Spotlight: Fred Pollman III
Nothing satisfies a sweet tooth this time of year like a king cake, and around here, Pollman's Bake Shop is the...
Restoration Wish List
Mobile has made tremendous progress on the historic-preservation front in recent years. The Battle House, the GM&O Railroad Building, the Protestant Children's Home and...
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Mighty Vessels
American warships have been named Alabama even before we became a state in 1819. The first of the five U.S. Navy ships to...
A Linear Approach
The strong horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines fragmenting Colleen Terrell Comer’s mostly Southern imagery originated as an intuitive response to the accidental...
A Sophisticated Sanctuary
A massive double-sided fireplace anchors the McCraws’ family room. A company in Dallas, Old World Stoneworks, designed the 3, 600-pound centerpiece, which had to...
Swamp Writer: Delta Heckler
As I recall, a friend of my brother Reid’s says he has a pontoon boat that sunk in Lake Martin. All he...
The “Mad Men” of the Bay
Contrary to norms of the “Mad Men”-era, the 21st century boasts a new branding world and corporate environment where women compete on equal footing,...
Journey of a Linguistic Ace
Lightning on the page. That’s Rick Bragg. Raw talent like his can’t be taught. It’s innate, ingrained in the genes, as natural and bracing...
Journey of a Native Son
I first encountered Frye Gaillard on the page. It was some 15 years ago, during a somnolent Mobile afternoon, typically muggy...
Spirit on the River
Molly’s family’s houseboat wasn’t as nice as the other boats docked in the cove just off Fowl River, but for the entirety...