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The Best Fall Festivals in the South
Southern Ghost Tours: Will the South Rise Again
How to Create the Perfect Gallery Wall
Victoria Lee
Wine and Football
Volume 1 | No. 3 | October 2016
Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms
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HAPPY FALL Y'ALL The Best Fall Festivals in the South Salem Apple Butter Festival October 6-9 Salem, WV www.salemapplebutterfestival.com Nashville Oktoberfest October 7-9 Nashville, TN www.thenashvilleoktoberfest.com Barbeque Festival October 22 Lexington, NC www.barbequefestival.com Annual Pumpkin Festival Sept 30 - Oct 30 Stone Mountain, GA www.stonemountainpark.com
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Hello! Welcome to Victoria Lee Magazine. Our goal is to provide you with a beautiful magazine full of unique and interesting stories, helpful tips, and a little bit of fun. Well, hopefully a lot of fun! We love all the arts, travel, and people who inspire us. We hope to inspire you in some small way. If you take something positive from this magazine, we have succeeded. If you have anything you would like to see appear in our magazine, please feel free to let us know. Gratefully, AnnaKat Napier
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Victoria Lee Magazine is published in Florida. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or copied without written permission from the publisher. All applicable images are credited within. Additional images are the sole property of Victoria Lee Magazine.
The Best Fall Festivals in the South 3 Autumn Walks 7-9 Southern Ghost Tours: Will the South Rise Again 10-15 5 Easy Ways to Create the Perfect Gallery Wall 16-19 Foodie Fun 21 The Wine of Scrimmage - Tailgating 22-23 Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms 24-25 Don't Smell the Cork 26-27 Cover Photo Courtesy Ghost City Tours
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Editor-in-Chief Anna Kat Napier Director of Advertsing Joseph Napier Contributors Tamara Beltran Penelope Carroll Robert McFarland Sayle Milne Creative Marketing Director Anna Kat Napier
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"Live in the sunshine, Swim the sea, Drink the wild air." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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AUTUMN WALKS By Penelope Carroll Solitary walks in the Autumn became a part of my self care regiment. I'd stop to notice the colors, the smells, and the direction of the breeze. I'd make myself focus on the changing of the season and tell myself that it was perfectly alright to let go of one thing to allow another to grow in its place. It was the way of the world. And by accepting it, I could better allow the beauty around me to be fully appreciated in each passing moment. Follow Penelope: MightierPenn.wordpress.com
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Southern Ghost Stories: Will the South Rise Again?
During the day, I don't believe in ghosts. At night, I'm a little more open-minded.
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Who doesn't remember sitting around the campfire, telling ghost stories as a kid? Someone always grabbed a flashlight to illuminate their face as they spun a yarn about the ghost in their basement or the strange noises they heard at the their grandparents house. Inevitably, someone always slipped away from the group and crept up from behind just in time to jump out and make everyone scream. All in good fun, right? In October, we are reminded of those stories and, perhaps, we have passed them down to our own children. We delight in watching their little faces as they listen so intently to our silly stories. But what if you could go and hear ghost stories about real people in real places? Companies like Ghost City Tours offer just that sort of fun and excitement. Ghost City offers walking tours in some of the oldest cities in America. Paranormal investigator Tim Nealon launched the company in 2012 after his own experience during a visit to Gettysburg. If you are feeling daring, take the adult only tour. For families, they also offer a more kid-friendly option. While walking the streets of historic cities like Savannah and New Orleans, you will hear of the haunted pasts of some of the most popular landmarks. Walking around places like Jackson Square, Colonial Park Cemetery and through The French Quarter, you will quickly see why so many people feel that these towns are two of the most haunted places in America. Established in 1733, Savannah is the oldest sity in the state of Georgia. According to the folks at Ghost City, "Once you start to dig below the surface of many of the stories of ghosts in Savannah you can start to connect the dots between the hauntings people are experiencing and the causes for those hauntings." New Orleans was established in 1718 and has been one of the largest ports in America. Many early settlers were, in fact, criminals released from Paris prisons. This fact, coupled with terrible deaths from plagues, fires and violence has laid the ground work for plenty of ghostly tales to rise up over the centuries. Ghost City Tours has shared a couple of those stories for your reading pleasure. Read them and decide for yourself - is the South truly haunted? Or better yet, call them and schedule your own tour. See if you can find the truth buried within.
It turns out that Richard and Alice had committed the murder. That spring, they’d taken all they could handle. So, after grooming the horses, Alice and Richard grabbed a bucket filled with water and murdered Mr. Wise. They then fled the house, ironically choosing to hide out on the Isle of Hope. Eventually, Alice and Richard were caught local enforcement and were sentenced to death. Richard White became the first Savannahian to be hanged, but shortly before Alice’s hanging, it was discovered that she was pregnant with Mr. Wise's baby, a vile man who had done vile things in life. The magistrate decided to wait the remaining months of her pregnancy before
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In December of the year 1733, Alice Riley, her husband Richard White, and 38 other Irish servants barely survived the voyage to America, weeks on the turbulent sea had left them famished and nearly dead. Not long after their arrival in Georgia, they were sent to work for William Wise, who owned a cattle farm on Hutchinson Island, not far from Savannah. On March 1, 1734, William Wise was found dead in his house, his head positioned in a bucket of water with a neckerchief fastened around his neck. For all sense of purpose, he became the first murder “victim” in Savannah. Suspicion spiked further when Alice Riley and Richard White went missing from the farm.
