A TASTE OF TEXAS // DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT // I’M GOING BACK Cindy Huggins June 30, 2014 Features, Food, Reviews 36 Comments A TASTE OF TEXAS // DICKEY'S BARBECUE PIT // I'M GOING BACK Once, I was asked by a Texan if I had ever tried Texas barbecue. I smiled and simply replied, “Have you ever tried Alabama barbecue?” I get a...
TOP 10 CRIMSON TIDE COACHES OF ALL TIME // GETTING PSYCHED FOR THE SEASON Stephen Smith June 30, 2014 Features, News & Sports 34 Comments TOP 10 CRIMSON TIDE COACHES OF ALL TIME // GETTING PSYCHED FOR THE SEASON There's more to coaching than having a clipboard and calling plays. Coaches are mentors. They are called upon to groom and mature...
FAN FOLLOWING // PHOTOGRAPHER INSPIRED BY THE BLUES // PW INSPIRED BY THE PHOTOG Linda Johnson June 30, 2014 Features, Music 11 Comments FAN FOLLOWING // PHOTOGRAPHER INSPIRED BY THE BLUES // PW INSPIRED BY THE PHOTOG Staff from the Planet Weekly had the opportunity, recently, to attend a performance of the Debbie Bond Trio in the...
FROM THE GROUND, UP // STUDENTS CREATE HEALTHY EATING HABITS Judah Martin June 30, 2014 Features, Food, News & Sports 9 Comments FROM THE GROUND, UP // STUDENTS CREATE HEALTHY EATING HABITS New children greet the Druid City Garden Project curriculum with naive wonder. Wait, so you really can grow food? What about ice cream, can you...
FORT TOMBECBE // IMMERSION ARCHAEOLOGY Jerome Adams June 30, 2014 Arts, Features, News & Sports 8 Comments FORT TOMBECBE // IMMERSION ARCHAEOLOGY This spring the University of West Alabama offered an undergraduate course titled Archaeology Field School at Fort Tombecbe under the guidance of Professor Ashley...
TUSCALOOSA’S TONEY BROOKS // “ENGENDERING SYNCHRONICITY” Linda Johnson June 30, 2014 Arts, Features, News & Sports 11 Comments TUSCALOOSA'S TONEY BROOKS // "ENGENDERING SYNCHRONICITY" By Bridgett Trejo When one admires a butterfly in all its elegance and beauty, the transition it experienced seldom gives pause. The chrysalis that...
CARRYING THE TORCH // MINIMUM WAGE RAISED AT CHUCK’S FISH AND FIVE BAR Jon Rogers June 30, 2014 Features, Food, News & Sports 8 Comments CARRYING THE TORCH // MINIMUM WAGE RAISED AT CHUCK'S FISH AND FIVE BAR The folks at Chuck’s Fish and FIVE know that the simple things make all the difference, like when they wrap their shrimp in a strip...
FLORIDA CRACKER // SO-SO // DECENT SUMMER BEER Brett Reid June 30, 2014 Features, Food, Reviews 8 Comments FLORIDA CRACKER // SO-SO // DECENT SUMMER BEER In celebration of Father’s Day, I spent the day with my dad working on his new house. We ate some gnarly Mexican food, presented gifts, and then brought the...
GONE FOREVER // WHERE DO PRESERVATIONISTS GO FROM HERE? Linda Johnson June 30, 2014 Features, News & Sports 6 Comments GONE FOREVER // WHERE DO PRESERVATIONISTS GO FROM HERE? By Anne R. Gibbons I was appointed to the Tuscaloosa Historic Preservation Commission for a three-year term in April 2011. I had been approached a...
THE TIDE’S TOP-10 RUNNING BACKS OF ALL TIME // ALABAMA RECRUITS THE BEST Stephen Smith June 18, 2014 Features, News & Sports 11 Comments THE TIDE'S TOP-10 RUNNING BACKS OF ALL TIME // ALABAMA RECRUITS THE BEST It’s one of the most exciting positions in college football, but has it become devalued? In the past, running backs were counted on...
