The dog days of summer are giving way to school days, school days, dear old golden rule days. Actually, here in Alabama, they’re the same things for a few blistering weeks, but still, the alarm will soon go off a little earlier and you’ll have to roust your little ones and get them out the door on time.For some of you, this will be your first time in the paper plate … [Read more...]
Sylvester Croom Headlines Firehouse Shelter Luncheon
Tennessee Titans running backs coach and legendary University of Alabama football great Sylvester Croom gave a passionate and inspirational message about overcoming obstacles to a luncheon crowd of 225 people June 27 at the Harbert Center in Birmingham.Croom was the keynote speaker at the fundraiser for the Firehouse Shelter.The event raised nearly $46,000 to benefit … [Read more...]
Birmingham Holocaust Center Honors Jeffrey Bayer
By Keysha DrexelJournal editor By Keysha DrexelJournal editorChances are that if you have lived, worked or shopped in the Birmingham metro area in the last 30 years, you have spent some time in one of the buildings in Bayer Properties’ 11 million square-foot mixed-use asset portfolio.But the business acumen of Jeffrey Bayer is not the reason the … [Read more...]
State’s First fab’rik Store Opens in Homewood
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorJust five short months after a longtime friend and former colleague floated the idea of opening the state's very first fab'rik boutique in the Birmingham area, Melissa Mistrot said she is ready to make that idea a reality.Mistrot, of Homewood, and her Atlanta partners, Carmen Herndon and Stacy Falls, will host the grand opening of … [Read more...]
Going Whole Hog: Homewood Library Plans Block Party, Pig Roast
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThe Homewood Library Foundation is going for the whole hog in its efforts to make sure the programs at the library continue to serve Homewood residents.The foundation is hosting a block party and pig roast fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 16 in the parking lot of the Homewood Public Library on Oxmoor Road."One of our board members … [Read more...]