By Keysha DrexelJournal editorDixie and Tom Brannon are opening their home to the public for the holidays to help raise money for a program that will open doors for deserving students.The Vestavia Hills couple's home at 2104 Hickory Ridge Circle in Vestavia Hills is one of the homes on the fourth annual Legacy League Christmas Home Tour. The Legacy League, an … [Read more...]
IPC House Tour Remains a Christmas Tradition
The Independent Presbyterian Church Holiday House Tour is in its 65th year – but it seems to be an ageless wonder.The seasonal event, set this year for Dec. 13 and 14, is a longstanding Birmingham and Over the Mountain tradition that invites tour-goers into festively-decorated homes. But the tour has a very timely goal: raising money to help disadvantaged children have … [Read more...]
Cottage Industry
By Donna CorneliusJournal features writerWilliam Morris advised having “nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”Jason Turner has a third suggestion.“A house should be appointed with things that have deep meaning,” he said.The Forest Park cottage owned by Turner and Robert Listerman illustrates that point. From … [Read more...]
Coming in from the Cold
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorAs he stood at the bottom of a 40-foot ravine off Montgomery Highway and looked up at the gray November sky peeking through the forest canopy, Kelly Garner wondered aloud how he survived an ordeal in January that broke his back and left him with a serious head injury.Garner answered his own question almost as soon as he asked … [Read more...]
Cherokee Bend School Hosts Annual Colonial Fair
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorStudents at Cherokee Bend Elementary School recently had a chance to gain a new perspective on old-fashioned living.The school's fifth-grade classes participated in the annual Colonial Fair at the Mountain Brook school on Nov. 12 – just in time for Thanksgiving.The Colonial Fair is held each year as a culmination of the … [Read more...]