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Cheers on the Cover
There's nothing like Game Day in the South, especially if you're a UGA fan! Our models show their team spirit while they pile into this snazzy red Bronco owned by John Crabb. Go Dawgs!
Cheers for Game Day
Styled by Monica Lavin, Lavin Label, and photography by Kelli Boyd Photography.
Everyone in the Golden Isles knows that October is college football time and, for most of us, that means one thing … UGA Bulldog football! This month EIL put together a lively “pre-game cocktail party” to showcase mouthwatering menu items and cute as a button game day fashion. Here are some ideal ways to have a get-together that is both stylish and full of Bulldawg spirit! Goooooo Dawgs! Sic ‘em! Woof! Woof!
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Cheers for Game Day - Hair of the Dawg
Drink service on a gorgeous wooden tray (comes with stand), like this one from Indigo & Cotton, makes carrying and post-party clean up a snap. The bulldog figurine is from Gentlemen Outfitters and The 19th Hole graciously supplied the all the spirits seen on these pages.
Mixology wizards Karen Friend and Jennifer Anderson at The Pub at Village Inn created custom specialty drinks for a UGA game day party that you can also make at home. A nice touch for the party is a cocktail menu written in calligraphy to let your guests know what libations they’re drinking.
The Hair of The Dawg
Ingredients:
2 oz. Deep Eddy's Cranberry Vodka
2 oz. lemonade
Dash of red food dye
Black sugar (1 drop black dye + sugar)
Directions:
Rim cocktail glass with lemon and dip in sugar. Fill glass with ice and add vodka, lemonade, and a drop of red dye. Stir with straw to mix the color.
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Dressed to Win
Here Heidi Melton wears a red and black tunic from Two Friends, bangle bracelet from the Sea Island Cloister Shop, tassel necklace and earrings, and Jack Rogers sandals from Cloister Collection. Ashley Johnson rocks some very cool red bead tassel earrings custom created at Petite Maison with her black and white shorts and silk top ensemble from Tibi. Her red leather sandals are from the Sea Island Cloister Shop. Black Tibi shorts, a red silk top and gold and black bead earrings from the Sea Island Cloister Shop, and red Michael Kors shoes from The Pampered Foot make up Meredith Roberts’ Dawg day wardrobe selection. Marla Melnyk’s black and white striped dress from Le Petit Market is given game day flair with a red and black scarf and black Mystique sandals from Cloister Collection.
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Festive Food
Make sure your spread is colorful and delicious. Festive Occasions provided the delectable choices you see here. Tailor the table to your game day theme with team-inspired dishes, like these from Gentlemen's Outfitters. The wood serving board is from Le Petit Market, wooden bowl and utensils are from The Market at Sea Island.
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All Fun & Games
Games like bocce or corn hole are always fun to keep guests entertained. Heidi tries her hand at a roll who Ashley contemplates her next toss.
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Suit Up
With a backyard like this, who needs to actually BE between the hedges?! Chris Moline is classic collegiate in red polo and shorts from Gentlemen's Outfitters. His red and white sunglass holder is from Two Friends. A UGA logo belt from Two Friends completes Adam Killgallon's look in white button-down Vineyard Vines shorts, and team cap from Gentlemen's Outfitters. UGA chooses and painted metal ice bucket are also from Gentlemen's Outfitters.
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Comfort Zone
This versatile blanket from Petite Maison gives Marla and Adam a comfy place to relax with a cold one and eagerly anticipate the upcoming kick-off.
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Stylish Libations
Stop in for The Dawg Bite for Hair of the Dawg cocktails at The Pub at Village Inn. They'll be serving both drinks during the month of October, so be sure to ask for one. Or two. We're sure you can find a Dawg-loving friend to accompany you. Tell them EIL sent you!
Here's another cocktail from The Pub at Village Inn. The folks there wanted us to let you know that they'll be serving both The Dawg Bite and Hair of the Dawg drinks during the month of October. Be sure to ask for one. Or two. We're sure you can find a Dawg-loving friend to accompany you. Tell them EIL sent you!
The Dawg Bite
Ingredients:
3 oz. Deep Eddy's Lemon Vodka
1/2 oz. sour mix
Dash of black food dye
Red sugar (found in baking aisle or sugar + drop red food dye)
Directions:
Rim a chilled martini glass with a lemon and dip in red sugar. Fill a shaker tin with ice and add vodka, sour mix, and a drop of black dye. Shake, shake, shake and strain into martini glass.
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Team Spirit
Protect your game day garb by using trimmed dinner napkins in your team’s colors like these by Dot and Army. Cutie Patooties did the monogram embroidery.
If you couldn’t make it out to the game or a tailgate party of your own, Boz at Gnat’s Landing always had the game on, a cold brew and a pimento sandwich just waiting for your order. He shared his recipe with us back in 2007, and we’re passing it along now in memory of his game day loving spirit.
Boz’s Game Day Pimento Cheese
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. sharp cheddar, grated
1/2 lb. extra sharp white cheddar, grated
4 roasted red peppers
1 c. mayonnaise
8 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
Hot sauce, white pepper and blackening seasonings to taste
Directions:
Mix and refrigerate. Use for sandwiches or to top crackers. Makes enough for a party!
THANK YOU to Janet Brown of Festive Occasions for a game day spread and festive florals that would make any party a hit; to The Pub at Village Inn for creating our colorful cocktails; to our fantastic hair and make-up styling team of Mary Kicklighter and Beth Kicklighter Hall of Elizabeth Lee Makeup for working their magic once again; and especially to Miss Lil for opening her beautiful home to us and Beverly for trusting that our chaos could be controlled.
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Oh, the Places We Go!
We shot this month’s photo spread at this classic Sea Island Mediterranean-style marshfront residence set beneath a canopy of great oaks. Designed and decorated by Johnny Shackelford, this West 20th Street cottage offers three master suites, four guest rooms and a bunk room that sleeps 12, a media room, a gourmet kitchen with butler’s pantry, a large dining room with rough-hewn ceiling beams, a negative edge pool with hot tub, large screened porch with fireplace, crabbing dock over a tidal creek, and the most fabulous view of sunsets over the marsh. It’s a perfect home for entertaining. Call Freddy Stroud at 912.369.1144 for more information.
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A Savvy Stylist
Our wonderful and very hardworking stylist Monica Lavin is the Sea Island-based creator of Lavin Label, a beautiful lifestyle and travel blog with fabulous photography by Kelli Boyd. You can read more about her and see more of her stylings on her website at lavinlabel.com, her Facebook page Lavin Label, and Instagram @lavinlabel.
