by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 10, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“Four years ago I was homeless. I hit rock bottom and was living on couches and in motels. I was working for someone else and making them money but the product we were serving was my creation. I realized I didn’t have to make someone else money and the...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 9, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Mobile and went to med school at South Alabama. I am a pulmonary critical care doctor in Nashville. When we got married, coming back every Mardi Gras was part of the marriage contract. We have come down 13 times and this year we brought 40 people. I have...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 8, 2018 | A Southern Soul
I design clothing for Mardi Gras courts in Mobile, Mississippi and New Orleans. Growing up I wanted to be a nun because my cousin was a monk. He was my idol and my heart and we started going to the monastery when I was a little girl. It was difficult for my family to...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 6, 2018 | A Southern Soul
Anyone who watches a Mardi Gras parade on the corner of Dauphin and Royal Streets in Mobile knows officer Jeremy March. Before the floats roll by, he walks along the barricade talking with people in the crowd and playing patty cake with kids. There is no sitting still...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 5, 2018 | A Southern Soul
“I was a police officer for 24 years and recently resigned. Now I do side jobs and working in this parking lot for the Alabama Contemporary Art Center is one of them. I have taken ownership of this lot and try to clean it up and make it look nicer for my customers. I...
