Model Home
First impressions are important. Just ask Nicole and Dean Waite. Funny enough, their love story began with a 2001 issue of Mobile Bay Magazine. Dean had graced the cover...
The Chuckfee Revival
I spent the month before reinforcing the mudsills under the camp and nailing up extra floor joists. Then, I called my insurance agent and took out an...
Face to Face with Nature
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ABOVE LEFT An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly collects nectar from a Tithonia, also known as a Mexican sunflower, in Fairhope. A member of the Asteraceae family, sunflowers are a common food...
Hot List: 10 Summer Musts
IDEAS FOR THE KIDS Kayaking 101 Five Rivers Delta Safari • 5 Rivers Blvd., Spanish Fort. 259-8531. Sunday mornings. Children ages 8 - 16 can take...
A Penman for All Seasons
Sonny Brewer arrives for our interview perched atop a long, black-seated gray scooter with two boxes of books duct-taped behind him. Settled inside the Windmill Market, ...
Spotlight: Seth Peden & Fairhope Boy Scouts of America Troop 47
Given today’s fast-paced youth culture, the need for instilling values such as leadership, trustworthiness and self-reliance has never been greater. The Boy Scouts of America are...
Missing the Boat
Dear City of Mobile officials, please consider these suggestions for converting Downtown’s cruise terminal into a moneymaker.
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Princess Aerial
I grew up in Fairhope. My grandfather, Craig Sheldon (carpenter, writer, activist), started building his storybook castle in the 1940s, and after my...
Random Proud
It may have been the worst looking vessel I’d ever seen: a blue-hulled houseboat about 40 feet long, tied to a plank walk built out into the...
Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll
In January, Heart’s founding guitarist, Roger Fisher, below left, sent an invitation to select friends and fans for the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....