Weekly Favorites

Have a wonderful weekend! See you Monday!

 

 

Lots of Love, Natalie

 

Weekend Favorites

- Finishing up the week and starting the weekend with an AMPED class before heading home to Jackson -

 

- Jay's SAE Dodge ball team winning their tournament for charity -

 

- Enjoying a tasty lunch with Jay at The Beagle Bagel Café back home in Jackson, Ms. -

 

- Jay and I spent the day Saturday doing a little shopping and exploring all over our hometown of Jackson! The weather was absolutely perfect for exploring. I always love the bright colors in Fondren.  -

 

- Discovering the amazing Old House Depot in downtown Jackson after hearing about it in DesignSponge article here. It will be the feature in tomorrow's post so be sure to check it out -

 

Lots of Love, Natalie

Shout-out to my Hometown

This week the ever fabulous blog DesignSponge featured my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. In the past few years Jackson has been growing and improving. I am starting to become more proud of the southern town that I grew up in. I absolutely loved their feature and cannot wait to go home this weekend to check out some of the places featured. Truthfully, even though I am from there the list contained some places I have yet to check out. This makes it fun to kind of rediscover my hometown! I have to give a HUGE shout-out to a fellow classmate of mine from the Jackson Academy class of 2010 - Avery Nejam. This girl is one of the most creative people I know and I am so proud of her for already starting a business! Y'all check this girl out! Let me end by saying the biggest thanks to DesignSponge for the feature from a Jacksonian. Check it out here!


Lots of Love,  Natalie
 

Babalu

As you know I am from Jackson, Ms. and Fondren is a hip area near downtown Jackson. It is full of chic little shops and restaurants. This area was also featured in the book turned movie "The Help" where it was restored to the way it looked in the 1960's. If you have not seen this movie it is wonderful but anyway back to Babalu. Babalu is a Tacos and Tapas restaurant that opened around a year ago. I have been planning to go but just never seemed to really get the time too.

While Jay and I were on our trip in San Francisco we came up with a little list of new restaurants that we need to make sure to try when we go home to Jackson. I have also decided I will post about each one when we do get around to visiting them. Well, the first one on our list was Babalu so once we got back from San Francisco we made sure to go before leaving to go back to Starkville.

Now, this is not your typical type of Mexican food. We both love Guacamole which is wonderful because they make fresh Guacamole table side. It tastes so fresh and light. The tacos may seem small but they are actually very filling and taste great. Also, you can do the combination which is what Jay did. That seems to be the best way to try three and figure out your favorite one. I would definitely recommend this to anyone visiting Jackson, Ms.


Babalu Address: 622 Duling Ave, Jackson, Ms. 39216

Lots of Love,  Natalie