By Dianne Lively Yost

The Lion, the witch and . . . what the? The blackbirds are just a flockin’ and a cacklin’ and you know what that means! The cold air’s a fixin’ to come back to Georgia y’all! This calls for mink coats! Come on Momma! Let’s pop over to J & K Fleas An’Tiques located at 184 South Main Street in downtown Madison and see if they have some antique furs we can buy! Yeah! Wow! This antique shop is super fab! Hey I’ll just bet owner Keith Rex keeps some mink coats over there in that ancient, huge wardrobe! Let’s look! Creeeeeek! Wow! Check out these minks! Momma . . . Momma! Where’d you go? Shasta! This is like a walk-in closet that never ends! Burrrr! It’s getting’ right cold in here . . . what the? We’re in another world! Where’d all this snow come from? Momma! What in the Sam Hill are you doin’ sippin’ tea with a ding dang faun in a snow storm?  I mean look at those goat hooves and his hippie hypnotic flute! Now I don’t know ‘bout you but I’d much rather shop locally! Throw down that tea and let’s get back in that wardrobe and back to J & K Fleas An’Tiques in Morgan County! Wheeww! We made it!
    Oh Aunty Em! There ain’t no place like home . . . but that’s another story altogether!
    I mean really y’all! Our shops and businesses have got everything you’d ever want in a million years right smack here at home! And, now you can even get permanent makeup in Madison! You heard me right! Permanent eyeliner? No prob! Lip liner? Pucker up and say Perma Perf!  Ok . . . so the deal is this: Pure Bliss, owned by Madisonian Julie Spyer and located at 131 West Jefferson St., is pleased to introduce Permanent Makeup Specialist Debbie Lindley to Madison! Imagine never having to apply eyeliner or eyebrow makeup again! Talk ‘bout Pure Bliss! Or lip liner or full lip color or a combo thereof ! Visit Debbie’s website at www.aperfectface.org for more info! And, to schedule an appointment, just ring up Pure Bliss at 706-342-2422!  Never get caught without your face on, honey!
    I’ve got a hankerin’ for something real sweet and I know just where to find it! I’m gonna call Cindy Dycus at Company’s Comin’ Cakes, who just recently moved to Madison and have her bake us up a masterpiece! I’m talkin’ one of her old-fashioned, grandma-style layer cakes!
    That’s right y’all! Cindy is takin’ orders for fab homemade cakes that are flat perfect for any occasion! All you’ve gotta do is give her a call at 706-343-1565 and give her 24-hour’s notice and honey you’ll be dining on delicious dessert in no time! 
    Her signature cake is Strawberry Layer Cake! Yum! Oh and she makes a three-layer Sour Cream Coconut Cake that’s to-die-for! Then there’s Cheaters Carrot Cake, Chocolate Turtle Cake, Cream Cheese Pound Cake with glaze, Chocolate Pound cake with fudge icing . . . Lord have mercy! Cindy will even bake you up your own special cake recipe!  Give her a call today!
    You’re mine. Oh I almost forgot!  O’Hara’s Restaurant located at 133 South Main Street in downtown Madison is having a super special Valentine’s Day Dinner for two on Saturday, Feb. 14, with a four-course supper that’s $65 per couple or you can order off the regular menu! See you there! 
    Rinnng. Ring. Let me get this call right quick! Hey y’all! It’s Faye Craft from the Madison ChopHouse Grille located 202 South Main Street in Madison and she wants me to tell all y’all that they’ve got an entire Valentine weekend planned this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
    I’m talkin’ pan-seared rainbow trout, steak medallions with marsala wine sauce, crab cakes, strawberry and spinach salad, Cajun pasta and a special dessert . . . drum roll please . . . . .  A Triple Chocolate Cheese Cake! Oh and you can also order off the regular menu! Love it!
    I have flat gotta rest after all this food talk! But remember: You’re all invited back next week to this locality, to have a heapin’ helpin’ of Citizen hospitality. Biz Buzz that is. Set a spell. Take your shoes off. Y’all come back now, y’hear?

PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 12, 2009 EDITION