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Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsam, American Duchess If you swoon over the eye candy of the Grantham Estate with it’s polished tea service and creaseless newspaper, your answer to between-season withdrawal is the story of a genuine American heiress-turned-Duchess, Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsam, cousin to the founder of Biltmore Estate. Consuelo, in her own words, shares an intimate […]
When I was pregnant for the first time, I realized my hormones had hijacked my own mind when a potted plant actually made me burst into tears. We were getting ready to go a performance by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (I talked my husband into this under the guise that it was even better for the baby […]
Wow, such a contrast between the moms who are sending their young ones off to school for the first time and those who have done this before. There are misty eyes in both cases, but one is sentimental and sad and the other is jubilant. One has a box of tissues, the other has a […]
Last year when gas prices were narrowing all our Spring Break travels, BirminghamMom Lisa decided to embark on a tour of an otherwise unlikely destination: Alabama. With three kids (ages 9,7, and 5) out of school, her husband worked while Lisa took the week off to shuttle her brood to a different spot almost every day, never requiring a hotel stay. […]
The human herd What possesses reasonable people to have a full day devoted to the concept of thankfulness and then spend that day strategizing about how to get more? Not only to get more stuff, mind you, but to leave warm beds and stand in long lines for it, swarming electronics counters like starving refugees […]
Photo Credit: Raymond Brown Are you planning and preparing for a trip to Disney World. If so, you are in for a treat (not the restful or relaxing type of treat, of course). Disney is all about making memories and this list of packing and preparation hints will ensure you only create good memories. