In case you missed it, New Orleans will hold Mardi Gras this year although a little different! This southern festival is next month and if you want to hear more about it go back and listen here.  Today’s special guest Elizabeth Passarella is a contributing editor for Southern Living, where she writes the “Social Graces” column. A former editor at Real Simple and Vogue, she has written about food, travel, home design, and parenting in outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Parents, Martha Stewart Weddings, Coastal Living, and Apartment Therapy’s The Kitchn. She lives in New York City.   In her debut book, Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York she dives deep into what it was like to grow up conservative in Memphis with a Christian mom and a Jewish dad, then marry a New Yorker and feel everything change.   If you’d like to win a copy, follow us on Instagram @SteelMagnoliasPodcast   Thank you to our Patreon Community of supporters for helping to make this podcast happen every week. If you want to learn how you can join in and get some sweet perks, visit https://www.patreon.com/steelmagnolias