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Birmingham Public Library Selected to Top Ten List for Children
Birmingham Moms love the library. It comes as no surprise that the Birmingham Public Library was recently named as one of the Top Ten Libraries for Children. Livability.com reviewed 500 libraries evaluating their ‘kid-appeal’ and selected Birmingham to their list.
This type of recognition rewards [...]
Chinese New Year Celebration in Birmingham
Maybe Dick Clark claims a Rockin’ Eve at Times Square, but the Chinese surely earned bragging rights to New Year parties with their invention of fireworks a few millenia ago.
The Chinese New Year Festival, or Spring Festival, is a major holiday in Chinese and other eastern cultures and our Chinese [...]
Something New for Birmingham Birthdays: ZumbaTomic Parties
Looking for a new idea in Birmingham for your child’s birthday party? Check out ZumbaTomic Birthday Parties offered by the YMCA Vestavia. Zumba, of course, is the Latin-inspired, fast-paced and fun dancercize program that captured the imagination and is re-shaping the bodies of thousands of [...]
Long Road to the Promised Land: Kelly Ingram Park
Kelly Ingram Park is downtown across from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), and in keeping with other things locals take for granted, it’s doubtful most residents of Birmingham have taken time to visit. After all, it’s always there, so what’s the rush? (It must [...]
LEGO Festival BrickFair Opens This Weekend
Brickfair opens in Birmingham THIS Weekend. What is BrickFair, you ask? Simply put, Brickfair is 37,000 square feet of LEGO creations, exhibits and vendors celebrating their passion for all things LEGO. Local exhibitors, as featured in this Weld article, will display replicas of buildings, people [...]
Brighter New Year?
I received an email last December wishing me a “Merry Christmas and a Brighter New Year” and I couldn’t miss the obvious implication that 2011 had been crummy. I think a lot of us have been ready to kiss 2011 goodbye and good riddance.
There’s no [...]
Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Birmingham – How and Where?
Christmas trees will be ‘undecorated’ all over the city in the next week and you may wonder… how can I responsibly dispose of my tree? Here is a list of locations and information about Christmas Tree recycling in the Birmingham metro area.
In Birmingham and Gardendale, [...]
A New Holiday Event for Families Hits the Birmingham Scene Next Week
Do you love Tacky Christmas Lights? Well, the Fresh Air Family team knows all of the BEST spots for the Wackiest Tackiest Christmas Lights in Birmingham. The Wacky Tacky Light Tour will occur on Tuesday, December 20th after dark. Beginning at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, [...]
Real Joy Guaranteed?
Walking through the mall the other day I spotted this sign and my inner cynic commented, “How ridiculous. You can’t possibly guarantee someone’s joy.”
Then the light bulb went off. But that’s exactly what we moms try to do! We guarantee joy for everyone, as if [...]
Conflicted Over Immigration in Alabama
Dare we even mention this subject? What a hot mess!
I suppose most of us are frustrated that federal laws regarding immigration are in some cases impractical and, in most cases, unenforced, leaving the states to cope the best they can. I’m especially put out by [...]