By D.T. Carmichael IIYou may have heard of Murphy’s Law, which states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. It’s a reductionist way of saying that things will break. Did you know it has corollaries? For example: nothing is as easy as it looks, everything takes longer than you think, left to themselves things go from bad to worse, and nothing is foolproof—because … [Read more...]

By Cathy DeLozier photos courtesy of kathryn burnsTraveling internationally for the wine industry, Kathryn Burns has lived the mantra, “Work hard. Play hard.” She loved her job, but she loved the travel just as much. Working for LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) and later, Ernest and Julio Gallo, she traveled to California, Italy, France, Australia and New … [Read more...]

By DT Carmichael IIWhen we set out to cross the country, we were anything but unprepared. Trip preparation began a year prior to leaving, though it had always been in the works in some capacity. Grant Blackwell and I have known each other since we were in kindergarten at Mountain Brook Elementary and have been planning adventures together since we were in high … [Read more...]

By Brent Thompson  Photography by Jenny AdamsJenny Adams is a Mountain Brook native who lives in New Orleans…but that’s hardly the whole story. A dizzying path has taken the renowned freelance writer and photographer from her hometown to a city roughly 350 miles down the road.  “I went to College of Charleston, and I stayed there for a year after … [Read more...]