By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As a child, from kindergarten through the sixth grade, after school I stayed with my Grandma and Granddaddy Patton until Mama and Daddy got off work. From fall of 1968 until late spring of 1975, my grandparents and I enjoyed each other’s...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE Don’t you love going to eateries in your community, which have been family-owned and operated for years? About a year ago, I wrote about Buck’s Dairy Quick, just such a place in my hometown of Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals). I...

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned before in this column, my nephew Luke smokes the best pork ribs that Mike and I have ever tasted. Because as I’ve also stated, ribs should come from a pig and not a cow, as all Alabamians know. In addition, I reported that...

Mikata Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar The old cliché is true: The older you get, the faster time passes. For example, back when I was a kid growing up in Alexander City, summer vacation seemed to last forever, one terrible sunburn after another (the use of...