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Tag: January 2013

Fashion Forward

BP claims by day, fashion guru by night. Coffee, sleep, repeat. 23-year-old Jami Carter is no stranger to this routine. During business hours, you...

Ask McGehee: Who was Sidney McCall?

Over its long history, Mobile has established a reputation for producing talented and successful writers.  As the 19th century progressed, there was Octavia LeVert, with...

A Head of the Game

In Alabama, like most of North America, January isn’t a particularly fruitful time of year. The landscape is mostly bare, and farmers’ markets are boarded...

Hearty Meals

Every January, countless people pledge to change their lifestyles for the better, to eat healthier, lose weight, exercise more. For most, however, ...

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 place to go when it...

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 the Hall-Ford House in Fort...

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 bear the state’s name was...

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 mergence of overhead power lines...

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 be unloaded piece-by-piece in the...

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 requires of the transaction is...

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