Tag: montgomery

• Hank Williams: The String Between West Virginia and Alabama

  

  I was poking around a graveyard at 7 a.m. on a weekday morning in Montgomery, Alabama when I sat down beside Hank Williams and wrote: “I wonder if I looked confident or lost–maybe just thoughtful. It’s hard to look lost as a woman wearing cowboy boots.” So, Hank, I’m thoroughly enjoying this peanut butter and…

  Sara Cottle

  December 9, 2022

  Alabama, Music, The Finer Things

  Alabama, alabama history, back roads, country music, hank williams, montgomery, oak hill, southeast, southern history, West Virginia, west virginia history

• Alabama’s Best Kept Secret

  

  “What is this place?” “The town of Spectre. Best kept secret in Alabama!” And best kept it is. Spectre is a fictional town that Edward Bloom stumbles into early in Tim Burton’s film ‘Big Fish’ (2003). The film was an adaptation of the book with the same name by Birmingham-born Daniel Wallace and is an…

  Sara Cottle

  December 9, 2022

  Alabama, Camping, Outdoors, Paddling

  Alabama, alabama river, big fish, birmingham, Camping, daniel wallace, fishing, kayaking, montgomery, Outdoors, southeast, southern day trips, southern film, southern living, spectre, tim burton, unique southern places