By Kaitlin Candelaria Gift cards are taking on a new look this holiday season thanks to Instagift, a Birmingham-based business founded on the premise of buying and selling egift cards and mobile gift cards on the internet. Instagift is housed in Innovation Depot in downtown Birmingham. It serves more than 1,000 clients across the country with a heavy emphasis on the … [Read more...]
Spartan Strut: School Officials Don Fashions for the Foundation
The Schaeffer Eye Center’s Fashions for the Foundation 2015 was held Nov. 9 at the newly opened Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook. More than 300 guests gathered in the elegant Grand Ballroom to see models sporting clothing and accessories from 16 local merchants and eyewear from Schaeffer Eye Center. l.a. Eyeworks designer Gai Gherardi was in attendance. Stylebriefs.com’s … [Read more...]
Holiday Hospitality: Four Houses, Church Open Doors for IPC’s Annual Tour
By Donna Cornelius The Independent Presbyterian Church Holiday House Tour is always a high point of the Christmas season for church members and tour-goers. The 2015 edition of the event ends the year on an especially festive note. The tour, along with the church’s Christmas Eve services, marks the culmination of IPC’s year-long Centennial Celebration. The church began … [Read more...]
A House of Note: Letter Led to Thomson’s Purchase of Mountain Brook Dream Home
By Donna Cornelius There was something about the house at 3121 Brookwood Road that drew Kathy Thomson’s eye every time she drove past it. “The house just seemed so cozy and warm,” said Kathy, who as a teenager often passed the Mountain Brook house on her way to school. “I loved the big front porch.” She was so taken with the house that she eventually left a note in the … [Read more...]
Decorating Influences: Samford Legacy League’s Home Tour Showcases Christmas Decor
Christmas decorations take center stage in the Samford Legacy League’s 2015 Christmas Home Tour, with arrangements ranging from heirloom tree ornaments to ornaments collected from exotic locales, and from traditional religious symbols to a vast array of Santa Clauses. Visitors will get to see four homes in Mountain Brook and the Samford President’s Home in Vestavia Hills as … [Read more...]