By Anne RuisiA retired landscape architect well-known for leading major improvement projects in Mountain Brook over the past 30 years will be honored Jan. 31 by the city’s Chamber of Commerce with the Jemison Visionary Award. “The award is just a great honor,” said Nimrod E.W. Long III, (right) who over decades has led efforts on a variety of projects, such as … [Read more...]
Wooded Retreat: Wellon Bridgers Makes a 1960s Home Overlooking the Cahaba River Her Own
By Madoline Markham KoonceWellon Bridgers gasped the first time she walked inside the home on River Bend Road last year. She’d known the Cahaba River was behind it, but when she saw the way the entryway opened up to a wall of windows overlooking the river, she was taken aback by its beauty. Next, she entered the dining room and could envision her family of six … [Read more...]
Here’s Your Fresh Start!: New Year, New Attitude About Nutrition
By Susan Swagler“All foods fit.” How’s that for a fresh start – nutritionwise – to the new year? Those words came independently from both Sophie Burge Dolan and Sonthe Burge. They are registered and licensed dietitian nutritionists who also happen to be related; Sophie is Sonthe’s daughter. Through their separate clinical practices, these two women have … [Read more...]
Hey, Siri: Busy Mom Writes Book That Celebrates Differences
By June MathewsAs a wife, mom of three under 3 and part-time nurse, Alexandra Gaskins is juggling multiple roles these days. But her busy schedule hasn’t stopped her from adding one more role to the mix. With her first children’s book, “I Have, Not I Am,” Gaskins became an author. Inspired by two nieces, one with Down syndrome, the other on the autism spectrum, “I … [Read more...]
Groove Krewe: Magic City Disco Joins Disco Amigos in London Parade
By June MathewsIt’s almost unimaginable. If you had told us years ago when we started this that we would be marching in London’s New Year’s Day Parade, we would have never believed it,” said Toni Dennis, founder of Birmingham’s groove krewe Magic City Disco.But there they were Jan. 1, noon local time, boogeying their way from Green Park to the Palace of Westminster on a … [Read more...]