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Kara’s Sights and Bites: Dak’s ‘home,’ BBQ, books, sports and shopping await in Frisco, Texas

Kara’s Sights and Bites: Dak’s ‘home,’ BBQ, books, sports and shopping await in Frisco, Texas

by Mississippi Monitor | Jul 17, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By: Kara Kimbrough Elements of home in the form of Mississippi State University alum Dak Prescott’s large presence in the Dallas Cowboys’ world headquarters in Frisco, Texas, and hearing stories about Jackson native LeAnn Rimes’ formative years in nearby Garland added...
Kara’s Sights & Bites: 48 hours in Grapevine: ‘Christmas Capital of Texas” is the perfect getaway

Kara’s Sights & Bites: 48 hours in Grapevine: ‘Christmas Capital of Texas” is the perfect getaway

by Mississippi Monitor | Jul 10, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By Kara Kimbrough Describing the unique features and sights of charming Grapevine, Texas in a few hundred words is an impossible task. Visiting the city on the outskirts of Dallas was an enjoyable, eye-opening experience that left me wanting to return. I knew little...
Kara’s Bites and Sights: Best food and travel items of 2024…so far, anyway

Kara’s Bites and Sights: Best food and travel items of 2024…so far, anyway

by Mississippi Monitor | Jul 3, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By: Kara Kimbrough I’m not sure how – or when – it happened, but 2024 is more than halfway done. Before more time elapses, here are the items that have made cooking, eating and traveling a little more memorable in the first six months. 1. The first one is...
Kara’s Sights and Bites: Three new things to love about the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Kara’s Sights and Bites: Three new things to love about the Mississippi Gulf Coast

by Mississippi Monitor | Jun 26, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By Kara Kimbrough I’ve always loved the Mississippi Gulf Coast for its unending natural beauty stretching as far as the eye can see…among hundreds of other attributes, of course. But there’s a feature remains one of the primary reasons I visit as often as...
Kara’s Sights & Bites: 4th of July favorites that don’t require an oven

Kara’s Sights & Bites: 4th of July favorites that don’t require an oven

by Mississippi Monitor | Jun 19, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

Newsflash: Fourth of July 2024 will be a hot one. Since it’s a couple of weeks away, I haven’t yet seen the weather report. But I just know it will be hot – maybe because I’ve suffered through numerous steamy hot holidays. But don’t ditch your...
Kara’s Bites & Sights: Chilled desserts are the only way to survive Summer ’24

Kara’s Bites & Sights: Chilled desserts are the only way to survive Summer ’24

by Mississippi Monitor | Jun 12, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By Kara Kimbrough First, the bad news: It’s hot. Even worse, the official start of summer is still days away. But things are not all gloom and doom. There are numerous recipes containing words like “frozen,” “frosted,” “cool,” “chilled” and perhaps the best one this...
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