By Keysha DrexelA business that started as a small home gift store almost 30 years ago will expand into a three-location retail clothing company next month.The Pink Tulip, which first opened in Southside in 1986 and currently has locations in Homewood and Cahaba Village, will open a third store in Hoover’s Patton Creek shopping center in March.And this will not be … [Read more...]
Odom’s Work, Volunteerism Earn Girl Scout Award
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen Teresa Zuniga Odom found out she was receiving a lifetime achievement award, the Hoover woman said her initial reaction was surprise.Odom will receive the 2014 Mildred Bell Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama Women of Distinction Luncheon on March 7."I thought, 'Whoa, I'm only 55. … [Read more...]
Trunk Show
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThe Arbor Day Foundation says the residents of Mountain Brook "ought to be proud to live in a community that makes the planting and care of trees a priority."And for making trees a priority, the city has earned recognition as a 2013 Tree City USA.This is the 20th consecutive year Mountain Brook has earned the designation from … [Read more...]
On Pointe
The Pointe Ball, described as one of Birmingham's most anticipated black-tie events, was held Jan. 24 at The Club in Homewood.The event celebrated the Alabama Ballet's season of performances and its professional dancers.All proceeds from the Pointe Ball benefit Alabama Ballet's outreach and education programs.The event began with an intimate performance by the … [Read more...]
McCallum to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorCharles A. "Scotty" McCallum Jr. likes to make light of all of the hats he has worn and all he has achieved since moving from his native Connecticut to the Birmingham area in 1951.The 88-year-old has been a dentist, an educator, the president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a two-term mayor of Vestavia Hills, and he's … [Read more...]