OXFORD

Oxford has a new restaurant.  Snack Bar, owned by Chef John Currence (City Grocery, Boure, Big Bad Breakfast), is a great new restaurant located next to Big Bad Breakfast in the Mid Town shopping center.  It is actually located in the old Market Rhes location (sad), but we are glad the space has been filled with another locally owned business.  Snack Bar serves southern foods and is Oxford’s only raw oyster bar.  Congratulations to Chef John Currence who just won a James Beard Award for Best Chef: South.  Woohoo!

Pictures curtesy of blog.nola.com and nowpublic.com. 

OLE MISS/SPORTS

As another school year winds down, students are studying for exams and making plans for the summer and some students are making plans for their future just like any old year.  However, this year is different in that we are saying goodbye to the head of our University.  Robert Khayat is retiring this summer and he will be missed like no other.  He has done more than anyone could have ever imagined and more in his 14 years of service.  Last Thursday, the University said goodbye to the Chancellor with a gathering in the Grove and celebration at the Ford Center.  One of the Chancellor’s good friends, Marty Stuart, performed a song that he wrote about the Chancellor.  I may be partial to this wonderful man and a bit sentimental, but I teared-up listening to the song.  It is truly beautiful.  Take a listen…

http://vimeo.com/4423180 

House of the Week

114 Edgewood Boulevard (Edgewood Subdivision)

2BR, 2.5BTH, 1695 sq.ft.

$178,000