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Italian journalist and blogger Simona Sacri toured Selma, Montgomery and Birmingham last week as part of her trip to the southern USA. Sacri, who has the site www.simonassacri.com is one of Italy’s top bloggers. She has been selected by the Italy Visit...

To paraphrase an old song, Alabama’s Bustin’ Out All Over. That means it’s time to get those cameras out and take pictures. Here are a few helpful hints on how to get the best images for your efforts.
Take only interior images between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Old Sol is just too brutal at that time of day to get good outdoor shots. When shooting exteriors make sure the sun is shining on the object of your lens. Taking a picture in the afternoon of anything...

Chefs, musicians, and creative locals are driving the Alabama city’s recent rebirth. Here are the places where you’ll find them.
OvenBird: The latest project from chef Chris Hastings and his wife, Ida Hastings—of Hot and Hot Fish Club fame—draws inspiration from Southern barbecue and the open-fire traditions of South America, with everything cooked over wood (hickory, pecan, and...

A year before F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack, he completed a short story about a hard-drinking writer diagnosed with cardiac disease.
“And as for that current dodge ‘No reference to any living character is intended’ — no use even trying that,” Fitzgerald warns at the start of “Temperature,” an 8,000-word piece dated July 1939 that is receiving its publishing debut in the current issue...