Tag: Out & About
Back Roads to the Beach
In between I-10 and the pearly white sands of paradise lies a quiet, vast expanse of pastoral Baldwin County terrain, with gems sprinkled between...
Not Your Average Cuppa Joe
1. On the Rocks If you ask Serda’s regulars what to order, they’ll recommend anything with coffee ice cubes. Yes, ...
Natural Selections: Plecia Nearctica (Lovebugs)
First described in the year 1940, the amorous flies entered Louisiana ports as unidentified passengers on a ship from Central America and...
Weathering Trials
From Chapter 2, “Men In Uniform” The Cotton Gin was a sleek white hotel and casino along the Highway 90...
Restaurant Review: Chicken Salad Chick
Some like it hot, as in spicy. Others like it nutty or fruity or smoky. However you like it, Chicken Salad...
Amazing Glaze
Caramel Heath Bar, Maple Bacon, Red Velvet with Cream Cheese and Pecans, Fruity Pebble, Cocoa Puff, Key Lime...
Eyeing the Sparrow
In the weeks before my father’s March 2001 passing, he began jotting notes about his Port City boyhood and love of natural...
Ask McGehee
Known as the Guesnard House, the brick Italianate structure has occupied that corner since 1859. Its architect was Scottish-born David Cumming Jr.,...
Down the Garden Path
In a shady neighborhood just off Cottage Hill Road, Joe and Penny Adamo have created a hillside natural sanctuary that effortlessly merges vegetation and...
Restaurant Review: Lucky Irish Pub & Grill
Paddy O’Toole’s may be just a memory, but as luck would have it, a new Gaelic eatery, Lucky Irish Pub,...