By Kaitlin CandelariaIf you visited Cyndy Cantley’s home today, you’d never guess that everything in her house used to be white. Cyndy, who is one half of Cantley and Company, the successful kitchen and cabinet design business she owns with her husband, Keith, said her love for color and wallpaper is something that’s snuck up on her over the years. The couple bought … [Read more...]
Hill Showcases Her Garden in New Journal
By Emily Williams Lida Inge Hill of Mountain Brook combined her love of Southern foliage and watercolor painting to create “Journal of a Cottage Garden.” In the book, Hill adds her own personal commentary as she identifies and describes 30 kinds of plants that fill the garden surrounding her cottage. “There is a difference in what the native plants do for our environment,” … [Read more...]
Call to Duty: Mountain Brook’s Tanner Fought Terror on Two Fronts
By Lee Davis Christopher Tanner didn’t grow up wanting to be a soldier. The call to serve found him. The Mountain Brook native was attending the prestigious Lawrenceville School in Princeton, New Jersey, where he excelled in track and field. Tanner wanted to find a college where he could compete in track at the NCAA Division I level and pursue a degree in engineering. The … [Read more...]
Every Mile Counts: Camp SAM Goes to NYC Marathon
By Kaitlin Candelaria Five Birmingham runners are taking Camp Smile-a-Mile’s mission to New York City. Savannah Lanier, development director for Camp SAM, said this won’t be the first time the organization has been represented in the TCS New York City Marathon, but this year’s team is different. “We’ve had a marathon team in the past, but it wasn’t really a group that was … [Read more...]
Conducting with Culture: Izcaray Begins His First Season as ASO Music Director
By Emily Williams Carlos Izcaray didn’t set out to become a conductor. When he was 16 or so, he dreamed of being a hotelier in the Caribbean. Then he heard a recording of Yo-Yo Ma performing the “Elgar Concerto.” “There was something there that clicked,” he said. That’s when he knew he wanted not just to play music, but to create musical experiences by conducting full … [Read more...]