When Heather Flanigan and her husband Brett Garrett packed
their bags and moved 1500 miles from Tupelo, Mississippi to upstate New York, they really had no idea what they
were in for! The newlyweds met in an Arkansas television newsroom before deciding to check out
things on this side of the Mason-Dixon line. Since then, they've cashed in their Southern
hoe cakes for some Yankee cannoli. Now in a land far, far away from their friends and family, these two are navigating
the waters of new opportunities, bracing for winter and still trying to figure
out the Yankee version of BBQ.
Albany.com's I Heart NY Y'all is written by Emmy winning former news reporter
Heather Flanigan and is based off of her personal blog. If you've got any
survival tips for these Southerners, pass 'em on to
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