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Thanks to shows like American Horror Story: Coven, the LaLaurie Mansion's haunted notoriety is one French Quarter mansion that guests and visitors love to hear about. Now whether I think the LaLaurie Mansion is actually haunted? I'm not quite sure about that. But one ghost story in New Orleans that often goes undiscussed is the events which once took place at the Pharmacy Museum on Chartres Street in the French Quarter. This property belonged to the first licensed pharmacist in the country, a man named Dr. Louis Dufilho, Jr., whose personal medical equipment can still be found at the property. . . .
sentencing her to death. She gave birth some months later, but no sooner had she done so that her newborn was torn from her arms. Without further delay, they strung her up on January 19, 1735. Alice's body was left to hang from the gallows for three long days. To make matters more horrific, two weeks later, her baby, James, passed away from illness. Alice Riley and her baby were buried in a plot just off of Wright Square, today addressed as 9 W. York Street. Was it possible that Alice and Richard were framed for the murder of Mr. Wise? It’s possible, especially as the magistrate, Thomas Causton, was known to rig the trials to his liking. But considering what happened to poor Alice Riley, it’s quite likely that she and her husband decided to take matters into their own hands.
As the story goes, Dufilho was one of the most beloved pharmacists in the city-sick? Go see Louis Dufilho. Need a tincture for a headache? Louis Dufilho is the guy for you. It’s said that as part of his practice, Dufilho often practiced experiments and medicine on himself. But . . . Legend has it that his successor, a man named Dr. Joseph Dupas, was also responsible for performing experiments, but whereas his predecessor did them on himself, Dupas preferred to do them on other people. And his preferred person? Women. As legend has it, he took to kidnapping pregnant women and performing horrific experiments
Since Alice Riley’s death, there have been countless claims to both her spirit and how she had lived her life. Some argue that she practiced witchcraft and spread the practice of black magic in Savannah. Others, however, believe that Alice placed a curse on the people of Savannah, and it is because of that curse that Spanish Moss no longer grows in Wright Square But for those who have been (un)lucky enough to spot Alice’s apparition, her spirit is always spotted in Wright Square attempting to take infants away from their mothers. There have been the sounds of screams and cries as poor Alice searches endlessly for her son, who died not long after she was hanged. For those who attempt to help her find her baby boy, it is only to realize that the frantic woman has disappeared right before your very eyes.
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on them--most say that these experiments were C-sections, as such a thing did not exist in the mid-1800s. There's no historical record of these experiments precisely, but Dr. Dupas was not a nice man. He was recorded in the Times-Picayune of beating a Senator over the head with a hammer, for nearly murdering one of his patients with "ill-treated" medicine and for violating multiple state-regulated health codes. He also just so happened to die of syphilis, in which one of the leading symptoms just so happens to be insanity. Whether he performed those experiments on the women
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may not have happened, but Dr. Dupas was responsible for a string of criminal activities. Today, all sorts of strange activity occurs at the museum. Screams echoing from the second floor; museum objects being moved from floor to floor during the dead of night when no one is around; the apparition of a man wearing a top hat walking down the stairwell appearing on security cameras. Short of it is: The Pharmacy Museum is haunted and there's nothing better than catching some sort of activity during a tour here.
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By Tamara Beltran
The bigger the better when it comes to the size of the frames. Use free prints downloaded from Pinterest, frame pretty wrapping paper & enlarge your personal photos to save a ton of money on your wall. Start your wall by adding your frames at eye level and add on from there. Try to keep the frames the same or alike colors. Tell a story with your wall, whether it's a color story, family moment, inspirational quotes - however you decide to design your wall remember there's no wrong way. You can always change it of you don't like it. Post your finished photos on Instagram to show me what you created and tag @tlee79 and @victorialeemagazine. Happy hanging! xoxo, Tamara
5 Easy Ways to Create the Perfect Gallery Wall
My wall gallery started out with 4 prints hanging over the console table. Over the years it grew floor to ceiling then began wrapping over to the next wall. It's an awesome impact to have a gallery wall like this. The positive quotes, funny sayings like "be cool, be cool" and words from our favorite songs like 'Yaddamean' are conversation starters. It's a different and fun way to personalize your home to represent you and your family. I hung fun things like clipboards to show off the kids art work and it's so easy to change them out as their creative juices flow. I added fun little shelves to show off my pineapple and rainbow love! The gold horse head was from my parents barn and the license plate was from my dad's first truck. These are special memories I wanted to keep forever and am now able to look at daily. Of course, I added pictures of my daughters as much as possible. Just remember not to over think it. Just go for it, get crazy and have fun with it!
