Cornering the Market on Mint in Montgomery

If anyone in Montgomery was looking for mint this weekend, they were out of luck.  Mr. NewYorker bought every last package to be found in Winn-Dixie, Publix and Fresh Market. You need a lot of mint to make mojitos for a crowd.  Lifelongnewyorker should probably have surveyed the mint situation before she invited 20 people [...]

Embrace the Kudzu (via Mr. Write’s Page)

As Mr. NYer and I have been tooling around Alabama’s county highways these hot summer weekends, we’ve been noticing the kudzu. I love the way it resembles topiary. That spreads across acres and acres. You don’t see it much from the Interstates–they’re too well-maintained. But hit those back roads and there it is, a lush [...]

Becoming Alabaman

According to a recent report, Alabama is #2 when it comes to obesity, outweighed only by our neighbor, Mississippi.  Nearly a third of my fellow residents are obese, and fully two-thirds are “overweight or obese.” Perhaps this helps explain recent trends that have been registered on Lifelongnewyorker’s  bathroom scale.  Two members of our household have, [...]

Things I Like about Alabama

Lifelongnewyorker has lived in Alabama for nearly six months now, and finds there are many things to like.  In no particular order, here are a few: 1. Clean air. 2. Flowering trees, especially crape myrtles. 3. The city-supplied trash containers. 4. The price of gas (currently $2.57 per gallon). 5. The cleanliness of the supermarkets. [...]