The Mulligan Brothers
“When I die, my momma gets my soul.” Words so simple and sweet, not even the snarkiest critic could disagree. It’s...
Passport to Flavor
Mobile is much more diverse than one might expect to find in the Deep South. People from all over the world move here to...
Art for the Ages
October 1964: Dr. Martin Luther King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Ringo Starr passes his driver’s license test, and a Mobile art gallery...
Ark of India
“To leave India, ” novelist Salman Rushdie wrote, “is to feel replete: Full of ideas, arguments, images, sounds, smells,...
Natural Selections: Colaptes auratus
Whether it’s referring to a woodpecker, football chant or cocktail, the term “yellowhammer” is synonymous with the state of Alabama. Since becoming...
7 Books We’re Reading this Fall
1. "Gone Girl"
By Gillian Flynn
On Amy and Nick Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary, Nick reports that Amy has gone missing. Police investigations target Nick as...
12 Fibs to Tell Tourists
1) Fort Condé is named for former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. The title was shortened to “Conde” because by the time...
Arts and Crafts
We didn’t have video games, and we didn’t watch much television growing up. I do recall black-and-white episodes of “Little House on...