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Welcome to the 2024 Mobile Bay Inspiration Home

The doors are open to MB’s newest Inspiration Home!

Too Poor to Paint: Homekeeping in 1870s Mobile

Tips and tricks from the Gulf City Cookbook on housekeeping, 1870s-style.

Celebrating the Sand Pear

Local trees are bursting with flavor and crisp texture ready for fall baking. Whip up a taste of the season with a pear bundt cake.

The Hunt for the Bay’s Best Boiled Peanuts

As the leaves change color and the air turns crisp, crack open a Southern snack that tastes like the season. Our guide will tell you where to get the Bay’s best boiled peanuts.

Local Loos: 4 Bay-Area Bathrooms You Must See

Explore four funky and artsy bathrooms in Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Who says you can’t wear white after Labor Day?

An age-old fashion tenet gets the once-over.

Top Dog-Friendly Beaches and Restaurants on Alabama’s Coast

The perfect summer getaway doesn’t have to exclude the four-legged members of your family.

The Perfect Summer Stripes

Nothing says coastal summer like clothing and accessories in fresh stripes, and we found the perfect waterfront escape for each of them.

Grandma Flency’s Perfect Pound Cake

Houstonville's Augustine Houston, known to many as Grandma Flency, worked and played hard, and loved her family big.

Pulling a Shrimp Trawl

Three generations of the Graddick family come together to fish, shrimp and enjoy life on the water.

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Mobile Bay Recipes

We sifted through more than 50 years of recipes to find the dishes every local cook should have in their repertoire.

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