It came from Pogue’s

It came from Pogue’s

My elegant grandmother made shopping an occasion. She loved to dress up and head downtown to browse the big department stores like McAlpin's or Pogue's, where she'd cap off a rigorous round of selecting, modeling and purchasing outfits, with a trip to the ice cream bridge, an architectural wonder suspended over the second floor of [...]

The extraordinary impact of an ordinary life

Like the well-tailored clothes she chose with charming regularity, my Grandma left a legacy of timeless elegance. Yesterday would have been her 100th birthday and my mother urged us all to celebrate with a generous slice of chocolate fudge cake, her signature dessert. She also made perfect peach pie, bourbon balls and chocolate chip cookies, [...]