By Lee Davis It doesn't seem as if nine years have passed since the Vestavia Hills girls soccer team won a state championship. But surprisingly, that little factoid is true. The Lady Rebels consistently produce some of Alabama's best teams, but they haven't brought the big blue trophy back to Limerock Road since 2007. There's a good chance that drought will end in … [Read more...]
Rotarians Respond: Club Thanks First Responders With Shrimp and Skydivers
On April 23, the Vestavia Hills Sunrise Rotary is sponsoring a shrimp boil festival to honor Vestavia Hills police officers and firefighters. This annual event was designed six years ago as “an opportunity to give our first responders recognition,” said Rotary event coordinator Margaret Cook. This year’s event includes a live band and the skydiving team The Casters. Members … [Read more...]
Sandner-Dew
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Edward Sandner III of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Sally Wallace Sandner, to Dustin Ashley Dew, son of Mrs. Michael Lynn Kelly and the late Mr. Ricky Kenneth Dew of Sanford, North Carolina. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. Andrew Corbett Scott and the late Mrs. Barbara Ann Heard Scott of Birmingham and Mrs. Joseph Edward … [Read more...]
Binge Decorating
I once wrote a column comparing my string of home decorating projects to the children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” For the mouse, a cookie led to a glass of milk, which led to a napkin, which circled back several pages later to another cookie. For me, putting new drapes in the living room led to a new couch which … well, you get the idea. Now, several years later, my … [Read more...]
Forty and Fabulous: Decorators’ ShowHouse Celebrates Anniversary With a ‘Showstopper’
By Donna Cornelius The Decorators’ ShowHouse turns 40 this year, and it’s showing no signs of aging. The Alabama Symphony Orchestra fundraiser started in 1976. The first ShowHouse was a stately Mountain Brook house modeled after George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This year’s event, set for April 9-24, opens the doors of a Mountain Brook house that was built by Katherine and … [Read more...]