Roughing It, Gulf Coast Style
Black’s Cafe in Fairhope never disappoints. On the night of SEP 7th 2025, it’s Conecuh sausage with potatoes, onions and squash grilled on the Blackstone. Someone has to do it…
David Black
Foley’s Hotel Magnolia Delivers
If you’re looking for a lunch or dinner spot that promises to impress without burning a hole in your wallet, the restaurant at Hotel Magnolia in downtown Foley is one not to pass up. Colleen and I join friends there for dinner SEP 5th 2025. Owner Diana Rohe-Pennington shows us to our table, seating us…
Fairhope Fall Farmer’s Market
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
Mullet are running!
Not what Orville Capps was expecting…
The Seasons Are Changing
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…
barbecue With Fairhope Elks
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…
Mobile’s Brush With Destruction
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…
Fairhope Labor Day Meals
Everything from rib plates to chicken plates to pulled pork plates and pork sandwiches…
Carrying Tilapia and Cat Toilets
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…
Pinus Elliottii to the Max
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…