Tag: Life + Culture
Ode to Joy
ABOVE LEFT For Buck Baker, it’s great fun to stroll atop his dad Stephen’s shoulders. “Nothing makes me happier than spending time with my family,...
Reach for the Sky
As a child growing up in Mobile, Catherine Hicks watched Pixar’s “Toy Story, ” never considering she would one day help make one...
Natural Selections: Carya illinoinensis
What’s more American than apple pie? The pecan, that’s what. Native Americans and Confederate soldiers brewed them. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson planted...
Celtics Unite
Although our founding fathers were French, the Bay area boasts a rich Celtic culture dating back hundreds of years. While it wasn’t always...
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Operation Enduring Freedom
He commanded two detachments in Afghanistan with all the horrors that wartime brings, losing comrades to improvised explosive devices and unseen snipers. When...
By George!
It was George who built this city. Well, not the entire city, but most of its noted buildings. In 1901, George...
Spar & Grill
Amid the sounds of SEC football and guffawing laughter, six gentlemen sit around a small patio table. The laughter abruptly stops as a...
Bachelor Chefs
William Morrissette, Leighton Parnell and Johnny Lau have always shared a mutual passion for food, and now they’re really cooking. The trio...
The Mulligan Brothers
“When I die, my momma gets my soul.” Words so simple and sweet, not even the snarkiest critic could disagree. It’s...
Passport to Flavor
Mobile is much more diverse than one might expect to find in the Deep South. People from all over the world move here to...