Parting Shots
Posted on May 29, 2014 by bob in AroundMtgy
Montgomery resident Cathy Gilder (right), her sister Susan Tippins (left), and their mother Mary Ella Marshall (center), recently journeyed to Ireland on a trip sponsored by Alabama Public TV. Cathy graciously sent Prime several photographs, including the Cliffs of Moher and St Patrick’s Cathedral. Cathy said the trip “…couldn’t have been any better.” Prime welcomes […]
Around Montgomery
Posted on December 1, 2013 by bob in AroundMtgy
A replacement historic marker was recently unveiled at Sidney Lanier High School. Among those responsible for getting the new marker were (left – L to R) Pam Corwin Fellows, Donna Mills Davis, George Howell and Mike Manos. Governor’s Mansion Candlelight Tours. Dec. 2, 9, 16. 5-7 pm. Free. Tickets available […]
Around Montgomery: Find the Birds!
Posted on March 2, 2012 by bob in AroundMtgy
What? More birds? Sure! After all, it’s spring! These long-necked fellows are decidedly lower to the ground than our February Mystery (see below), and have little chance of being dehydrated. Snap your photo and send it by March 15 to be entered in a drawing for a gift certificate to Mr. Gus’ Ristorante. The winner […]
December Mystery Location
Posted on November 29, 2011 by bob in AroundMtgy
Each week, thousands of people enter and leave the parking lots that lay within a stone’s throw of the granite obelisk topping this monument. Yet who among them has ever stopped to read the inscription, or to offer a silent word of thanks to the Alabama veterans who served, and are serving, their country? This […]
Around Montgomery: November Mystery Site
Posted on November 1, 2011 by bob in AroundMtgy
I remember this location back in the 1970s. Like most of downtown Montgomery, it had been neglected for years. Inside were broken benches, shattered windows and a layer of dust over most flat surfaces. Outside, grass and weeds grew through the cracks in the asphalt and concrete. But even back then, amid the decay and […]
Where is this village?
Posted on August 31, 2011 by bob in AroundMtgy
This mystery village is under the jurisdiction of an agency that was the first of its kind in the U.S., and is part of a larger endeavor that when completed, will reveal the breadth of Alabama’s HISTORY as nothing else has. Find the village, take your photo there, and send it to me by September […]
Mystery Location + July FOUND!
Posted on July 28, 2011 by bob in AroundMtgy
Find this location and win a prize!
Around (and Found) Montgomery
Posted on July 3, 2011 by bob in AroundMtgy
Find the mystery location and win a meal!