๐๐๐ง๐๐จ, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐จ: San Felipe, a 983 foot by 157 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, passes Gaillard Island while heading to the port of Mobile Wednesday morning. Moving at 11 mph with a draught of 37 feet, the ship finishes a two day voyage from Houston. According to ship…
๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ: We were starting to wonder if we would see any takersโฆ
๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ฅ๐: Colleen and I stop in at Thyme on Section Saturday night and find that management has just recently rolled out their spring menu. I had been thinking of ordering the Bistro Steak, which has been a favorite, but notice that it has been replaced by the Bistro…
Workers pour concrete Thursday morning MAR 27 2025 for new restrooms to be installed at South Beach park. The restrooms, along with bulkhead/seawall repair, pier upgrades, fountain restoration, traffic flow improvements and creation of additional parking spaces are part of the Cityโs more than $10 million Working Waterfront project…
Fresh out of drydock, Carnival Spirit, the passenger ship that sails out of Mobile each year, is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Loaded with travelers, the ship is on schedule to arrive in Bermuda Thursday after departing Ponta Delgada, Portugal Saturday. The shipโs itinerary is part of a two week repositioning cruise that…
๐๐๐ญ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐: Southwest Airlines flight 3537 passes over Point Clear Tuesday afternoon while on a roughly two hour five minute flight from Jacksonville to Houston. The Boeing 737 is captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, moving at a ground speed of 426 knots or about 490 mph. Photo shot…
Going downright delicious on Alabamaโs Gulf Coast:ย Steak tips over noodles at Blackโs Cafe. Full of flavor and very tender, the beef comes from Liberty Acres Cattle Company in Fairhope. They have a retail store on the farm where they raise black Angus beef cattle. Would we have this again? In a flash. The cute…
Keeping watch over Mobile Bay as the day concludes MAR 24 2025โฆ
Remember the National Association of Realtors lawsuit and settlement that took effect in August of 2024? Effective April 18, 2025, the state of Alabama has ordered that the settlement–which requires Buyers to sign documents before viewing property–is superceded by HB230, a new state law. In direct contrast to what the NAR settlement requires, the new…
๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐: Hanging out on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Tough, but someone has to do itโฆ