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Alabama Tea
When we think about oil, it’s easy for our minds to drift to faraway, hot places: pumps in Texas, wars in...
Top 10 Local Summer Eats
Photos by Elise Poché 10. Ice Cream Sundae Stacey's Rexall Drugs & Old Tyme Soda Fountain • 121 W Laurel Ave, Foley....
Small-Town Tours
Magnolia Springs Located between Fairhope and Foley just off U.S. Highway 98, this Mayberry-esque village maintains 600 residents, one restaurant, ...
Bay Bites Evolves with Downtown Revival
There are plenty of reasons to get excited about things happening in downtown Mobile right now. New restaurants and bars like FIVE, Dauphin’s,...
Of Hurricanes Past
George Finkbohner Jr. explains that his mother had a theory. “She used to say that a big storm rolled through Mobile every 10 years,...
Hometown Spirits
Imagine if you had the chance to travel 135 years back in time and peek in at Jack Daniel’s Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee,...
Best-kept Secrets
1. Spice up your life Shrimp and grits are good; spicy hot fried shrimp with Dixie Lily grits and a creamy tomato gravy are...
The Amazing Life of Ilinca de Hueck
I have a lot of names, ” Ilinca de Hueck admits with a twinkling smile. She takes my pen and notepad and begins to explain. ...
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Compton Smith Flora-Bama Host & Master of Ceremonies After three years of working at the Flora-Bama, Compton Smith does not think...
Happy 100th, Greer’s!
ABOVE The original Greer’s was located in Downtown Mobile at the northwest corner of Water and St. Michael streets. Today’s Downtown store, prominently...