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Disaster DIY
January 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
By Laura McAlister Journal Editor When Charlotte Ann and Bobby Adams purchased their Cahaba Heights home, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. Little did they know just how much fixing the house would require. A couple months after they purchased the house — “literally off the courthouse steps, it was a foreclosure,” Charlotte Ann Read More…
Renovation 101
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Owners of Day Star Construction Lori and Stephen Dorsky recently shared advice about major home remodels or just a little updating here and there, especially when it comes to older, historic homes in the area. No matter how small or large the project, the husband-wife team said that with proper planning, a remodel of any Read More…
A Night Under the Big Top Kick Off Party
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The Glenwood Junior Board met at a Christmas party at the home of Glenwood Board member Tricia and Troy Wallwork to discuss plans for the upcoming eighth annual “A Night Under the Big Top,” presented by Iberiabank. This year’s gala has been moved up a week to Feb. 17, providing a date night for Valentine’s Read More…
2012 Beaux Arts Krewe Ball and Pageant Presentees
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 45th annual Beaux Arts Krewe ball and pageant will be held Feb. 17 at Boutwell Auditorium. The event, which benefits the Birmingham Museum of Art, will mark the annual coronation of the King and Queen of the Krewe. Thirty-six young women from Birmingham and other cities will be presented. In the historic tradition of Read More…
Rosebud Holiday Tea
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The Greater Birmingham Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity for Women held its annual Rosebud Holiday Tea Dec. 18 at the home of Elizabeth Harbert Cornay on Woodridge Road in Mountain Brook. Attending were area alumnae and their legacy daughters as well as collegiate members and their mothers. Fifteen chapters were represented, including all Read More…
Redstone Club 104th Annual Christmas Ball
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The Redstone Club’s 104th annual Christmas Ball was Dec. 17 at the Country Club of Birmingham President of this year’s ball was Felix M. Drennen III, who attended with his wife, Elizabeth (“Betts”). Ball chairman was James W. Gewin, at the event with his wife, Lee. The floor committee chairman was James M. Dixon, who Read More…
Making Her Pointe
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Laura McAlister Journal Editor Ever since Samantha Hope Galler saw “Swan Lake” when she was 10 years old, she’s wanted to be a part of the production. Soon, the 22-year-old ballerina will have that chance. Samantha, a native of a Boston suburb and now a Mountain Brook resident, is the understudy for the lead Read More…
