January 19th, 2011
this first looky loo review is admittedly *a little different*
(we know it’ll be awhile before we have such lux accommodations)
••spoiled rotten by charlie & candy••
…evenings spent by the fireplace…(that we’re all going to miss)
a big thank•you to candy & charlie for your hospitality & help!
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Tagged: alabama, clark & ellen, fairhope alabama, looky loo review
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January 14th, 2011
→ we went CE3K spotting today ←
in the movie ↑ today ↓
→ → we shared our love for the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind here and had no idea we’d get to visit one of the film locations. remember the scene where ufo lights show over the field, barry runs out to see them with jillian (his mom) running after him. yep.. we got to see it. and loved it.
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Tagged: alabama, close encounters and fairhope alabama, close encounters of the third kind, fairhope alabama
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January 13th, 2011
→ from fairhope to mobile there’s some good super-sized kitsch along the causeway ←
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Tagged: alabama, fairhope alabama, felix's fish camp, mobile causeway
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January 12th, 2011
Did you know that this year will be the longest Carnival~Mardi Gras season in the past 68 years? January 6th (always the first day of carnival) to March 8th… 61 days! That’s a lot of partying y’all! Mardi Gras Day ~ Fat Tuesday, marks the close of Carnival and is always measured backward from Easter. The first Tuesday on the calendar, 47 days before Easter, and Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Did you get that?? It’s quite the system.
We learned that Mardi Gras, which we always thought of as just being a New Orleans tradition, actually originated in Mobile, Alabama (neighbor across the bay to Fairhope). Did you know? The first celebration was in Mobile in 1703. After being canceled during the American Civil War, Joe Cain, a Mobile resident, is credited with bringing Mardi Gras back. He paraded the streets of Mobile on Fat Tuesday in 1866 in full costume… and the rest is history. Subsequently this day is called Joe Cain Day by locals. Get your green, purple and plenty of beads ready….
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Tagged: alabama, farihope alabama, fat tuesday, joe cain, mardi gras, mobile alabama
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January 10th, 2011
Our first day in Fairhope, Alabama started with beignets at Panini Pete’s. The mister was properly introduced to beignets (meaning he was duly powdered before finishing eating). Panini Petes is in the (tiny) Fairhope French Quarter, Sean can officialy say he had his first beignet in the French Quarter (just not the one everyone will be thinking of). We met Pete and had a fun chat, easy to see why the place is so popular…to see more watch this video from the Food Network when Guy Fieri stopped by.
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Tagged: alabama, beignets, diners drive ins and dives panini petes, fairhope alabama, guy fieri, panini pete's
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January 7th, 2011
next time we talk we’ll be in Alabama..
we’re off to visit Charlie & Candy (who we introduced earlier here)
and we’ll be exploring Fairhope & Mobile Alabama.
→ see you on the road ←
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Tagged: alabama, eddie, farihope alabama, mobile alabama
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