Why Gulf Coast Weddings Keep Landing at Hope Farm in Fairhope
Hope Farm: the Eastern Shore wedding venue that grew out of a love of wine and agriculture When families around the Gulf Coast start shortlisting wedding venues, Hope Farm in…
Corner Copia Gardens: Where Baldwin County’s Plant People Gather
Michelle Prouty wears a T-shirt that says “Plant People,” and it is less a fashion choice than a job description. The owner of Corner Copia Gardens has spent her life…
Amyzing Sno Brings New Orleans-Style Sno Balls to Parties Across the Eastern Shore
At an engagement party in Fairhope not long ago, the dessert course arrived in the most Mobile Bay way possible: a sno ball truck backed up to the yard, and…
Baldwin County Probate Judge Stops Performing Weddings as Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Legal
Baldwin County Probate Judge Tim Russell said he will stop performing any weddings, citing workload and moral objections, as Alabama began same-sex marriages.
Historic Admiral Semmes Hotel Launches 15-Day Furniture Sale Ahead of Downtown Mobile Renovation
The historic Admiral Semmes Hotel in downtown Mobile has opened a 15-day furniture liquidation sale, the first step toward a planned renovation of the 1940s landmark.
A Mother’s Notes to a Son: An Election, a Wedding, and a Mobile Household in 2004
A collection of e-mails from a Mobile mother to her grown son captures the 2004 election season as it was lived in one Alabama household: gloom, gallows humor, wedding logistics…