Tag: Out & About
Spotlight: Matt Presley
For 15 years, Mobile native Matt Presley has been rattling off prices and uttering the famous words “Going once, going twice, sold.” The item goes...
Out of the Wild
“Shadow has been here with us 11 years, ” center director Desiree Bishop, says about their gregarious crow, a North American bird species capable of human...
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 March of 2011 and has...
The Showstoppers
Wild West Opera: “La Fanciulla Del West” Mobile Opera Beginning this season, Mobile Opera is offering what few companies have ever presented to their patrons –...
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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 McDonald. The following year he...
Bankhead v. Wallace
Tunnel to Towers Race through the tube for a good cause. When firefighter Stephen Siller finished his late shift for Squad 1, Park...
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 was first proposed in 1830,...
First Catch
What was your very first memory? Was it so vivid, so strong, that it had a lasting impact on your life? Two months before my fourth...
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 healthy in its channel through...
Roadside Attractions
On the road again, just can’t wait to get on the road again.” Me too, Willie! And this time, the road leads to Baldwin County,...
