by Group Retreat Fairhope | Jun 1, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Things to Do
What Comes From Here — Eating Local on Alabama’s Eastern Shore Part of settling into a place is learning what it grows, catches, and puts up. The land and water around Fairhope are generous in a specific, seasonal way, and once you start noticing it, every meal...
by Group Retreat Fairhope | May 14, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, On the Water
Life on the Bayou — A Slow Day on the Fairhope Canal There’s a certain kind of quiet you only find on the water, and it has its own rhythm. Out here, “rush hour” means one boat drifting up the canal with no particular place to be. No horns. No wake....
by Group Retreat Fairhope | May 3, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Local Lore
Things to Do Near Fairhope · Elberta, Alabama · 35 minutes from Group Retreat Fairhope There is a particular kind of Alabama drive where you start out thinking you are just going somewhere normal. The road gets quieter. The pines close in a little. You pass the kind...
by Group Retreat Fairhope | Apr 14, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Local Lore
A field guide to the words that give you away on the Alabama Gulf Coast. “Y’all need to learn English” “Y’all need to learn English” is a joke, and I’m the last person who should make it. I’m not from here, and one phone...
by Group Retreat Fairhope | Apr 3, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Things to Do
From two wheels to eighteen — and everyone on foot — they fuel both tanks: the car and the driver. Memorable meals with a gas pump out front Around Fairhope and all the towns up and down the Eastern Shore, some of the most memorable meals come with a gas pump out...
