Fall market kicks off… Honey, beef, sweets, face painting, brittle, popcorn, eggplant dinners, jams and t’maters, and that’s not all of it… About the market:⏤Fall 2025 dates: SEP 4th – NOV 13thWhere: Behind Fairhope Public LibraryWhen: Thursdays, 2pm-6pm during OCT, 2pm-5pm during NOV
Not what Orville Capps was expecting…
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 September’s end. Sunrise…
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 Fairhope’s 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…
𝙉𝙤 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮: It’s 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…
Everything from rib plates to chicken plates to pulled pork plates and pork sandwiches…
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 day’s 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…
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 day’s 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…
The Impeckable Chicken, a recent addition to the menu at Julwin’s 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 there’s no risk of walking out hungry. This is a definite spot…
It’s not often that a neighbor gives you a sandwich bag containing a snowball he’s been keeping in his freezer, but then it’s not exactly often that the Gulf coast gets hammered by a record breaking snowstorm…
