Down the Stairs and Into the Scene: The Book Cellar Keeps Fairhope’s Easy Hours
Down the Stairs and Into the Scene: Fairhope’s Book Cellar Keeps Its Easy Hours Fairhope has no shortage of places to hear live music, but few rooms have the particular…
Stephen Savage: The Photographer Behind the Eastern Shore’s Favorite Moments
The Man Behind the Camera at Every Eastern Shore Gathering If you have attended a gallery opening in Fairhope, a fundraiser on the Eastern Shore, or a book signing anywhere…
From Life Support to Sea Legs: The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico Finds Its Course
There is a metaphor built into the building itself. The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico — the big ship-shaped facility on Mobile’s riverfront — was supposed to…
McKenzie Farm Market: Three Generations of Baldwin County Sweet Corn and the Family Behind It
Drive U.S. Highway 98 just south of Fairhope in late May and you will pass one of Baldwin County’s most reliable signs of summer: McKenzie Farm Market, run by Melanie…
McCoy Outdoor: Five Decades Outfitting Mobile’s Hunters, Anglers and Runners
For nearly fifty years, Mobile has had one dependable answer for anyone who hunts, fishes, runs, or simply wants quality casual clothing built for Gulf Coast life: McCoy Outdoor. Today…
Matthew Jacquette: The Well-Traveled Guitarist Bringing New Energy to the Coastal Music Scene
When Matthew Jacquette tells a crowd he has only been playing guitar for nine months, he gets a laugh, because the riffs that follow make the claim absurd. It has…
Master Joe’s: The Fairhope Sushi House Where a Doctor Became a Sushi Master
Every food town has a table that regulars guard jealously, and in Fairhope one of those belongs to Master Joe’s, the small, always-inviting sushi restaurant on Section Street. Named for…
The Dream Team: How a Fairhope Salon and a Flats Skiff Built Lindsey and Blake Walters’ Life
Some couples split the household chores and call it teamwork. Lindsey and Blake Walters went further: each turned a childhood dream into a working business on the Alabama Gulf Coast,…
Market on Main: The Point Clear Shop Where Every Room Has a Story
In the heart of Point Clear, sharing an old home with the beloved Punta Clara Kitchen and sitting next to the Wash House restaurant, there is a shop that manages…
Market by the Bay: A Daphne Seafood Institution Gets a Second Life
For years, the answer to a fried shrimp craving on the Eastern Shore was simple: Market by the Bay. The Daphne restaurant, along with a sister location in Fairhope, built…