Tag: Out & About
Restaurant Review: R Bistro & Pastry
Business is sweet in the small space along Fairhope Avenue that now houses R Bistro. The lovely, intimate little restaurant opened in...
The Showstoppers
Wild West Opera: “La Fanciulla Del West” Mobile Opera Beginning this season, Mobile Opera is offering what few companies have ever...
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Bonjour, Mobile!
In the summer of 1977, Brigitte Devroute, a native of France, visited Mobile and met a young local, David...
Bankhead v. Wallace
Tunnel to Towers Race through the tube for a good cause. When firefighter Stephen Siller finished his late shift...
Broken But Not Forgotten
Alabama’s public education system was born at Barton Academy along Government Street in January of 1839. The Greek Revival building, which...
First Catch
What was your very first memory? Was it so vivid, so strong, that it had a lasting impact on your life?...
Swamp Writer: Dispatches from the Most Remote Area of Alabama
The air is still cool with the tailings of spring and the sky is deep blue. The river sparkles and flows deep and...
Roadside Attractions
On the road again, just can’t wait to get on the road again.” Me too, Willie! And this time, the...
Mobile Spirits
Mobile has been many things to many people, but never a hotbed of temperance. In Colonial times, the home brew of choice was often...
A Six Pack of Top 10s
David Bagwell's Top 10 Local Characters * A “character” is hard to define, but like Justice Potter Stewart explained obscenity, ...