Nothing says “Happy Thanksgiving” like a big purple octopus — or, my holidays...
We have been driving the highways from Knoxville to Gulf Shores, Ala., for as long as we’ve been married, which is 26 years. And the sights I see along the way — and when we get there — never cease …...
View ArticleThey don’t call it the “Redneck Riviera” for nothing!
It started when I was browsing Twitter the other day and realized my friend Randall Brown from the News Sentinel was on a beach somewhere. His tweet: “Exchange at beach bar: What do you have along the...
View ArticleGet to Gulf Shores!
They say that everyone’s favorite beach is the one they went to as a child. I suppose that’s why my favorite beach is Gulf Shores, Alabama. That and the fact it has the most beautiful sugar white...
View ArticleNothing says “Happy Thanksgiving” like a big purple octopus — or, my holidays...
We have been driving the highways from Knoxville to Gulf Shores, Ala., for as long as we’ve been married, which is 26 years. And the sights I see along the way — and when we get there — never cease …...
View ArticleThey don’t call it the “Redneck Riviera” for nothing!
It started when I was browsing Twitter the other day and realized my friend Randall Brown from the News Sentinel was on a beach somewhere. His tweet: “Exchange at beach bar: What do you have along the...
View ArticleGet to Gulf Shores!
They say that everyone’s favorite beach is the one they went to as a child. I suppose that’s why my favorite beach is Gulf Shores, Alabama. That and the fact it has the most beautiful sugar white...
View ArticleGorging on the Gulf: 4 days, 9 restaurants
After Hurricane Harvey and before Hurricane Irma, Alan and I headed for the Gulf Coast. The eating in the Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, Alabama area, our favorite beach, just keeps getting better and...
View ArticleGulf gumbo: the good, the bad and the inexplicable
Just as I think that everyone’s favorite beach is the one they most visited as a child, I feel the same way about gumbo. Gumbo, by its very nature, is something that every cook prepares differently....
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