If you’re looking for a sign of real Christmas spirit in the area, you need go only as far as the local Elks Lodge to find it. That’s where members spend time filling around seventy boxes with food for families in need throughout the Baldwin county area. “Along with the food for each family, we…
Lots of fun at the DEC 15 2024 Mobile Bay Maker’s Market, the final such event for the year. The market returns in MAR of 2025…
Fairhope has a number of wonderful parks, including North Beach, one of the parks on the edge of Mobile Bay. Great for walking, these parks are popular with local residents and their dogs…
When life gives you lemons: When we plant our lemon tree a couple of years back, I’m glad to see it but don’t give much thought to the benefits that are coming. Today, the perspective is different. Given that Black’s Cafe is our most frequent dining spot, juice from lemons off this tree have more…
Giving back to the community: A large turnout for Thanksgiving for the Community, a free opportunity to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal at Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660. Facility manager Kerry Lambert says newcomers showed up, as well as repeat visitors from previous Thanksgiving meal offerings. Food for the event was donated by Austal USA in…
The 19th annual Christmas Bazaar, held at St. Lawrence Catholic Parish in Fairhope…
If you don’t have a place to go for a Thanksgiving meal, you do now. Free meals will be served between Noon and 2pm on Thanksgiving Day, courtesy of Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660 at 950 Nichols Ave. And while the Post’s activities are geared to serve veterans, a military background is not required to enjoy…
Food fun on Alabama’s Gulf coast: Judging by the crowd and the smiles, the annual Taste of L.A. (sponsored by Piggly Wiggly in Fairhope NOV 7th 2024) was a huge success. Check it out:
Until standard time returned, walking poodles in the dark in the park was SOP…
Hasn’t happened along the eastern shore in a long time. But while meeting a friend for lunch yesterday, a mysterious substance appears on my windshield. The general consensus around here is that we could use more of this!