Here’s a quick quiz for baseball fans. Note: Those whose arms are in tomahawk-chop mode this time of year might have a little edge.The Atlanta Braves’ trade for what player was a key component to their 1995 World Series title?Spending time with what well-known pitcher was like hanging out with John Wayne?What did Chipper Jones’ teammates sometimes call him? (And no, … [Read more...]
Couple’s Big Spoon Creamery is Cool New Business
By Donna CorneliusThe last two Aprils have been milestone months for Ryan and Geri-Martha O’Hara.The young couple got engaged April 12, 2013. A year later, they married on that same date.This year, the O’Haras will be working during their anniversary weekend. But they’re not complaining.On April 11, the opening day of Pepper Place Saturday Market in downtown … [Read more...]
Shindigs’ Mac Russell Takes His Food to Selma Anniversary Event
By Donna CorneliusWhen Mac Russell returned to his hometown for an event that made international news, three things stood out, he said.Russell, who now lives in Mountain Brook, was among those in Selma earlier this month for the 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches from the Black Belt city to Montgomery.“What struck me was the amazing mass of people in … [Read more...]
Megan LaRussa’s Style Has a Southern Accent
By Donna CorneliusCollege football fans go through a lot for their teams, traveling cross-country to away games, showing up to cheer when it’s 100 degrees in the shade and putting off that pesky house payment to buy ever-pricier tickets.But one thing that needn’t be on the sacrificial athletic altar is style.Megan LaRussa, a Birmingham-based fashion event … [Read more...]
Extremely Happy Wanderers
By Donna Cornelius Life’s a trip – especially when friends are along for the ride.Susan and John Kidd, Peggy and Jim Lee, Carol Sue and Chris Mitchell, Lee and Mark Rives and Lowell and Ken Adams have found that it’s fun to vacation together. The couples have traveled en masse to Europe and, most recently, to Wyoming, laughing pretty much all the way.“We all … [Read more...]