Chocolate milkshakes at the Diner on Abercorn

The wonderful Elena Fodera, associate editor at Skirt Magazine, brought me along on a breakfast interview she did with the Savannah Restaurant Diva in February. What a perfect start to the day – breakfast with new friends, a slice of Americana and some wonderful Southern hospitality and a chocolate milkshake.

Meredith has a super blog about local Savannah restaurants, check it out at www.savannahrestaurantdiva.com. For a great choc shake and french toast head to the Diner on Abercorn at 7202 Abercorn, Savannah, GA.

How to gain 5 kilos

Well its a pretty easy formula really: eating crispy American bacon most days for breakfast at the Workshops since arriving in Maine will do that for you. My obsession with this immovable five kilos and food in general manifested itself in my photographs from my recent trip to visit the Hilty family in Smyrna Mills where we continued working on my ongoing project on sustainable farming. Since we’re talking about farming and therefore food I felt justified in spending a lot of time photographing as we prepared lunch and dinner every day.

Are you in Maine on the 4th of April?

…if so, I’d love to see you at the opening in Belfast at the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery where we’ll get to hear Bob MacLaughlin’s poetry and talk about family farming (and look at some pictures).

Thanks so much to Anna Abaldo at the MFT for all her hard work and excitement about my work.

I always thought I was a cat hater…

until I became a part of the family on E 41st Street in Savannah, GA.

Today I am sad to be leaving this warm little city and the friends I’ve made here. I’ll miss the warmth which quite literally exudes from not only the place, but also the people; the way the spanish moss is backlit in the afternoon sun; wearing shorts and flip flops in March; the red and white checkered floor of Beaver & Son’s barber shop; the colors of the hair curlers at Solomon’s salon; my walks with Maggie; and my evenings cooking, laughing, talking and watching Downton Abbey with my amazing roommate, Meg.

So here is a little homage to the family I am saying goodbye to today.

Miss you already,

Lottie xo

St Patrick’s Day: Southern style

Just a couple of images from one of the biggest days on Savannah’s social calendar…

Tim Tams for breakfast. Only on Valentines Day

I’ve decided to join the millions who will be overdosing on candies and chocolates today. But, while most people will be receiving their delights in a red heart-shaped box, mine come in a brown package with eleven choc covered biscuits (Kiwi for cookies) with choc cream centers. Why eleven I’m not sure, but luckily I am not sharing mine with anyone so I’ll leave that mystery unsolved for now. When you buy these in New Zealand the package says Tim Tams, but in the US it simply says “The most irresistible chocolate biscuit”. They’re right, of course.

I guess it would make sense if the pictures accompanying this post were my Tim Tams, but let’s be honest, they don’t stick around long enough to photograph. Instead I went out yesterday and met some of the folks selling valentines gift baskets on the side of the road and out of the trunks of their cars. Marcia and Marlo are sisters who have provided easy solutions for Valentines shoppers on the corner of Montgomery and Victory for seven years. By yesterday afternoon they’d almost sold out of their Valentines goodies, which is lucky as it is pouring rain today in Savannah and so I imagine last-minute sales wouldn’t be too good!

Just a wee post hoping everyone feels the love today xo

Pimp my cart

A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of assisting on a corporate shoot in Charleston for RT Gear (based out of Columbia, SC) who will do the most amazing things to jazz up your golf cart, whether it is for a toddle around the neighborhood to pick up shopping or going hunting in the woods. The team on the shoot was super fun and hopefully that shows in the pictures. Thanks so much Katie, Laura, Woody, Nicola and Brennan et al for letting me join the ride, literally.

Blue (and gold) in the Blue Ridge Mountains

A couple of weeks back I assisted a shoot at a members club in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC. Turns out the cool blue mornings and golden afternoons was when my photographs clicked. Thanks to Brennan Wesley for having me along to assist. Here are a couple of pictures from the shoot.

Pink and green crocodile car seat covers

Today I had the pleasure of spending some time with the Brown family in their car upholstery shop around the corner from where I am living in Savannah. I was photographing the hand-painted signs on their garage doors for an assignment and decided to stick around and hang out with Elijah and his daughter. They had a steady stream of visitors during the afternoon as other folks finished their day. We all chatted and talked about the best colours to re-cover your car seats: I was all for the turquoise. Someone had topped me with green crocodile with pink accents.

Altpick features Unbroken

Thanks to Maria at Altpick for featuring my ongoing series Unbroken on the Altpick blog today

http://blog.altpick.com/2012/01/17/lottie-hedleys-unbroken/