Post something you like about Alabama.

[trof]

Try, anyway.
;-)

[VenusRising]

1. Ava.

Only possible answer. ;)

[Ava]

7. lol

thanks :blush: :pals:

[Shakespeare]

2. Apple cheese at the Gift Horse in Foley.

Oh, how I'd love some of that right now... :9

[KG]

3. that i dont live there?

[bluedigger]

4. Alabama

makes me feel better about myself!

[Raven]

5. Piggly Wiggly? I lived in Tuscaloosa for awhile. Actually, other

that the sulphur from the paper mill and the burning crosses, it was a nice place. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

6. Drive By Truckers is from there.

Well, three of five members are from The Shoals in Northern Alabama.

[Ava]

8. my family

and this democrat i met down in southern alabama wasn't so horrible ;) i think he went by "trof"

and crimson tide football of course!

[bigwillq]

9. Ava lives there!

:) :P :) :hi:

[Ava]

10. ha

well not for long hopefully ;)

i'm hoping to be in cambridge this time next year :P

[bigwillq]

12. Bring a coat!

And gloves, and a hat and...anything warm! :P ;) :)

[Ava]

13. certainly

and the good thing is, i can buy that stuff cheap down here since we aren't used to very cold weather ;)

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. trof lives there!

:loveya:

[trof]

89. Awwww...Jit!

:loveya:

[blogslut]

14. I like the name

Alabama. It's fun to say.

[KamaAina]

15. Its state quarter has Braille on it

honoring Alabamian Helen Keller, who, it turns out, is better known in much of the world as a pioneering female socialist writer than as a person with a disability.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. NoccalulaFalls

And you and your fam. :hi:

[Flaxbee]

65. wow, that is absolutely stunning

thanks for posting that, GoG! I love beautiful landscape pics! :hi:

[southpaw]

113. Great pic

That's about 45 minutes from where I live.

My wife and I went to Noccalula Falls on our first date.

[DeepBlueC]

17. Blind Boys of Alabama

:D

[Shell Beau]

98. Yeah!!

[Inchworm]

18. Her speeches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT-yylPUtx4

You're so cool. You're so cool. You're so cool.

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

19. It borders several states I enjoy.

I'm trying.

[Ava]

20. 'bama is better than mississippi, tennessee, georgia, and florida

go to rural mississippi, tennessee, georgia, and florida and you'll see what i mean :P

[Radical Activist]

25. i've been to rural areas of all said states.

I'll grant that bama may be better than mississippi. That's all I'm prepared to concede at this time. :)

[Ava]

27. you must not have been to REAL rural georgia or florida

mississippi is the worst, florida is second though. rural(noncoastal) florida is AWFUL.. maybe even worse than mississippi.

don't get me wrong, certain parts of bama are pretty bad, but not nearly as bad as certain parts of other SE states.

[Radical Activist]

44. oh

I thought of something.

[Ava]

45. thought of something about what?

alabama, mississippi, florida, or georgia? :rofl:

[Radical Activist]

50. posted below

i forgot that of all southern accents alabama is one of my favorites. :toast:

[Ava]

53. oh god, i hate my accent sometimes

when some non-southern people here it they automatically think i'm an idiot. in new york i either got hit on by a sleazebag(the "how you doin?" kind) or else i'd get treated like an idiot. one person in particular seemed shocked that i had (liberal) political views. :rofl:

chicago was better towards my accent, but some still seemed to assume i was an idiot because of it(that and they kept asking me to repeat stuff and then laughing).
denver got a kick out of it too.

[Radical Activist]

62. people do that.

but you can use it to your advantage. people never suspect anything from someone with a nice southern accent. they'll never see it coming until you say "all your base are belong to us" and they'll realize they underestimated you. It worked for Johnson and Bush.

the ironic thing about me liking southern accents is that i hardly dated any women with one when i lived in the south. all the women who thought men with accents sounded like dumb hicks were jumping to date a Midwesterner and that's who i'd end up with.

[Ava]

76. i'll tell you what's funny

when i was in italy, italians liked my "alley boma" accent :rofl:

and you're right about the southern accent being able to work to an advantage sometimes. us southerners can get away with "sugar coated venom". ;)

[Shell Beau]

99. Hey now!! There is rural Alabama too!

:P I do like Alabama though. There are a lot of nice things about ALabama.

[Ava]

109. i was born in mississippi(though i grew up in bama) so i can talk about it!

