Author: David Black

Amazon Air over Fairhope

Amazon In The Air

๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š: Amazon Air flight 3019 passes over The Coffee Loft in Fairhope Thursday afternoon while on a flight from Lakeland FL, to Austin, TX. Captured 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, the Boeing 737 cargo freighter moves at a ground speed of 400 knots or 460 mph during…

USS Pierre in Mobile Bay APR 9 2025

USS Pierre in Mobile Bay

๐™’๐™–๐™ง ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ: USS Pierre, a Littoral Combat Ship built by Austal USA in Mobile, heads into port Wednesday afternoon after undergoing Builderโ€™s trials. LCS 38, as itโ€™s also known, underwent christening in May and is the last ship in the Navyโ€™s Independence-variant LCS program. Pierre will be deployed to the Pacific fleet…

Carnival Spirit leaves Mobile in DEC 2003

Year-Round for Carnival Ships

– This post has been updated to provide clarification – ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ: A big change involving Carnival passenger ships that have been operating out of Mobile. Carnival Cruise Line has announced that year-round service out of Mobile will resume starting in the spring of 2027. Carnival…

Perry Boyd and Barbara Edwards in front of Bay Break
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Cajun Convenience in Fairhope

๐˜พ๐™–๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™  ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š: When the plan Perry Boyd and Barbara Edwards are working on comes together, youโ€™ll be able to walk inside Southern Bayou Market, their new retail store, and pick up already prepared meals like shrimp etouffee or gumbo to take home. Most of the food will have…

City of Hamburg arrives in Mobile APR 7th 2025

Airbus’ City of Hamburg arrives

๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง๐™—๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, heads into the port of Mobile Monday morning, finishing 15 days at sea. Moving at 6 mph with a draught of 15 feet, the ship concludes a voyage that began MAR 22nd from Montoir,…

Enchiladas Supremas from Agave in Fairhope

Enchiladas Supremas

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ: Enchiladas Supremas at Agave on Greeno Rd in Fairhope. One beef, one chicken, one cheese and one bean enchilada. Cover with enchilada sauce, tomatoes, lettuce and sour cream, and you’ve got a serious meal. Very good, would definitely get this again. Colleen says her chicken fajitas are excellent. Service: Friendly and…

Two Mobile Bay homes for sale

Two Bay-front homes for sale

๐™๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™–๐™™๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ-๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š: Definitely a rare opportunity: Two homes, joined by a connecting deck, offering privacy and seclusion with a spectacular view of Mobile Bay overlooking Bon Secour. Enjoy your own personal space or take advantage of great income potential as a rental. Alabama Gulf coast living at its finest. Check out…

Le Havre leaves Mobile APR 4th 2025

Kit Cars, Bibles Aboard Le Havre

๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ง: Le Havre, a 1,104 foot by 149 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Cyprus, heads out of Mobile Bay Friday afternoon. Moving at 13 mph with a draught of 30 feet, the ship sets course for Tampa, with arrival expected tomorrow. According to ship manifests, Le…