Something in the Mud
Will Kimbrough’s love affair with music began in a fairly conventional way – violin lessons in the fourth grade, piano in the fifth and sixth. But everything...
Spotlight: Rena Landry
Yes, the most famous voyage of the Niña and Pinta went from Spain to the West Indies, but the ships – or at least their modern...
Cover Q + A: Victoria Odom
Victoria Odom Age: 17 Hometown: Fairhope, Ala. Education: International Baccalaureate (IB) senior at Fairhope High School and hoping to be accepted to Tulane University...
An Estate for the Ages
"Nothing exceeds like excess, ” says Charles Parmenter, “Downton Abbey” enthusiast, as his cell phone rings out the period drama’s opening score. It’s not surprising, then, that when you...
Pop of Color
NEON CORAL Hot coral mesh tulle draping updates a classic silhouette (Wtoo by Watters & Watters, Holiday). A peach, mint and periwinkle stone bib necklace (Debra’s)...
Flashback: Lee Harvey Oswald Visits Spring Hill
Torpedoed on national television by Dallas strip bar owner, former Chicago hood Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963 reached the apex of his...
Guitar Hero
Fairhope’s image as a haven for major-talent artisans went up a notch recently, when master luthier Roger Fritz left Mendocino, Calif., to set up shop...
The Drive-In Generation
I am about 7 years old, pajama-clad and holding hands with two of my sisters as we skip to the swing sets. The sun is slowly fading...
Deltona 500
Chickory Creek is one of the most beautifully isolated and forgotten creeks in the Delta: narrow, shallow passage, choked with buggy whips, cattails and Indian...
Spotlight: Julie Wilkins
Devout yogi Julie Wilkins is passionate about the ancient exercise because of its intensely transformational nature. The Mobile native and Fairhope transplant has been practicing yoga for 11...
