This morning’s Daily Mississippian had a front page article on the growing concern that some individuals are fraudulently gaining access to handicap tags or simply parking in handicap spaces regardless of whether they have a tag or not.  Click on the picture for a full sized image of the article and take a gander.
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Honest Abe’s is a fascinating place.  In fact, whenever we initially visited I almost forgot to check it out for accessibility because I got so distracted with…everything else.  And could you really expect anything less from a shop that sells donuts and tamales (AND po’ boys)?  It is conveniently located and has a drive through [...]

It’s lunchtime and rather than do the sodoku, I’m going to type up a few words about our visit to the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts last night.  I’ve seen a number of events here, but last night was the season finale of Thacker Mountain Radio and also functioned as a farewell [...]

I have a long history with Square Books.  When I first came to town in August of 1996, I lucked into a job there and because of my love of that store and my love of the town, I turned what was supposed to be an eight month visit into a settling-down in a new [...]

My parents and my wife’s parents were both in town yesterday to see us and also to get a look at Double Decker.  We had the dogs with us and so when a seated lunch was suggested, I suggested we get a table at Parrish’s since it’s dog friendly.  Turns out that policy changed since [...]

Long-time Oxford fixture, Ron Shapiro is busy right about now.  Not only will you see his campaign signs around town signalling his run for Alderman at Large, but if you hang a hard turn between Pizza Hut and Orion healthclub, you’ll find his newest venture, The Main Squeeze.  It started out selling smoothies and juices [...]

This place was a surprise. End of last month, my wife and I went to Andy’s Steakhouse for her birthday. Normally we’d have probably gone to Yocona River Inn for a birthday dinner, but it had recently burned. Plus, I was really wanting to try Andy’s because I’d seen that he’d built [...]

A man in California named Tom Mundy is estimated to have won about $300,000 in settlements and court suits by exploiting a law California established to give the ADA some teeth.  It seems that encountering a violation of the ADA entitles you to up to $1000 from the owner of the business that should’ve fixed [...]