Watching The Day Wind Down
End of the day over Mobile Bay, Alabama on OCT 7th 2025. Photo by David Black
David’s Live Love Fairhope Blog
German Police Visit Fairhope
Five police officers from Germany spend OCT 6th 2025 getting a taste of southern hospitality and exposure to police work in America. The officers visit Fairhope as part of the Star International Police Program, which allows law enforcement officers in Germany, Spain and the U.S. to travel to each other’s countries, allowing the officers the…
More Change For Fairhope
Demolition takes place OCT 7th 2025 on the building that at one time was home to Fairhope’s Ruby Tuesday restaurant. Sebastian’s, a fine dining restaurant, was the last business to occupy the building on the northeast corner of Fairhope Ave and Greeno Rd before closing in February of 2024. A Chick-fil-A restaurant is planned for…
Scrapin’ The Plate at Sage
Before checking out the First Friday celebration in Fairhope OCT 3rd 2025, Colleen and I stop in at Sage restaurant, a place we’ve been visiting for close to ten years. How many times have I ordered the Kebab Mixer ($29.99)? Not a clue. All I can say is, many times over the years. And there’s…
Fairhope Lions Charity Golf
Members of the Fairhope Lions Club gather at the Quail Creek Golf Course OCT 5th 2025 to launch their 19th annual charity golf tournament. This year, though, supporters get something they’ve not experienced previously: Showers pushing inland from the Gulf earlier in the day move over the course, sending golfers scrambling for cover before they…
First Friday in Fairhope
Boogeying, line dancing, slow dancing, you name it. Good turnout and tons of fun at Fairhope’s OCT 3rd 2025 First Friday/Art Walk celebration featuring music by The Groovinators…
OCT 2nd Farmer’s Market
Pecan brittle, patty pan squash, mushrooms, apples, peas, popcorn, mums, eggs straight off the farm and more… About the market: Fall 2025 dates: SEP 4th – NOV 13th Where: Behind Fairhope Public Library When: Thursdays, 2pm-6pm during SEP/OCT, 2pm-5pm during NOV
Allegiant Air Over Fairhope
Allegiant Air flight 393 passes over Battles Wharf as it prepares to land at Gulf Shores OCT 2nd 2025. Descending from about 6,400 feet, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 272 knots or 313 mph while finishing a roughly 90 minute flight from Cincinnati. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly 1.25 miles from…
‘Submarine Killer’ Over Fairhope
A US Navy Boeing P8 Poseidon is captured just before sunset OCT 1st 2025, making a pass over Fairhope. Based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Poseidon crews regularly appear over the central Gulf coast as part of training by practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Based on the airframe used for Boeing’s…
Final September Sunset
As October settles in, the drop in the number of hours of daylight becomes more obvious. By Halloween, the length of day will have shortened by almost one hour compared to the start of the month. Sunrise in Fairhope, which occurs at 6:45am on the first, moves to 7:05am by the 31st. Another big change…