By Emily WilliamsOver the Mountain residents are invited to celebrate the Fourth of July a few days early at the 34th annual I Love America Summer Celebration on July 1 at Wald Park.This year, the celebration will begin at 6 p.m. with free swimming until 7:30 p.m. and a children’s entertainment area hosted by Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church.Beginning at 7 … [Read more...]
Wedded Wingmen: Will Hyden and Jenny McBride Find Love Standing on the ‘Moon’
By Emily WilliamsLieutenants Jenny and Will Hyden “aim high,” not only in their professional lives as members of the United States Air Force, but in their love lives as well.Though both hail from the Birmingham area - Jenny from Mountain Brook and Will from Pelham - the two did not meet until their sophomore year of college through their Air Force ROTC … [Read more...]
Fantastic Voyage: Vestavia’s Shirley Martin Continues Long Writing Career
By Emily WilliamsShirley Martin, a resident of Vestavia Hills, began writing in the early 1980s. As she enters her 80s, Martin is continuing her career as an author of romance novels and novellas.Martin was born near Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in history and minoring in social studies. After graduating in 1956, Martin taught school … [Read more...]
Heading for the Hills: Cashiers Is Popular Place for Mountain Getaways
By Emily WilliamsBreaking away from the ever-popular lake house or beach property, some Over the Mountain area residents are heading for the hills, buying and building beautiful properties in the mountains of North Carolina.One of the most popular communities in the Cashiers, N.C., area is the neighborhood of High Hampton. Boasting the amenities of a resort-style … [Read more...]
Southern-style Sewing: Seamstress Linda McIntosh Makes Sure Belles Are Well-dressed
By Emily WilliamsThe civilization of “cavaliers and cotton fields” may be gone with the wind, but its fashion lives on.Young women throughout the Birmingham area have been stepping into the past for over 45 years, donning antebellum gowns for belle societies.Linda McIntosh of Hoover has been making antebellum-style gowns for the Hoover, Vestavia and Arlington … [Read more...]