See how easy it is to fall off the blogging wagon? Today, I had to work out and grocery shop (two big blehs on the schedule) so I lost some mojo early.
So, Mobile is in a bit of a renaissance, apparently. Things haven't been the same around this city since 1860 or so. A bit of a downhill, really. It reminds me a lot of Buffalo, NY some times. It's a former shipping hub that clearly boasted wealth and culture that has slowly crumbled and renewed in a mini-cycle since its heyday.
There was an Air Force base, but it closed. There was a cruise terminal, but it closed. There was a big deal with AirBus that Obama nixed. There were almost many moments for this small city. Unfortunately, for me, I wasn't around to experience them.
Recently, though, there's been an uptick.
It started, probably, with the Shit Ship Carnival Triumph. Its inglorious 4 day tow from the Gulf of Mexico back to a port (any port) with toilets brought national media focus to our bayside hamlet. Even Erin Burnett of CNN had to concede that perhaps our town defied stereotypes of hillbilly one post towns in Alabama. She described it as charming with mossy covered oaks arching over the streets. It was possible, at last, for a northerner to leave our humble home with something positive to say.
Then Airbus decided to open a plant here. Woot! Money! Jobs! Families! Infrastructure! Hooray!
It might be coincidental to this AirBus plant, or it may just be synergistic good luck, but things are looking up around here, lately. Some eyesores have been released, refurbished and are being reopened. And we have 2--count the--2 new Publix stores. No longer are we relegated to WalMart and local IGA chains. We've been freed from crappy store brands and bad customer service.
Hallelujah!
Plus, and I don't want to overstate the importance of this, but today something downright magical happened in Mobile.
M came home from the gym with an unmarked white box. A foldable box for pastries. Lo, and behold, he opened it to (choir of angels)
Donuts.
Not crappy Krispy Kreme, but real donuts. Made by real people. Not grocery store donuts, not Sara Lee prewrapped donuts. But real donuts. Cakey donuts with real icing. They're not those sugar-saturated monstrosities from Krispy Kreme. That place is nauseating, cloyingly sweet from blocks away. These are fantastic pink and Devil's Food and filled donuts that don't instantly put you in a diabetic coma.
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I've been saving mine all day. Now, after dinner after everything is cleaned up, I have a Bavarian Creme filled waiting for me.
Bavarian. Creme, Filled. Things really are looking up for Mobile.
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