Clear skies and warm temperatures set the perfect scene for the inaugural Pink up the Pace 5K run, hosted by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama’s junior board April 28 at Crestline Field in Mountain Brook. Pink powder filled the air as runners took off for the 5K color run and returned to the finish line with clothes covered in pink pigment. A Dolly Dash, … [Read more...]
Take Out – or Eat In: Crestline’s Dinner Will Start Opening for Breakfast and Lunch
By Donna Cornelius Carey Thomasson thinks there’s no reason to stress out about dinner. And maybe that’s the reason the name of her popular Crestline Village business ends with a period and not an exclamation mark. “It’s just dinner – don’t freak out,” said Thomasson, chef and co-owner of Dinner. She and her husband, Dan Thomasson, opened their food-to-go eatery in May 2016. … [Read more...]
Smith’s Goes Shopping: Jim Glazner Looking for Someone to Buy the Store and Run It Like Mom and Pop Did
By Sam Prickett It’s been 67 years since Smith’s Variety first opened its doors, and in that time the toy and gift shop has become something of an institution for generations of Mountain Brook families. But change is in store for Smith’s “very soon,” said owner Jim Glazner. He’s looking to sell the business, though he said it’s important that new owners maintain the … [Read more...]
Remembering Mary Anne Glazner
On April 13, a crowd gathered at Mountain Brook Baptist Church to celebrate the life of an influential member of the congregation and community, Mary Anne Glazner. Though Mary Anne passed on April 7, her giving spirit lives on through the impact she has had on countless members of the Mountain Brook and greater Birmingham community. Though a resoundingly strong presence in … [Read more...]
Art Administration: MBAA President-Elect Preps for Annual Spring Show
By Emily Williams Ed Wilson of Mountain Brook said he isn’t a lifelong painter so much as an accidental one. It was Wilson’s career in pathology that brought him to Birmingham. He was a pathologist at Children’s of Alabama, and after his retirement from Cunningham Pathology in Mountain Brook, he stumbled upon painting as one way to stay active. “The joy of painting caused … [Read more...]