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Downtown Sizing
Lucy Cope was ready for a change. It was a transition that would put her living right smack in the middle of the action...
Fashion Forward
BP claims by day, fashion guru by night. Coffee, sleep, repeat. 23-year-old Jami Carter is no stranger to this routine....
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...