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...]
Vestavia Family Spins Tradition, Celebrates with 12 Trees of Christmas
By Kaitlin Candelaria The Thackerson family of Vestavia Hills has put a whole new twist on the holiday season. While some families celebrate with 12 days of Christmas, Michelle, Steve and their three children instead celebrate with 12 trees. “Every year, we add different things,” Michelle said. “We incorporate all kinds of different things like puzzles, books, videos and … [Read more...]
Jaguars Get Judicial: Spain Park Law Academy Competes Internationally
By Kaitlin Candelaria The football team isn’t the only group at Spain Park High School with an impressive record this year. Students from the high school’s Law Academy recently competed at the YMCA Youth Judicial Mock Trial Tournament in Montgomery to defend their three-year streak as the best overall team in competition. Although they didn’t leave with a fourth victory in … [Read more...]
They Have Donuts: Four Friends Cook up a Business Based on Their Favorite Food
By Donna Cornelius That thing you have for doughnuts? It’s in your genes. At least, that’s what Phil Amthor believes. “Everybody has a love for doughnuts within them from birth,” said Amthor, who started Birmingham’s We Have Doughnuts with his wife, Sara. The company just helps reawaken that primal connection, he said. The small batch, made-from-scratch doughnuts are sold … [Read more...]
Growth in the Gardens
By Kaitlin Candelaria Fans of the Memorial Garden at the Birmingham Museum of Art are in for a big surprise. Renovations of the garden, which is managed and cared for by the Red Mountain Garden Club, are complete after almost seven years of work. The garden was built almost 60 years ago at the museum’s then-entrance, but many things have changed in that time. Garden club … [Read more...]