsgiving has become an annual event signaling the start of the holiday season for many friend groups, usually at the beginning of November. Lifelong-home-town friends or new-job-new-city friends celebrate Thanksgiving in a casual, potluck, all-hands-on-deck fashion. While scheduling a group dinner in November is challenging, friend groups make the extra effort to ink...

Life + Culture

The Country Place

A Christian retreat center where families can disconnect from smartphones and reconnect with one another. Article by Morgan Zanone The Country Place, located in Moscow, Tennessee, is a Christian retreat center where families can go to disconnect from smartphones and reconnect with one another. In 1972, John and Jo Walt started a Young Life camp that has grown into what is now TCP ministries. The Country Place remained a bunk-style Young Life camp until the mid 1980s when they became their own...

Food + Beverage

From the River City Kitchen

Repurposing Leftovers Article by Jeannie Tabor and Kit Garrott Lighter Turkey Casserole Serves 6 Ingredients: 1 cup wild rice blend or brown rice (the easy microwavable bags work just fine) 3 cups cooked turkey, cubed and shredded 1 yellow onion, diced 8 mushrooms (can use any kind, such as button) 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced ½ t dried thyme Salt and pepper to taste ¾ cup broth (turkey/chicken/beef) – I used beef for...

Life + Culture

Capturing Family Portraits

Professional top tips for seamlessly snapping the annual group photo during your holiday gathering Article and Photography by Bonner Morgan The air is crisp, the table is set and the house is full of those you love most. Somewhere between carving the turkey and settling down for your post-lunch recliner nap, you hear those fated words: “Let’s take a group photo!” After ushering everyone outside and wincing smiles through the third request to “say cheese”, someone realizes that the lens cap has...