Mobile Bay Maker’s Market
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…
David’s Live Love Fairhope Blog
Stopping in Thyme
If you’re Christmas shopping in Fairhope and want to stop for a bite to eat, it would be hard to do better than Thyme on Section. Colleen and I choose this spot for lunch Wednesday. We start with an order of Truffle Fries ($9). French fries don’t always jump out at me, but these–served with…
It’s Mom!
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…
Add a little Lemon…
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…
Airbus Test flight over Fairhope
Bound for Mexico at some point: A new Airbus A321neo passes over Point Clear while lining up to land at Brookley Field in Mobile during a test flight at mid day Friday. The A321neo represents a new generation of passenger aircraft that is seeing high demand in part because of its fuel efficiency and range…
Thanksgiving for the community
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…
Black’s Cafe: Shrimp & Pasta
𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠’𝙨 𝘾𝙖𝙛𝙚: Grilled shrimp and sun dried tomatoes with feta cheese over pasta. On a 20s windchill night, the cute server at this place knocks another dinner out of the park. And it doesn’t hurt that the lemon providing the juice squeezed over the shrimp comes from a tree in the…
Black’s Cafe: Stuffed Squash
Tex-Mex dining as Black’s Cafe goes southwestern: We had this dish once before and it was a hit straight out of the gate. Take a butternut squash and stuff it with ground beef, black beans, corn, tomatoes, green onions, mild green chiles and cheddar and/or pepper jack cheese and then bake. Found this on the…
Carnival Spirit in Mobile Bay
Carnival Spirit, the 959 foot by 127 foot passenger ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile Bay at sunset Saturday, DEC 7th, 2024. Moving at 11 mph, the ship begins a voyage lasting eight days that will take passengers to the Bahamas before returning to Mobile DEC 15th. Photo shot from…
Christmas Bazaar 2024
The 19th annual Christmas Bazaar, held at St. Lawrence Catholic Parish in Fairhope…