CMA CGM Figaro, a 1,095 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, heads out of Mobile Bay the morning of OCT 28th 2025. With a draught of 39 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while starting a day’s trip to New Orleans. According to ship manifests, CMA CGM Figaro…
US Marines fly a Leonardo AW-119 ‘Thrasher’ over the eastern Shore Monday, while Navy crews practice touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile from aboard their Boeing P-8 Poseidon. The helicopters are based out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, located near Milton, FL, while the Poseidons operate out of NAS Jacksonville, FL…
Good, clean Halloween fun: When members of the Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 throw a Halloween party, they don’t mess around… 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙪𝙣, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚…
Monarch butterflies are using The Grand Hotel as their staging area before heading south for the winter. Nectar-rich blooms in the red cluster bottlebrushes allow them to stock up on fuel. The place can get as busy as the gas pumps on a vacation weekend at Buc-ee’s… If you enjoyed this post, we invite you…
𝙁𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠: Don’t see these around much. Am guessing close to sixty years old…
Workers spend OCT 24th 2025 laying sod across the final areas of South Beach park as one of the final stages of the Working Waterfront project underway for over a year. The contractor says the entire park will be open to the public by Thursday. Final installation setup for the new restrooms is Monday. It’s…
The building popularly known as the old Fairhope hardware store is demolished OCT 24th 2025: After being home to numerous businesses including a restaurant, co-op and bakery, Piggly Wiggly and other stores, the old Fairhope Hardware store and mural at the corner of Fairhope Ave and Church St came down after the city’s approval of…
Breeze Airways flight 401 passes over Fairhope’s Tatumville Gully late the morning of OCT 23rd 2025 while en route from New Orleans to Jacksonville. From an altitude of 25,000 feet or around 4.75 miles, the Airbus A220 moves at a ground speed of 445 knots or 512 mph during the one hour fifteen minute flight….
After being home to numerous businesses including a restaurant, co-op and bakery, Piggly Wiggly and other stores, the old Fairhope Hardware store and mural at the corner of Fairhope Ave and Church St are about to be demolished. Built in 1922, the building most recently housed Fairhope Hardware until closing in 2017. Fairhope artist Ameri’ca…
The ‘hankerin’ is for seafood, but not a big, heavy meal. So, Colleen and I stop in for lunch at Kingfisher Seafood restaurant. She goes for the Hawaiian Seafood salad ($18). With salmon, mango, krab stick and tomatoes, it’s one of her favorites. I choose the Catfish Perdu ($20), two fried filets over a bed…