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FOODIE FUN
By Sayle Milne
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The Wine of Scrimmage - Tailgating
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all. When we trade our barbeques for slow-cooker meals, our bathing suits for
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cable knit sweaters, and the weekends for football. It's time to up your game with the winning wines of your next tailgate. That's right. Beer is not the only touchdown beverage. Tailgating foods need to be grazer friendly and usually made in larger quantities to feed all the pre-game appetites. Like the foods, keep the wines simple and inexpensive (under $20), as you are likely drinking them out of a solo cup anyway. With your savory foods like chili, stew, pulled pork, chicken wings and burgers, pick a wine that delivers a little peppery kick of its own like Syrah (Northern Rhone, France) or Shiraz (Barossa Valley, Australia). Lighter red wines that have less tannin and more fruit are also great pairings with these foods. Try Gamay (Beaujolais, France) or Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley, Oregon). And remember, white wines that have bright acidity or a tinge of sweetness also go really well with savory and spicy foods. Sausage is a match with Sauvignon Blanc or an off-dry Riesling (Kabinett).
Wait - we cannot forget dessert (just make sure the wine is always sweeter than the food). If you are serving chocolate like brownies, cookies, or s'mores, pair them with a Port or a late harvest Zinfandel. Pies and tarts are delicious with a light and fizzy wine like a Moscato d'Asti, and lemon bars deliver their array of sunshine with a dessert wine like Sauternes. Nothing beats ending on a sweet note. But keep in mind that dessert wines are fortified and have a much higher alcohol percentage. Serve them in smaller glasses to keep portions in check. And if you get into a bind, you can never go wrong with a sparkling wine. California Sparklings, Crémants, and Cavas are wallet-friendly and pair well with all the foods mentioned above. A tailgate of only bubbles is a winning tailgate. Now who's ready for kickoff?
Recipe By Robert McFarland
Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed With Salmon and Spinach
4 Portobello Mushroom - Large, stemmed and de-gilled 6 teaspoons Extra Virgin olive oil 4 tablespoons scallions - chopped 10 ounces spinach leaf, whole - 1 bag 1 1/2 pounds salmon filet - fresh, skinned and chopped 2 1/2 teaspoons garlinc - minced 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 6 tablespoons cream cheese
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Remove the stems and gills from Portobello mushrooms. Brush the mushrooms with olive oil and salt and pepper them. Broil them upside down in a baking dish. Sprinkle a teaspoon of minced scallion on each mushroom. Divide the salmon between the mushrooms. Place a 10 inch skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter and add the garlic and spinach to the pan. Cook the garlic and spinach, using tongs to move the spinach from the bottom of the pan to the top until the leaves are wilted and deep green in color, about 2 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and pour into a colander, blot dry the spinach. Return the dried spinach to the skillet over low-med heat. Add the cream cheese. Mix well and salt and pepper to taste. Pile the spinach/cream cheese mixture over the salmon and bake the stuffed mushrooms for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle with Bernaise Sauce. (TIP - you can save time by using Knorr Bernaise Sauce instead of making the sauce yourself)
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Don't Smell the Cork
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Sayle is the founder of Wine Savvy NYC. She teaches classes tailored both to the novice and to the seasoned oenophile. Sayle is a graduate of Kevin Zraly’s WINDOWS ON THE WORLD WINE SCHOOL and is is a WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Advanced Level Certificate holder and Wine Educator. Sayle's mission is to combine her love of wine and her knack for teaching, bringing wine to the masses. www.winesavvynyc.com
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need to know to be "in the know" when the bottle comes to your table. He or she will present the bottle so that you can look long and hard at the label and make sure it is indeed the bottle you ordered. You would be surprised how many people don't pay attention. A lot of labels look very similar. You would hate to think you are ordering a bottle that costs $60 but the $350 bottle is opened instead. If the server hands you the cork, please don't sniff it! He is handing it to you because, historically, there was a ton of wine fraud. Bottles of expensive wines were emptied and replaced with other "juice" in the cellar. One could tell that the cork had been tampered with or removed by examining it. But in today's world, if the cork is handed to you, you can gently squeeze it in your hand. If it crumbles or falls apart in any way, this could indicate that the wine was stored incorrectly (vertically), the cork has split, and air has gotten in and oxidized (killed) the wine. . But please, don't smell the cork. Why would you smell the cork when you can smell the wine? So now, the server will pour a small tasting of the wine into your glass. Swirl that wine to give it a little air and taste it.
You may need to taste it twice. With your approval, he will begin to pour for the table. If the wine tastes "off" to you(tastes or smells like vinegar, damp cardboard or wet dog) that wine could be "corked", which means the cork contains TCA (a fungus). It sounds gross but it won't hurt you. At that point, ask the server to try the wine to confirm. Do not be afraid to speak up if you think the wine is flawed. Faulty cork happens frequently and is just one of the many gambles in wine making. Mother Nature is not always perfect, but when she is, you have a miracle in a bottle.
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