From Rome to Home: My life in Mobile, Alabama
Sunday, April 28, 2019

Stauter-Built Boats - A Mobile Tradition Since 1947

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According to David, it all started in the summer of 1985. His Uncle Charlie gave him his first Stauter-built boat. Not his first boat, t...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Andrew Hopkins, Folk Artist and Friend

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Just as Bienville maintained a home on the shores of Mobile Bay while establishing the city of New Orleans, Andrew Hopkins has maintained...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Casey Jones was here!

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Along with the construction of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad came the need for railroad shops. It was this need that led to the birth of the ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Sexton's Mobile

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Author/photographer Richard Sexton's influence on my love for architecture cannot be overstated. Publication of his 1993 work, New Orle...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Mother of Mystics

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Mobile is ground zero for mystic celebration in the United States. As a city and community, we celebrate Mardi Gras better than we do anyth...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

The Famous Corner

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That’s the way I’d play it for the girls, who’d do the high kicks. Said, “My, my, play that thing, boy.” And I’d say, “We'll, certainly ...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Alabama Lighthouses

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The Middle Bay and Sand Island lighthouses are decaying vistiges of Alabama's nautical past. They are precariously situated in Mobile Ba...
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I was born in Rome, Italy and spent the first 28 years of my life in Rome. As a child, Mobile and the Gulf Coast was a vacation place for my family. Images of white sand beaches and plantation homes filled my imagination. In 1997 I decided to make a permanent move to Mobile, Alabama following in the foot steps of my great-aunt who married an American Soldier and native Mobilian during World War II. I, along with my husband, David, and daughter, Eleonora, live in Mobile's Historic District.
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