:P :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

112. Oh! Well ok then!

:P

[Ava]

117. see, for all you know, you're related to me

:rofl:

[Shell Beau]

120. Sure you are!

[skygazer]

21. Lived there for about a year, loved it

Loved Mobile - beautiful, historic city. Loved the drive in from Theodore where I lived, along (I think) Government Blvd. - beautiful Live Oak trees shading the road, gorgeous old homes and buildings.

Loved the people, friendly and open. Food was great. Yeah, I think fondly of my Alabama days. :hi:

[Ava]

22. Mobile is a very pretty city

:hi:

[MineralMan]

23. It's a long way from where I live.

I was there, once, back in 1964. Seems like there was some stuff going on in Selma just then. I got there a little early, though. I should have waited until 1965, I guess. Still, I met some very interesting people, got called a lot of bad names, and learned something.

I have not been back, since, and do not plan to ever enter that state again.

[Shell Beau]

100. A lot has changed since 1964 thankfully.

[MineralMan]

114. OK. But I'm still not visiting.

The jail I spent a night in isn't a very nice memory for me.

I can't believe I went to jail for giving an old black man a ride in a car with California license plates.

I'm glad it has improved, but you won't ever see me there.

[sohndrsmith]

24. Easy. Three words (or names, rather)

Nat.

King.

Cole.

[Brother Buzz]

66. Percy Sledge

Nat King Cole was the bomb, but Percy did pretty good with his hit "When a Man Loves a Woman."

[conscious evolution]

26. I-20 East.

It's also cool to see the birds flying upside down like they do there.

[MsTryska]

86. *lmao*~

I was gonna say the best thing to come out of Alabama was I-20. You beat me to it.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

28. The beach

!

[av8rdave]

29. My son goes to school there

Has had a great experience. Graduates in May, and has two full scholarship grad school offers.

So yes, for me it's not hard to post something nice about Alabama.

[Swede]

30. Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers

And they've been known to pick a song or two.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

48. Lord, they get me off so much

They pick me up when I'm feeling blue (now How about you?)

[LadyoftheRabbits]

31. My mom was born there

:) (And aunt, now that I remember it :P)

[PaddyBlueEyes]

32. hey bite girl

shouldnt you be at the Dr?

[LadyoftheRabbits]

33. Oh, goodness...

how many people know about that? :P And I was... they said if it's any worse tomorrow, to go to the campus ER. :(

[PaddyBlueEyes]

34. Alright

Be careful and take care of your self.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

35. Aww, thank you

I will. :hug:

[rurallib]

36. it is a long ways away.

[RadiationTherapy]

37. It S U X

Sorry. It does.

[femmocrat]

38. "Alabama Song" by the Doors n/t

[kwassa]

88. or the original version by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Song

The "Alabama Song" (also known as "Whiskey Bar") was originally published in Bertolt Brecht's Hauspostille (1927). It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 "Songspiel" Mahagonny and used again in Weill's and Brecht's 1930 opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. In the latter, it is performed by the character Jenny and her fellow prostitutes in the first act. Musically it contains elements of foxtrot, blues and advanced soprano coloraturas, sung by Jenny Corless.

The song style is typical of German schlager music, which was popular in Europe during the 1960s and 1970s.

The lyrics for the "Alabama Song" are in English (albeit specifically idiosyncratic English) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original German.

[hobbit709]

39. It's NOT Texas

[lizziegrace]

40. I was born there

:)

[XemaSab]

41. I've never been there

but I would like to go, someday, and I am sure I will enjoy myself. :D

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

42. I kinda think

the nickname "Crimson Tide' is cool........... oh you meant the state? Shit I've never been there so I don't know. :)

[rrneck]

43. Georgia with roads. nt

[Radical Activist]

46. An Alabama accent

can be very appealing in a woman.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

47. My family...well -- most of them anyway

:)gawd Mobile and Briminghan both ROCK. also, Cheaha Park and Horseshoe Park are fun. The band Alabama is fun and some of the best barbque I have ever eaten came from Alabama. I love Alabama. It is America's best kept secret....shhhh.

