Tag: August 2015
The Purple Veggie
1. HAVE IT YOUR WAY Wrap or sandwich? You choose. Dine on Panko-breaded eggplant slices with hummus, pesto, feta cheese, lettuce and tomato in the Eggplant...
Ask McGehee
“Mobile’s Finest Department Store” thrived in a building that previously housed the largest laundry and dye works in the nation. It...
Best of the Fest
Food + Drink ___________________________ 1. Dauphin Street Beer Festival When: August 29, 2015 Where: Downtown Mobile What: Work your way down Dauphin Street sampling more than 80 different microbrews and imports...
Two-Part Harmony
The Birdcage Lounge at the Grand Hotel is still. Its thick windows muffle a morning thunderstorm moving in from the Bay. The only other sound is the light rustling...
Land of Milk and Honey
At Middleton Farms, the past is always present. At least that’s what owner Robert Middleton says, and he would know. Robert’s father, W.K. Middleton, ...
The Runaway
I was 16 years old, and I’d had enough. I was sick of chores. I was sick of curfews. Sick of all the questions about what I was doing and...
New Kids on the Block
ABOVE LEFT Bottom row, left to right: Cameron Stadther (co-captain), Will Turner, Joseph Sharpe. Top row: Barry Porter (assistant coach), Eldon Porter (captain),...
Neat & Tidy
Old Mobile architecture is undoubtedly stately and impressive – except when it comes to closet and storage space. “But, small spaces don’t have to mean cramped spaces, ”...
Dine and Dash
1. Savory Salmon and Spinach 1 tablespoon honey 4 teaspoons soy sauce, divided 4 (4-ounce) salmon fillets salt and pepper, to taste 1 tablespoon canola oil...
Integration Remembered
On June 11, 1963, the eyes of the nation watched, through the black and white lenses of news cameras, as Gov. George Wallace stood in...