Mullet are running!
Not what Orville Capps was expectingโฆ
David’s Live Love Fairhope Blog
The Seasons Are Changing
Sunset SEP 1st in Fairhope occurred at 7:14, bringing 12 hours and 46 minutes of daylight to a close. By SEP 30th, sunset moves up 37 minutes to 6:37. The days grow shorter, dropping from 12 hours and 46 minutes on the first of the month to 11 hours 53 minutes by Septemberโs end. Sunrise…
barbecue With Fairhope Elks
Skilled hands and teamwork are needed to pull off the annual barbecues held Labor Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July by members of Fairhopeโs Elks Lodge 1879. The food offerings are just part of what the Elks Lodge is all about. This year, we get a look behind the scenes as Lodge member…
Mobile’s Brush With Destruction
๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: Itโs amazing who you can run into while taking a stroll in a Fairhope park. My interest in looking for an alligator brings me to North Beach park where a woman walks along the edge of the water, looking for the gator, too. We never see the gator but…
Fairhope Labor Day Meals
Everything from rib plates to chicken plates to pulled pork plates and pork sandwichesโฆ
Carrying Tilapia and Cat Toilets
CMA CGM Attila, a 1,099 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, passes Middle Bay Lighthouse as it enters the Gulf on a dayโs voyage to New Orleans on AUG 31 2025. With a draught of 39 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph. According to ship manifests, CMA CGM…
Pinus Elliottii to the Max
Elm Arrow, a 643 foot by 106 foot general cargo ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile the morning of AUG 31 2025, beginning a dayโs trip to Port Arthur, TX. With a draught of 35 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph. According to ship manifests, Elm Arrow carries more…
Julwin’s Impeckable Chicken
The Impeckable Chicken, a recent addition to the menu at Julwinโs in Fairhope, is my lunch choice earlier this week. Served atop mashed potatoes and covered with mushrooms, gravy and collard greens, this is an outstanding meal for $14.95. Tackle this plate and thereโs no risk of walking out hungry. This is a definite spot…
Frigid Memento from JAN 2025
Itโs not often that a neighbor gives you a sandwich bag containing a snowball heโs been keeping in his freezer, but then itโs not exactly often that the Gulf coast gets hammered by a record breaking snowstormโฆ
Fairhope Pays tribute
๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎโ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ฅ๐: Flags across the nation fly at half staff at the order of President Trump to honor the victims of the AUG 27 2025 shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolisโฆ