By Lauren Helmer Imagine the waves lapping against the shoreline of your own private beach along 30A. You’ve just taken a dip in the crisp salt water and are heading back home, your toes massaging the sugar-white sand as you walk toward the wooden boardwalk that meanders through a nature trail into the Watersound coastal village community. Nestled among the towering pines, … [Read more...]
OK for FUN: Diving Into the Ultimate Family Experience
By June Mathews About eight years ago, Dina Marble and her husband, Will, began noticing a disturbing trend among teens. As a licensed professional counselor and an experiential educator, respectively, both Marbles worked with students on a regular basis. “Teenage anxiety and depression seemed to be up, and their resiliency and coping skills seemed to be down,” said Dina … [Read more...]
Ready for a Cool-Down?: New Pool Complex at Patriot Park Opens May 18
By Ingrid Schnader A group of Homewood residents joined the Homewood mayor, City Council and Park Board members May 3 in cutting the ribbon on the new Patriot Park pool. The pool features a zero-entry shallow end, a splash pad, a slide and lap lanes. The splash pad is open to the public now, and the full pool will be open May 18. During the ribbon-cutting, Homewood Mayor … [Read more...]
Opening the Cahaba to More Active Tourism
By Kennedy McJunkin This summer, you won’t have to look far for your recreational water getaway. The Cahaba Blueway has dedicated 10 new canoe and kayak launching sites and swimming access points along the Cahaba River in Mountain Brook, Irondale, Trussville and other locations. “The Cahaba River has always been a recreational outlet in our community, but you have to be a … [Read more...]
In the Eye of the Beholder: BMA Exhibit Adopts a Different Way of Looking at Fashion
By Ingrid HowardNow through the end of summer, visitors to the Birmingham Museum of Art can peruse the Ways of Seeing: Fashion exhibit, the second part of an ongoing series.Rather than looking at the history of fashion, this exhibit aims to explore themes that relate to fashion.“Even those people that say, ‘I don’t care about fashion,’” chief curator Anne Forschler … [Read more...]