David Black

Carnival Spirit leaves Mobile in DEC 2003

Year-Round for Carnival Ships

ByDavid Black

– This post has been updated to provide clarification – ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ: A big change involving Carnival passenger ships that have been operating out of Mobile. Carnival Cruise Line has announced that year-round service out of Mobile will resume starting in the spring of 2027. Carnival…

City of Hamburg arrives in Mobile APR 7th 2025

Airbus’ City of Hamburg arrives

ByDavid Black

๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง๐™—๐™ช๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, heads into the port of Mobile Monday morning, finishing 15 days at sea. Moving at 6 mph with a draught of 15 feet, the ship concludes a voyage that began MAR 22nd from Montoir,…

Enchiladas Supremas from Agave in Fairhope

Enchiladas Supremas

ByDavid Black

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ: Enchiladas Supremas at Agave on Greeno Rd in Fairhope. One beef, one chicken, one cheese and one bean enchilada. Cover with enchilada sauce, tomatoes, lettuce and sour cream, and you’ve got a serious meal. Very good, would definitely get this again. Colleen says her chicken fajitas are excellent. Service: Friendly and…

Two Mobile Bay homes for sale

Two Bay-front homes for sale

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™–๐™™๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ-๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š: Definitely a rare opportunity: Two homes, joined by a connecting deck, offering privacy and seclusion with a spectacular view of Mobile Bay overlooking Bon Secour. Enjoy your own personal space or take advantage of great income potential as a rental. Alabama Gulf coast living at its finest. Check out…

Le Havre leaves Mobile APR 4th 2025

Kit Cars, Bibles Aboard Le Havre

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ง: Le Havre, a 1,104 foot by 149 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Cyprus, heads out of Mobile Bay Friday afternoon. Moving at 13 mph with a draught of 30 feet, the ship sets course for Tampa, with arrival expected tomorrow. According to ship manifests, Le…

Spring Farmer’s Market begins

Spring Farmer’s Market begins

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ 2025 ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›: Impressive turnout for todayโ€™s start of the spring market season–and enough wind to blow a tent over. Hibiscus, rum cakes, strawberry pie, fresh veggies, flower arrangements, honey, salsa, pasta, mushrooms, jams, locally raised beef and more–itโ€™s all here. Market facts:ใ€€Where: Behind Fairhope Public Libraryใ€€When: Thursdays, 3pm-6pmใ€€2025 dates: APR…

Container ship San Felipe

San Felipe arrives In Mobile

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ: San Felipe, a 983 foot by 157 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, passes Gaillard Island while heading to the port of Mobile Wednesday morning. Moving at 11 mph with a draught of 37 feet, the ship finishes a two day voyage from Houston. According to ship…

Bistro salad from Thyme on Section in Fairhope

thyme on Section Spring Menu

ByDavid Black

๐™‡๐™ช๐™ญ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š: Colleen and I stop in at Thyme on Section Saturday night and find that management has just recently rolled out their spring menu. I had been thinking of ordering the Bistro Steak, which has been a favorite, but notice that it has been replaced by the Bistro…