Prissy Elrod

by | August 7, 2026 Prissy and her pals navigate a European vacation in signature Sassy style. Illustration by Stephen Lomazzo. It was a cold January morning when I spotted an email from my favorite tour company: 50% off a fall culinary jaunt through Naples, the Amalfi Coast and Capri. My past trips with them—Abruzzo and the Adriatic coast—combined cooking, sightseeing and collecting new friends. I phoned my longtime friends Jane and Gayle. By noon, we were booked. Naturally, Murphy’s Law RSVP’d too.

by | April 8, 2026 Elrod experiences a traditional Turkish bath in the Grand Caymans. Illustration by Thais Bolton. Anniversaries arrive whether we’re ready or not, tapping us on the shoulder. We mark them in countless ways—flowers delivered, rings and necklaces engraved. They can celebrate joy: marriages, births and professional milestones. Others carry sorrow, honoring loss and the people who shaped us. Either way, anniversaries ask us to pause. To remember.

Illustration by Thais Bolton. Double names and nicknames seem to be multiplying like rabbits these days. Fact-checkers will insist it’s always been this way, but I don’t remember a single double name floating around my childhood. Not one. Don’t get me wrong—I adore them. I’m practically a double-name collector. I have a godchild named Mary Heather. My youngest daughter is Sara Britton, and her daughter is Allie Boone. But somewhere along the way, Sara Britton shrunk to SB and Allie Boone to AB.