[Ava]

49. Cheaha Mountain is awesome

it isn't too far from us so we go up every now and then. it's very pretty and fun to hike there in the early fall - the perfect time.. not too hot, not too cold.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

52. shhhh...

its just a little bitty foothill but, yeah it rocks :D
and it is the highest elevation in the state.
btw...the mountain (foothill) in my back yard is as high as Cheaha :)

You should come visit some time :hug: :hi:

[Ava]

54. oh no, it certainly isn't a huge mountain

but it is very pretty and good for a nice hike that isn't completely exhausting. ;)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

56. It is beautiful -- anytime of the year is a good time to be in Bama

:) :loveya:

[Ava]

57. spring and fall are the best

it really depends what part of bama though. the further north you get, the better the fall is because of the hills and trees.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

58. Honey...I love Alabama in the middle of July

Granma has a screened in porch with swing AND a glider and the mailman brings the mail and, of course, he is family too and takes time to have a glass of iced tea :)

I love the way Nobody gets in a hurry in the summer in Alabama.

[arcadian]

51. I think the Steven Colbert museum is there.

I would like to see that. Little River Canyon is supposed to be beautiful.

[Tom Kitten]

55. I have a good memory from Mobile

It's a pretty city, lots of shady oak trees but the bay smelled really bad...I saw Eric Clapton and Santana in concert there and they jammed! This was in 1975, I was 19...

[Mudoria]

59. It's not New York

[PaddyBlueEyes]

60. HEY

:spank:

[name not needed]

61. It's not Kentucky.

[Bake]

116. Hey now!! Stop that!!

No cross-pollination of threads!

Bake

[Drunken Irishman]

63. They provided a great opponent for Utah to beat in the Sugar Bowl.

[Flaxbee]

64. the late Anne George, author and the Blind Boys of Alabama

Anne George wrote The Southern Sisters mysteries (set in Birmingham). The books are so funny, so wise and kind, that Alabama must have some greatness to it to produce such a person.

The Blind Boys are just cool - great music.

[Zomby Woof]

67. Muscle Shoals Sound in Sheffield

Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Boz Scaggs, and an up-and-coming band named Lynyrd Skynyrd all recorded there. A young session guitarist named Duane Allman played with Aretha, Otis, and Boz some years before Skynyrd immortalized studio house band The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as "The Swampers" in a tune called "Sweet Home Alabama".



Also, I have a great-great-grandfather who was born in Calhoun County, Alabama.

[Robeson]

68. It makes Tennessee look progressive.

[Jamastiene]

69. The Southern Poverty Law Center is located there.

They are the only team of lawyers who have been able to successfully sue most of the hell out of the KKK. Gotta love them.

Ava and a few other really cool DUers are from there.

Actually, there is quite a bit of good in the south in general. You just gotta traipse through dirty, muddy pickup trucks with tires that stick way out and are way too big and a bunch of rednecks to get to the good stuff. :)

[JCMach1]

70. Best Dessert in America: Johnny Ray's Banana Cream Pie

And I don't even like Banana Cream pie...

Absolutely, inhumanly, awesome!

[Kickin_Donkey]

71. Willie Mays, Harper Lee ...

[jobycom]

91. Hank Aaron not good enough for ya? nt

[Kickin_Donkey]

104. Whoops, forgot about him ...

Might as well add Willie McCovey while we're at it.

[trof]

72. WOW! I had no idea. It was just a copycat post. Thank you all.

Well, most of you, anyway.
;-)
I was born and raised here in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
Lived in Bad Ol' Bombingham then.

Left in '68 to pursue my career in the Wild Blue.
Returned in a pre-retirement move in '93.
There's obviously a lot I don't like about the politics here, but there's so much more that I do like.

Many of the comments here are really touching and completely unexpected.
Y'all is good people.
:loveya:

[Blue_Tires]

84. the world is smaller than we think...

[Blue_Tires]

73. Tuskegee - my mother's birthplace

lot of fun summers there with my grandmother and cousins back in the day

[Ava]

77. Tuskegee is so sad now though

it really has been hit by hard hard times. the city is so run down, which is SUCH a shame since it has so much history behind it. :(

[Blue_Tires]

78. yeah, haven't been there in a couple years

since my grandmother moved, but with a few exceptions, it's about the same since the time i first started spending summers there (early 80s)...Tuskegee has had a long line of bad mayors and shitty city management...

[Ava]

79. yup, the violence there is pretty bad

it's pretty much a city completely run by drug money now, but sadly that's what people have to do to get by and they only just get by. it's sad :(

[Blue_Tires]

80. yeah, i forgot about the crime

i was just talking economic/infrastrucural decay...my grandmother always complained so much about the crime over the years, i guess i tuned her out...

for awhile, i had some other family living in Birmingham, and spent a lot of time with them, too -- now THAT was what I considered high crime (but I haven't been there in about 10 years)

[Phentex]

74. There is beauty in Alabama...

and my kid goes to camp there. :)

[BOSSHOG]

75. LULU'S GRILL at Point Clear

[SoxFan]

81. Gulf Shores!

[Blue_Tires]

82. forgot to mention

THE MOST scenic driving of any state I've ever been to...(and I'm talking backroads, not that mainstream interstate stuff)

[Jokerman]

83. My in-laws live there...we don't.

That can be a good thing.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

85. Re:Alabama

I've never been to Alabama,and don't know much about the state.

