Jubilee Fun on Mobile bay
Fairhope resident Tony Dene-Rock Dennis gigs a flounder during a jubilee early the morning of JUL 30 2025 on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay…
Author: David Black
Alabama Coast Seafood Treat
Start with blackened flounder fillets, add fried popcorn shrimp and garlic cream sauce. Throw in grilled shrimp and a fried crab cake and you have the Joe Cain Platter ($33) at The Original Oyster House in Spanish Fort. Add a trip to the salad bar ($3) and this checks the boxes for a meal that’s…
Hulk’s Fairhope Connection
Wrestling star Hulk Hogan, who died JUL 24 2025 at his home in Clearwater, FL, had visited Fairhope NOV 6th 2024. Long lines of fans filled Fairhope’s Piggly Wiggly for an appearance Hogan made while promoting Real American Beer, which Hogan co-founded. Hogan was 71 years old.
Loaded for Christmas
YM Modesty, a 961 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the port of Mobile Thursday morning. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while finishing a trip that began Tuesday in Houston. According to ship manifests, YM Modesty carries about 16 tons…
Eastern Shore sunset
JUL 22 2025 concludes over Mobile Bay…
Julwin’s Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp and grits ($16.95) at Julwin’s in Fairhope. Shrimp with bits of Conecuh sausage along with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes and a grit cake covered in sauce. This dish has been a favorite of customers for years. Haven’t had this in a long time, making me ask, what was I thinking?
Ribs Cooked To Perfection
A lot of good natured ribbing takes place in front of Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660 JUL 19 2025. Fat Boys Grilling, a local cooking group that provides on-site cooking services for charitable causes, cooks slabs of ribs to raise money for Fairhope resident Charlie Barkley, who recently lost Catrina Phillips, his partner and business associate….
Impatiens in Fairhope
When you’re driving along S Mobile St in Fairhope and the impatiens (or whatever they are) call out to you…
Black Hawk Over Fairhope
A Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk flies over the Fairhope area JUL 17 2025. Black Hawks are used for a variety of mission roles by the US military, including air assault and emergency response. The twin engine Black Hawk has been called a workhorse for the US Army, moving soldiers, delivering supplies and performing search and…
Jubilee in Fairhope
Jubilees don’t happen often. But just such an event takes place during the early morning hours of JUL 17 2025. People wanting to retrieve fish out of Mobile Bay have to be ready to respond in a flash when they occur. Jubilees are a natural phenomenon known to take place in Mobile Bay. Research suggests…