By Kaitlin CandelariaBradford Billingsley has a long list of accolades, from recently receiving top honors on the fashion reality show “Project Runway: Threads” to being featured in Seventeen magazine. He is definitely working on making a name for himself. Billingsley is also only 13 years old.Billingsley said he began drawing at age 4. His first sketches featured … [Read more...]
Spanish Translation: Hollywood Tour House Gets Just the Right Accents
By Donna CorneliusMary and Mims Cooper knew the house they’d bought on La Playa Place in Homewood needed some work. They just didn’t know quite how much.“My husband had done some renovations before, but not to this extent,” Mary Cooper said. “When we started, there was a vacant lot near here where someone was building a new house. That house was completely built while … [Read more...]
Hollywood Heirs: Section of Homewood Once Independent Community
By Lee DavisClyde Nelson was still a very young man in the 1920s, but he was already something of a legend in the Birmingham real estate business. He had built nearly $2 million worth of homes and become president of the Birmingham Real Estate Board.Nelson had his sights on some land not far from Edgewood, a small suburb outside the Magic City. His project was to build … [Read more...]
Perfect Record: Vestavia Rotarian Has Attended Meetings from Birmingham to Switzerland
By Kaitlin CandelariaLindy Martin has perfect attendance at the Vestavia Hills Rotary Club -- a feat that wouldn’t be nearly as impressive if he hadn’t been a member for over 40 years.Martin is a charter member of the club, which meets every Friday at noon. If members are unable to attend a meeting, they are given the opportunity to “make up” that meeting at another … [Read more...]
Special Deliveries: Katie’s Plates Brings Healthy Meals to Customers’ Doors
By Donna CorneliusKatie Strickland’s goal is her own show on the Food Network. She also wouldn’t mind owning a restaurant – maybe two.“I’d like to have one restaurant with healthy food and another where I can go all out with no limitations,” she said.Those may be lofty ambitions. But Strickland already owns her own thriving food business. And she’s only 24 years … [Read more...]