But ppl from Alabama have the cutest accents.:)

[MsTryska]

87. well i was gonna say I-20

but since that answer is taken, I'll go with big corn-fed country boys that say "yes ma'am" and are shockingly freaky.

[yellowcanine]

90. I like the fact that it has 4 "a"s in its name. Is that a record?

[jobycom]

92. Gulf Shores, Dauphin Island, Harper Lee, Bellingrath Gardens, and Lambert's Cafe--Home of the

Throwed Roll and the Travel Channel's number one place to pig out in America! (Yeah, the other two Lamberts are in Missouri, but you can't get to the beach in half an hour from them).

[lizziegrace]

94. I thought the throwed rolls place was in the bootheel of Missouri

I always heard about it when I lived in Memphis. :shrug:

Are they a chain now?

[jobycom]

97. They have three locations, all owned by family members. One went to Foley, AL

following Jimmy Buffet, I guess.

http://www.throwedrolls.com/

[lizziegrace]

102. Cool!

:-)

[Shell Beau]

101. Lamberts!! I wonder how many rolls are wasted in that place!

:P

[jobycom]

105. Not as many as are eaten.

:)

[suninvited]

107. You said all the things I was going to say !

I lived in Pensacola for a long time, but I ran a Texaco station right down the road from Lamberts in Foley in the early 90's.

I love Dauphin Island and Bellingrath Gardens and Gulf Shores.

But the BEST thing for me about Alabama is both of my kids and my granddaughter live in Daphne, Alabama. I get to Daphne every chance I get.

[snooper2]

93. It doesn't touch Texas

:)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

95. Nice of them to give all that coastline to Florida

So Florida has a bigger handle.

Just like MS gave some shoreline to LA.

Odd way to draw the map.

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

96. There are a lot of great things about Alabama.

My husband just got back from Mobile, and he loved Mobile. He ate at Wintzell's. He got home and made me order their "Shuck and Jive Hot Sauce". I had to buy 12 freakin' bottles. We have hot sauce coming out of our asses. Birmingham is also nice. :)

[Arugula Latte]

103. It has four a's in its name. That is cool.

[auburngrad82]

106. They have a truly great state motto

"At least we ain't Mississippi!"

[Bake]

108. I liked "Love in the First Degree"

:hi:

Bake

[pinstikfartherin]

110. Let's see.. All my family lives here..

Auburn football


...Other than that I don't know. I've lived here all my life and it is home, but I certainly wouldn't mind moving somewhere else at least for a while.

[no name no slogan]

111. "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Plus, my great-grandfather is originally from AL. He "emigrated" to the north country around 1900.

[southpaw]

115. There's plenty to like about Alabama

and lots to not like, too.

As a lifelong Alabamian, I can say that Alabama is filled to the brim with ignorant rednecks... but there are lots of intellegent, right-thinking people here too. You just have to look real hard for them, 'cuz they're definitely the minority.

[Bake]

118. I also liked "Mountain Music"

They were a decent band.

Bake

[derby378]

119. Man or Astro-Man?

Since someone has already mentioned Ava...

[wartrace]

121. Guntersville airport!

I used to fly down there from Tennessee all the time just to do touch & goes (only on weekdays though).

[Bravo Zulu]

122. Mobile

I was stationed there for about a year at the Coast Guard Station, it was stinky sometimes though, somebody told me the ships were hauling molasses?

[Fire1]

125. Ya beat me to it!

[Chan790]

123. I love the gulf coast...

and I really loved Huntsville when we almost moved there when I was in HS. Neither is the backwards redneck hell that AL is portrayed as often.

[Pierre.Suave]

124. Trof lives there

and I don't...


:P


:rofl:

[Born_A_Truman]

126. I have a brother that just moved there...

I've never been there but I plan on going to visit him one of these days.

[kwassa]

127. What I like about Alabama is that it is far away from me.

and I have visited Mobile, found it beautiful, if entirely too hot and humid.

I can't think of a reason to visit other parts of the state.