By Emily WilliamsYouTube sensation Meredith Edwards harnessed the entrepreneurial opportunities of online video-blogging and created a career through her YouTube channel Southernbelle606.Edwards, a senior at Vestavia Hills High School, operates a fashion, beauty and lifestyle channel geared towards guiding young women and promoting self-confidence.“I just want to … [Read more...]
Film of Dreams
Vestavia Hills Grad Hunter Nichols Chronicles His 44-day Journey along Alabama’s RiversBy Cary EstesThere has always been a bit of wanderlust coursing through Hunter Nichols’ veins. As a teenager growing up in the Vestavia Hills/Cahaba Heights area, Nichols would often explore the nearby creeks and woods, alone, with only the fish and turtles as his companions.One … [Read more...]
Super Bowl Stripes
By Lee DavisRonnie Baynes has seen the Super Bowl from the best spot in the stadium.And that doesn’t mean a luxury box.Baynes – a former Auburn University football player and Mountain Brook baseball coach – was an NFL official from 1987-2000. During that period, he worked many preseason and regular season games, numerous playoffs and, as a reward for his good work, … [Read more...]
King and Country
By Donna CorneliusRoyal life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – at least for Foots Parnell.Parnell, this year’s Beaux Arts Krewe Ball King, said a friend asked him if his newly-acquired noble status excused him from household chores.“I told him I still had to take out the garbage,” Parnell said, smiling.The commercial mortgage banker will reign over the 48th … [Read more...]
Support System
By William C. Singleton III Following a recent hit-and-run accident that left Homewood parks and recreation board member Paula Smalley injured and currently confined to a wheelchair, she needed a home to stay in that was handicapped-accessible.Enter a Homewood neighbor, with whom Smalley and her husband, Craig, have been staying for the time being.“Some … [Read more...]