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Rosy View at Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Most of us think of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens as a backdrop for the kids’ photos, but that’s a shame. The Gardens merit frequent visits for their own sake, as they are always changing with the seasons and, let’s face it, who can appreciate the [...]
Found: What Mom Really Wants for Mother’s Day
Hold your nose, the fragrance inserts touting “gift with purchase for mom” are tumbling out of every newspaper. Gullible dads and kids are desperately searching for a Mother’s Day gift that will answer our ‘focus-group tested’ secret wish to roll in a wildflower meadow or [...]
Free Comic Book Day
Call it the Gideon business model: Comic book shops all over the world will be giving away free comic books this Saturday, May 5th. This will be the 9th annual Free Comic Book Day, which is held the first Saturday in May (Did you know?). [...]
YWCA’s Child Development Center among the Best
There hasn’t been much to crow about lately in Jefferson County in general or Birmingham city schools in particular. At the moment the state is compelled to become directly involved in the Birmingham school district. Even worse than our local issues, Alabama itself ranks DEAD [...]
Birmingham Reads: Use Your Lunch Break to Read to Kids
Plan just an hour or so of your time to connect with kids in the community and participate in Birmingham Reads Day on Thursday, April 19.
This is the easiest volunteer assignment you can have, and it’s well organized so that your time commitment is minimal [...]
Trayvon: Must a Black Mom Teach Her Son to Think Defensively?
I have an ongoing dialogue with a good friend of mine about the black and white issues of the day (literally; she’s black and I’m white). Our kids are roughly the same age and we’ve had many a discussion over how the “black community” views [...]
BMA Events Every Day of Spring Break
The Birmingham Museum of Art has got a new event going on every day except Monday (museum is closed Mondays) of spring break, so there’s plenty to keep the kids busy and entertained.
One of the most compelling has to be Tuesday’s event with Google. Employees [...]
Find: Impromptu Spring Break Travel Inspiration
Pick up some in-state travel inspiration while you’re grabbing a quick lunch.
The Arby’s on hwy 31 in Vestavia Hills (across from Greenbrier Furniture) is stocked with a full selection of brochures featuring Alabama destinations. Having these displays at fast food outlets near interstate exits is [...]
Cherry Blossom Festival at Botanical Gardens, Perfect Outing w/ Kids
It’s been 100 years since the Japanese gift of cherry trees to the U.S., and as a frustrated gardener, I say anything that can bloom reliably for that long deserves a festival.
If you’ve never been, make plans to enjoy the Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ Cherry Blossom Festival on Saturday, March 17, [...]
Harlem Globetrotters visit Birmingham during Spring Break – Discover Suprising Connections
For a sports-crazed city that doesn’t have hope of a professional basketball team (we’re a football town, after all), the Harlem Globetrotters are a dose of dunking, slamming, and showboating that we just don’t get otherwise.
The Globetrotters have several surprising connections with Birmingham:
They were formed [...]