Alice and I and our ever-voracious French bulldog Ipsa always time our winter arrival in Apalach so we don't miss the Oyster Cook-Off, regularly scheduled on Friday and Saturday of the Dr. Martin Luther King weekend. A major fundraiser for Apalachicola's Volunteer Fire Department, this year's event, the ninth annual, will be Friday and Saturday, Jan. 18 and 19 on Water Street at the Center for History, Culture, and Arts and in Riverfront Park. There's a silent auction starting Friday, a 5-K road race, lots of fun kid activities, and live music by the John Sutton band, a favorite of ours...
