I had lunch with Huntsville Times/al.com business reporter Lucy Berry a couple of weeks ago at Madison Square Mall. I visited with her a bit on what the mall used to be, and what it might become. She wrote a great story on Madison Square, including several interesting ideas for its future. As I’ve said … Read more
Something bothers me about the term food porn: it is much too often applied to photographs with artistic merit that depict meticulously prepared, high-quality comestibles. But since when is porn about artistic merit and high quality? If it’s food porn, shouldn’t you be simultaneously appalled and aroused by it? Shouldn’t the sensation be along the … Read more
After a consistently cool summer, we got one of the hottest weekends of the year on which to kick college football off. That’s a bit jarring. Hard to complain about Alabama’s performance on defense and special teams in last night’s 35-10 win over Virginia Tech, but the offensive line play was mediocre at best. “They” … Read more