Any time the hot chef at this place spends time in advance working on a meal, I know it’s going to be good. The Sunday night dinner at this place OCT 19th 2025 is proof. Chicken souvlaki marinated overnight and then placed on the Blackstone grill is never a bad call. Throw some potatoes and…
Colleen and I stop in at Shanghai Cottage in Fairhope OCT 19th 2025. The Egg Drop soup ($7.95) being delivered next to us looks so good that we order a bowl for ourselves. And it’s exactly as we suspected: A treat (note about picture: You don’t get short-changed on soup, as the picture may suggest….
As he had requested, the procession for Fairhope Mayor James P. Nix passes around the rose garden and municipal pier following his service OCT 18th 2025. Nix, who died OCT 14th at age 88, served seven consecutive terms as Fairhope’s Mayor, from 1972 until 2000. Nix is credited for having the vision to turn Fairhope…
Fairhope’s municipal pier is illuminated by new lighting before sunrise OCT 18th 2025. The lighting was installed as part of the Working Waterfront restoration project which is winding down. New fishing lights have also been installed on the outer section of the pier. Photo shot from North Beach park…
Blueberry scones, baby eggplants, white sauce, locally raised chicken, grass fed beef, tomatoes, gorgeous flowers, canine treats 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
𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, passes Gaillard Island on the way into the port of Mobile the afternoon of OCT 15th 2025. With a draught of 16 feet, the ship moves at 17…
Walk almost anywhere around Fairhope and you can see signs reminiscent of the vision one man had for the city half a century ago. James P. Nix, who served as Mayor for 28 years, wanted Fairhope to be a place of beauty and charm. His vision had grown out of a trip he took to…
Air Canada Rouge flight 1823 passes over the eastern shore of Mobile Bay OCT 13th 2025, while flying from Cancun to Toronto. Captured at an altitude of 35,000 feet or about 6.5 miles, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 428 knots or 492 mph during the three and a half hour flight….
An Atlas Air Boeing 747 passes directly over Sacred Heart Chapel in Point Clear the morning of OCT 13th 2025 while on a flight from Houston to Jacksonville. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, flight 8088 moves at a ground speed of 459 knots or 528 mph during the roughly one…
Scenes from around Fairhope shot OCT 12 2025. Photos by David Black…