The passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of Mobile Bay early the evening of Easter Sunday 2026 as it begins a trip to the port of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.Spirit is scheduled to arrive back in Mobile APR 12th. After the current trip, Spirit has one more voyage scheduled out of Mobile before leaving…
It’s a tough job, but members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 step up to the task of dealing with a tasty brunch to help kick off April. The Easter Bunny makes an appearance, too. Walk out of here hungry? Good luck trying that… Elks care. Established in 1868, the Elks is a private, benevolent organization…
After listening to requests and suggestions, the City of Fairhope tries an experiment: In addition to the regular Thursday schedule, run the Farmer’s Market the first Saturday of the month from 8 ‘til noon for three months to gauge response. At this morning’s first Saturday market featuring live music, customer turnout is so heavy that…
In the over one year that Kingfisher Seafood restaurant has been open, eastern shore residents make the place a regular spot for both lunch and dinner. But now, Kingfisher steps up their offerings by serving brunch Saturday and Sundays. Colleen and I stop in last weekend to give the new brunch menu a try. The…
Hibachi is a favorite style of cooking for Colleen and me, so we drop by Fairhope’s Tokyo Asian Cuisine on a recent evening. We’ve not been in this place for years, so curiosity and a yearning for food straight off the grill brings us here. We’re greeted by staff as soon as we walk in…
𝘼𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨: Allegiant Air flight 442 passes overhead while preparing to land at Gulf Shores MARA 30 2026. Captured about 5,250 feet up, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 278 knots or 319 mph while finishing a one hour and forty seven minute flight from Des Moines. Photo…
Sceye, a high altitude helium-filled solar-powered airship, passes directly over Mullet Point Park in Barnwell the afternoon of MAR 27 2026. Captured at an altitude of 50,900 feet or 9.6 miles, the 214 foot long by 65 foot wide airship moves at a ground speed of 42 knots or 48 mph as it moves southeast….
The fish and chips at Oui Oui Paris in Fairhope are hard to beat. Served each Friday at lunch, the plate will set you back $23, but the haddock that owner Diane Cartmell serves is absolutely delicious. And there’s no shortchanging on food. During my visit MAR 20th 2026, I’m impressed at what a large…
We’re asked this question regularly: How’s the Fairhope real estate market? Here’s video with our answer: Want to live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay? Reach out and we’ll help! Colleen and David Black, REALTORS® eXp Realty LLC Serving Fairhope, AL and the eastern shore of Mobile Bay 205-356-5412 (voice/text) E-mail: sales@livelovefairhope.com
A new Airbus A320 passes over the eastern shore during a test flight MAR 23 2026. Having moved away from flying Boeing 737s, the low-cost airline VIVA now operates an all-Airbus fleet as of earlier this year. In addition to its heavy use of the A320, VIVA signed an agreement to buy 90 larger A321neo…