Snowbird season doesn’t begin the day the first out-of-state license plate appears in town. For many Floridians, it begins weeks earlier. The quieter days of fall come with a deadline: Get ready before the pace changes. These are the things Floridians do in the weeks before snowbirds arrive. 1. Home-Watch Key Stack Home-watch and property-management…
Mobile Bay Magazine credits a Junior League of Mobile cookbook with more than 164,000 copies sold since 1964, and collectors still spend hours hunting down a copy. The book survived. The scratch cooking inside it mostly didn’t, and cooks everywhere have traded it for shortcuts since. These are the Alabama church cookbook recipes new people…
You’d never guess it, but your local librarian can watch a town’s next budget showdown coming before a single yard sign goes up. In May 2026, Lafayette Parish voters rejected the property tax that funds most of the library system, according to the parish’s election returns. The same question returns to voters this December. These…
Oregon’s Department of Justice sued GNC in 2015 for selling a “natural” stimulant that turned out to be an unlabeled amphetamine-like chemical. Hundreds of other similar supplement bottles could be sitting on pharmacy and grocery shelves right now. These are the supplement label claims Oregonians shouldn’t take at face value. Note: This is general information,…
Would you bet that one trip to the post office covers your mail until you’re back in Kansas? The U.S. Postal Service’s hold-mail rule caps out at 30 days, and many Kansas snowbirds are gone a lot longer than that. These are the things Kansas snowbirds should do before leaving their house empty for the…
A 1947 newspaper ad for the brand-new Florence Drive-In made one promise louder than any other: Nobody had to dress up. Kids fell asleep in their pajamas in the back seat before the second movie even started. That drive-in is gone, along with plenty of Kentucky habits that went with it. These are the Kentucky…
The doorbell camera bolted to your front door automatically runs on its factory settings unless you change them. Ring, Google Nest, Wyze, Arlo, and Blink each bury their strongest protections a few menus deep. These are the doorbell camera settings Arizonans and homeowners everywhere should change today. 1. Nest’s Activity Zones Google Nest’s doorbell sends…
Would you still hit “share” on your porch-camera clip if you knew what Massachusetts’s wiretap law could do to it? The law’s been on the books since the 1960s, and it can turn a stranger’s voice on that clip into a felony. These are the photos and videos Bay Staters, and anyone else with a…
Have you tried passing a combine on a two-lane road going 55 this fall? That combine wasn’t there in July. These are the things Iowans change about their week once the combines are out. 1. Blind Spots at Field Drives Drivers slow down harder near farm driveways and rural intersections once harvest gets underway. Watch…
A friend visiting Arkansas from Texas laughs at the drive-thru line wrapped around a building many other states have never heard of. The joke doesn’t land the way he expects. Arkansas doesn’t have many restaurant chains that started there, so when one grows past the state line, people guard it, flaws and all. These are…
