Lindsay Alane Larimer and Jonathan David Mills were married June 27 at Brookwood Baptist Church in Mountain Brook. The Rev. Timothy Wayne Clark of Brookwood Baptist Church officiated the 6 p.m. ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dean Larimer of Mountain Brook. She is the granddaughter of Ms. May Travis Tidwell Quinn and the late Mr. James Clayton Quinn … [Read more...]
Taylor-Schmidtke
Dr. and Mrs. William Gibson Taylor of Macon, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Taylor, to Stuart Gerald Schmidtke, son of Mr. and Mrs Brian Gerald Schmidtke of Vestavia Hills. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. William Eugene Shreve of Alexander City and the late Mr. Shreve and of Mr. and Mrs. William Zack Taylor of Cumming, … [Read more...]
New Orleans Nuptials: Couple Weds With Cajun-Themed Ceremony, Second Line
By Kaitlin CandelariaA not-so-chance encounter and a neighborly request led Vestavia Hills native Megan Bendig to her husband, Todd Ledet. She was sharing an apartment with two girlfriends in Birmingham in 2009 when a friendly neighbor stopped by to ask for a bottle opener. "Todd lived in the same building, yet it took almost a year for us to meet," she said. "In … [Read more...]
Life of the Party: Kathy Mezrano’s Cookbook Has Recipes, Tips for All Kinds of Gatherings
By Donna CorneliusThere’s no such thing as too many spoons. Always keep a goat cheese log on hand. And just for fun, top your elegant silver candelabra with Chilton County peaches. Those are just a few of the practical and imaginative bits of insider information in a new cookbook by one of Birmingham’s best-known caterers. In “Food, Fun & Fabulous: Southern … [Read more...]
Hunger Games: How to Get Your Child into Healthy Eating
By Donna CorneliusParents of picky eaters may sometimes wonder whether their child will grow into adulthood still eating only pizza and peanut butter. Thankfully, that’s usually not the case. My older son used to hide cans of green beans in random spots around the house so I couldn’t cook them, and my younger son would willingly eat only one vegetable: corn. Today, … [Read more...]