Valentine’s Day in Fairhope
Valentine’s Day on the eastern shore…
David’s Live Love Fairhope Blog
Fairhope tulips get frazzled
If you’ve been hoping to grab a glimpse of the colorful tulips planted at various locations around Fairhope, the bad news is that most of the tulips City of Fairhope horticulture crews planted about a week and a half ago got wiped out by last week’s unseasonably warm weather. The good news is: The people…
‘Cali’ goes for a spin
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore. That’s one of the reasons why Fairhope resident Forrest Beeco is more than happy to hold on to Cali. Short for caliente, which means hot in Spanish, Cali is Beeco’s 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible. With a 350 cubic inch V8 Rocket engine under the hood, Beeco drives…
remembering Stacey H. Kulp
A friend says, “He made our Army a better place.” Stacey H. Kulp, a past commander of Fairhope’s American Legion Post 199, died FEB 11 2025 of a heart attack. I knew Stacey from the Legion after we moved to Fairhope. In addition to his military career, Stacey ran businesses specializing in cleanup, mold remediation…
Where is Carnival spirit now?
On the other side of the Atlantic: A familiar sight in Mobile, the cruise ship Carnival Spirit, off duty from carrying passengers, has passed through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea this afternoon. Spirit is on its way to a Thursday arrival at a shipyard in Marseilles, France where it will go into…
Kingfisher Seafood is a hit
Kingfisher Seafood plans to step up the menu a notch: Colleen and I join friends for dinner at Kingfisher Seafood a week ago tonight. This is our third visit and it turns out, we’re in for a surprise. Given that it’s Tuesday, we’re guessing the place won’t be busy. Wrong assumption on our part. The…
Internet in Fairhope
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙… Competition for providing high speed Internet heats up around here. One provider loses customers while another picks up market share. Here are our experiences with three providers. Your results may be different!𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙢 (𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚)We’ve been Mediacom customers for nearly six years, mainly because there’s no other viable option at the time we need service….
Giving a Tiger a break
The City of Fairhope agrees to reduce the amount of money it’s to receive from The Blind Tiger, the restaurant which opened on the City pier last fall. At their meeting last night, council members vote to revise the amount of gross revenue to be paid from 3% to 1.5% due to the impact of…
Int’l travelers over mobile bay
Volaris flight 4327 passes over Mobile Bay Monday afternoon while on a flight from Washington Dulles to San Salvador. Captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or roughly 7.25 miles high, the Airbus A320 moves at a ground speed of 432 knots or 497 mph during the four and a half hour flight. Volaris is…
Is It really february?
Enjoying a spring-like Sunday on the edge of Mobile Bay…