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…
Giving back to the community: A large turnout for Thanksgiving for the Community, a free opportunity to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal at Fairhopeโs 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…
๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐๐ ’๐จ ๐พ๐๐๐: 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 doesnโt hurt that the lemon providing the juice squeezed over the shrimp comes from a tree in the…
Tex-Mex dining as Blackโs 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, 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…
The 19th annual Christmas Bazaar, held at St. Lawrence Catholic Parish in Fairhope…
With whitecaps in the Bay, CMA CGM Attila, a 1,099 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile Friday afternoon. With a draught of 40 feet, the ship moves at 14 mph while finishing a dayโs trip from Houston. According…
Deep Blue, a 677 foot by 104 foot pipe layer, heads out of Mobile Bay Sunday afternoon, moving at 9 mph. Deep Blue is described as the largest purpose-built ultra deepwater pipelay and subsea construction vessel in the world. Capable of accommodating up to 120 people, the ship can carry up to 29,606 barrels of…
Checking out Market By The Bay Fairhope: On its fifth day of being open for business, curiosity gets the best of Colleen and myself. We stop in at Market By The Bay Fairhope Saturday for lunch. Tuesdayโs opening marked the return of Market By The Bay to the city after being closed for three years….
When Diane Cartmell opens Oui Oui Paris three years ago in Fairhope, the name leaves us assuming that itโs a French cuisine restaurant. But we learn differently from her after paying our first visit. โI am not just a French restaurant,โ she says. โI specialize in all ethnic cuisine.โ Weโre about to learn that–if youโve…
