Tag: Life + Culture
Fallen Doves
Many years ago, when I first told my mother about my historical research on prostitution in Mobile, she responded: “Did you...
Something in the Mud
Will Kimbrough’s love affair with music began in a fairly conventional way – violin lessons in the fourth grade, piano in the...
An Estate for the Ages
"Nothing exceeds like excess, ” says Charles Parmenter, “Downton Abbey” enthusiast, as his cell phone rings out the period drama’s opening score. It’s not...
Pop of Color
NEON CORAL Hot coral mesh tulle draping updates a classic silhouette (Wtoo by Watters & Watters, Holiday). A peach, mint and...
Flashback: Lee Harvey Oswald Visits Spring Hill
Torpedoed on national television by Dallas strip bar owner, former Chicago hood Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963...
Guitar Hero
Fairhope’s image as a haven for major-talent artisans went up a notch recently, when master luthier Roger Fritz left Mendocino, Calif.,...
The Drive-In Generation
I am about 7 years old, pajama-clad and holding hands with two of my sisters as we skip to the swing sets....
Deltona 500
Chickory Creek is one of the most beautifully isolated and forgotten creeks in the Delta: narrow, shallow passage, choked with buggy...
Beatlemania Below the Mason-Dixon
1963 was a difficult year for Americans. In the midst of an already tumultuous decade, the country was mourning the loss of...
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The Sixties
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the ’60s, the era of free love, giving peace a...