Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival
A blue sky and strong turnout MAR 20 2026 for day one of Fairhope’s 74th festival… https://www.fairhopeartsandcraftsfestival.com/
David Black
Fairhope Artists On The Hill
While most folks know about the MAR 20 2026 start of the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival and the Eastern Shore Art Center’s 54th annual outdoor art show, there are actually three art events taking place. A group of Fairhope area artists teams up to launch Fairhope Artists on the Hill, which also runs FRI-SUN…
Fairhope Elks Double Celebrate
A huge turnout as members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 hold their Tuesday grand reopening MAR 17th 2026, combined with a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, complete with a meal fitting the occasion. The night marks the first night for the Lodge to resume being open on Tuesdays, expanding the group’s operating hours to seven…
AWACS Over Fairhope
A U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry flies over Fairhope while on a training mission the morning of MAR 17th 2026. Captured 31,025 feet or 5.8 miles up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 433 knots or 498 mph while flying patterns from Baldwin county on the west to Santa Rosa Island, FL,…
Corn Belt Travelers Arrive
Allegiant Air flight 442 passes over Mobile Bay and Battles Wharf late Monday morning while preparing to land in Gulf Shores. Captured around 4,000 feet high, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 324 knots or 372 mph while concluding the just under two hour flight from Des Moines, IA. Photo shot from…
Jim Biniecki, Modern Handyman
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮: You can try fixing it yourself when someone driving by accidentally hits your mailbox, knocking it loose from its support and wobbling like it’s about to fall. My repair effort seems good for a while, but then it starts wobbling again. So we call Jim Biniecki, Fairhope’s…
Four Great Spots To Dine
Colleen and I visit four restaurants recently, and all of ‘em provide great meals and service. We are blessed to have really good places to dine around Fairhope and the eastern shore! Want to live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay and enjoy great meals like these? Reach out and we’ll help! Colleen and…
Heading For Music City
Allegiant Air flight 417 passes over Saraceno’s restaurant in Fairhope the afternoon of MAR 12 2026, while starting a flight from Gulf Shores to Nashville. Captured about 2.5 miles up, the Boeing 737 moves at 341 knots or 392 mph as it begins the flight of just over one hour. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly…
Loaded With Bella & Other Toys
MSC Javelin IX, a 1,094 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Portugal, heads out of Mobile Bay the morning of MAR 5th 2026. With 38 feet of the ship below the water line, the vessel moves at 12 mph while beginning a voyage to Tampa. According to ship manifests, MSC…
Elks Hold Brunch Chowdown
Lots of bakin’, cookin’, scramblin’ and stirrin’ as members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 hold a welcome-to-March brunch Sunday, MAR 1st. The Lodge is blessed to have an outstanding food prep crew who turn out what’s described as an awesome meal. Hungry members show up to find two types of scrambled eggs (plus Benedict), bacon,…