Southern Breeze 2008 Spring Issue

contents DEPARTMENTS 26 18 travel 16 Storefronts 72 home 22 Fixtures food Lazy Libations Brewed in Kiln, Mississippi, Lazy Magnolia beer is a drinker’s delight! TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: COURTESY RITZ-CARLTON NEW ORLEANS, EYE WANDER PHOTO, INC., PRESTON CROSBY 66 Cheers Keepin’ it Reel The Rod Room in Orange Beach, Alabama keeps fishermen hooked. A Fitting End Your literary treasures are in good company with these bookends. 18 Sweet Dreams 24 Our Backyard 68 Dish Grand Hotel The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans upped the hospitality ante with its new and improved Club Level, Maison Orleans. Reasonable Drought When water’s scarce, these plants still flourish! Mississippi Yearning You have no excuse to go hungry in Coastal Mississippi! 26 Make Yourself at Home 70 Chef’s Table 20 Art of Living Light up Your Life The right lighting is the key to making a house a home. Marking Time Mobile’s Excelsior Band has kept the beat for over a century. Welcome to The Doll House Punta Clara Kitchen in Point Clear, Alabama has the cure for your sweet tooth! 72 Let’s Eat Sunrise Sensations Morning sensations that will get your day off to a great start. IN THIS ISSUE 9things THAT MAKE THE GULF COAST hot! TM IN THIS ISSUE paradise found: DESTIN IS CALLING YOU TM THE GOOD LIFE ON THE GULF COAST www.southernbreeze.com | Spring 2008 FOUND destin is calling you + THE LIFE AQUATIC: 3 DOORS DOWN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY rocks on! JAZZFEST THEN & NOW BREAKFASTS of champions 4 s o u t h e r n b re e z e . c o m ➙ paradise which cover do you have? Destin Aerial by Jack Gardner, 36 • Sushi at Sunset by Deborah Burst, 30. New Orleans Pride by C. Ross, 30 • Destin Aerial by Jack Gardner, 36. 48 3 Doors Down rocks on • 52 The Life Aquatic: on the Intracoastal Waterway • 58 Jazz Fest, then and now • 72 Breakfasts of Champions THE GOOD LIFE ON THE GULF COAST 9HOT (#1–NEW ORLEANS PRIDE) www.southernbreeze.com | Spring 2008 THINGS THAT MAKE THE GULF COAST ➙ + jazzfest then & now 3 doors down rock on! the life aquatic: on the ICW breakfasts of champions http://www.southernbreeze.com http://www.southernbreeze.com http://southernbreeze.com

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Editor's Letter Contributor Gumbo Seen & Heard Coastal Calendar Storefronts - Keepin' it Reel Sweet Dreams - Grand Hotel Art of Living - Marking Time Fixtures - A Fitting End Our Backyard - Reasonable Drought Make Yourself at Home - Light up Your Life The Southern Breeze Hot List Unexpected Destin-ation Visual Zydeco We're an American Band The Good Life From Halter Tops to Maternity Tops Reader Services Cheers - Lazy Libations Dish - Mississippi Yearning Chef's Table - Welcome to The Doll House Let's Eat - Sunrise Sensations Last Bite

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