After years of planning, in early October, the venerable Western Market on Culver Road, moved to its new home. Perhaps, we were expecting the new Western Market in Mountain Brook to be much like the old one – a little…
Do you want to finish all your Black Friday gift shopping on one website? Try this out. The Birmingham Originals is a group of  local restaurants that have banded together to promote and develop locally owned and operated restaurants, each…
Rebel against Black Friday madness – Patagonia 100% for the Planet Black Friday.  The kickoff of the holiday retail season. It can be madness. At storefronts across America, people literally wait outside in long lines for hours to rush…
Are you good with keeping numbers in their place while keeping your wits about you?  Do you know how to pivot a table, the Excel kind, not the dinner kind?  Then you might be the right candidate for this rare…
“Johnny Apple Seed” is my favorite blessing, even though it’s a simple child’s song. Above is composer and songwriter Michele Brourman giving it a mature upgrade, but I still love to hear kids sing it before sharing a meal. The short…
This morning, longtime Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Attorney General.
A $4 million, three-part project is underway for Vulcan Park, thanks to the Kiwanis Club. To celebrate the club’s 100th anniversary in 2017, a grand-scale makeover is in the works. The “big changes” include: A makeover for the North side…
This week, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Ott dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block the federal and state project to replace and widen the elevated portion of Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham.
Earlier today, the Final Five of the Blazer Innovation Challenge got the chance to present their ideas to a handful of well-respected judges. They shared a new generational perspective of innovative ideas to their peers, UAB mentors, and other attendees.
Sometimes we all need a little inspiration.
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin Alabama is in the midst of one of the most devastating droughts in our history.  For a generation, the Alabama Rivers Alliance (ARA) and watershed groups have…
On Tuesday AT&T announced its plan to bring high-speed fiber Internet to Birmingham, with speeds “20X faster than the average cable customer.” According to a news release, customers will be able to “download 25 songs in 1 second or a…
Birmingham’s young professional demographic has grown 3x the national average between 2010-2015 and now makes up almost 6% of Birmingham’s population.  How many people is that?  12.5K YP’s called Birmingham home in 2015, up from 8K in 2010. (Source:  U.S.…
Checkout the following slideshow of Birmingham’s National Veterans Day Parade 2016 edition. Inspirational.
2016 winners of THE BIG PITCH, presented by PNC are: $5,000 People’s Choice: Domestique Coffee $5,000 2nd Place: Party Boutique Kids $15,000 grand prize: Tropicaleo! Bham Now’s Vicky Lewis joined the crowds at Thomas Jefferson Towers this afternoon to hear…