Scroll down to read stories on this year's Parade of Homes, including the Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders' video promoting the industry and event, this year's first Ideal House and a look inside one of the 18 villages to be featured in the Parade.By Laura McAlister Journal EditorThe Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders has a message, and … [Read more...]
Like Grandma’s – Only Different
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorIf you asked Chris Newsome to classify the kind of food he's cooking up in his Mountain Brook restaurant, he'd probably hesitate."Do I have to?" he recently answered when questioned about the menu of the restaurant he co-owns with his wife Anna.If pressed further, the chef would probably say that he focuses on a cooking technique … [Read more...]
Hair Today
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorGot a hot date or a big interview and don't have time to book a hair appointment at the salon? A new business at The Summit might be able to help.Blowout Boutique opened March 1 near Urban Outfitters at The Summit. It's a high-end hair salon, but they're not offering coloring or cuts here, and typically, no appointments are necessary. … [Read more...]
April 5 About Town
BirminghamBirmingham ReadsApril 19, April 21, 10 a.m.Various locationsThe Literacy Council partnering with the Junior League of Birmingham, Better Basics, the Children's Literacy Guild, Alabama's 13, Books A Million, and Colonial Brookwood Village in the upcoming citywide literacy event, Birmingham Reads. During the month there will be children's book drives … [Read more...]
Moncus-Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Claude McCain Moncus of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Jackson Moncus, to Bowen Givens Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sherard Chapman of Lexington, Ky.The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Warren Jackson Jr. of Luverne and the late Mr. and Mrs. James Roy Moncus of Birmingnham.Miss Moncus is a … [Read more...]