Southern Living

Have you ever spent a few hours in Social Circle, Georgia? Well, if you did, it was because you love southern cooking and you don't mind wandering around a few antiques shops. The Blue Willow Inn is one of Georgia's finest restaurants, operating out of a home that was built at the end of the 19th. century. It is family style dining with all the wonderful foods that most of us never properly learned to create from our Mom's, with of course the exception of myself, and my sisters Judy and Mary. They can still do cornbread the old fashioned way. We all learned to cook fairly early in our lives and with seven brothers and sisters it was important that at least some of us could take care of dinner while Mom and Dad worked most evenings to pay the mortgage and keep us in school.

The Blue Willow Inn, Social Circle, Georgia. About an hour out of Atlanta on I20 East, it is the place to be at Sunday lunch time. Make a reservation and then plan on visiting the shops on Main Street. It is a delightful experience and having been on numerous occasions I can attest to the fact that it just gets better with each visit.