by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 15, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I have been in Polka Dots for 30-plus years and my daughter has been in for six. It is special do to this together. I was born and raised in Mobile and Mardi Gras was a family thing so I always wanted to parade. It is such a rush to ride through Mobile and see...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 14, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I have worked in flower shops since I was 15. I opened Bay Flowers in 2006 and this is the first time to have my own store. They were building the RSA tower when we opened and a lot of areas downtown were still destitute. Mobile has changed so much since we opened...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 12, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I hear the clock ticking as it hangs on the wall. Tick, tick, ticking the time away from us all. As it ticks you dream, dream. If you don’t get up and do something about your dream, your dream will die and you will die, but the clock will keep ticking on....
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 10, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I am the first queen of Mystics of the Bay. It is a new co-ed organization and we are about to have our first ball. We don’t have a parade yet, but we are hoping to eventually get one. We started because we wanted something different that everyone...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 9, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Plateau. I was in the physical therapy assistant program at Bishop, but the field was so saturated when I graduated that I went into culinary arts and cooked in restaurants. I helped Chakli Diggs open NoJa. I opened a restaurant, but couldn’t...
by Lynn Oldshue | Feb 8, 2020 | A Southern Soul
“People leave scooters on their porches and in their back yards. I knock on the doors and say, ‘If you don’t mind, I need to get the scooter back. It’s like Blockbuster, you rented it, but you can’t keep it. I need to charge it for the next...
