Stacey Wallace Articles

Making the Grade | Oct. 31, 2024

El Jefe Mexican Restaurant & Grill OPINION — What was your favorite age to be? When you’re young, you want to be older; when you’re older, you want to be younger.Well, I’m 61, and I’m happy to be my age; I have no desire to be any other age. However, I’m not fond...

Making the Grade | Oct. 17, 2024

The Hornet's Nest OPINION — On Nov. 23, Mike and I will have lived in Lee County for nine years. These years have flown by, and we have fallen in love with our home county. In fact, if I listed everyone and everything that I loved about our home, I’d have to write a...

Making the Grade | Oct. 3, 2024

The reopening of Country's Barbecue OPINION — In September of 1983, I transferred from Alexander City State Junior College to Auburn University for my junior year. Even though I was only 38.8 miles (My sweet husband Mike Googled it.) from my home in Alexander City...

Making the Grade

At home with Chef Jim OPINION — As I have mentioned numerous times in this column, I love to eat, but I really dislike cooking.My attitude about cooking is: What if I spent hours cooking a meal and then dropped dead at the end of that day? I would have wasted the last...
Making the Grade: Mr. Gatti’s Pizza

Making the Grade: Mellow Mushroom

The Chicken Jerk Hoagie served at Mellow Mushroom in Auburn.  Way back on June 8, 1990, I received my master’s degree in english education from...

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Making the Grade: Mochiatsu

Making the Grade: Mochiatsu

Mochiatsu, located at 132 N. College St. in Auburn, opened last March serving Korean hot dogs, donuts and bubble tea. Mochiatsu's donuts and...

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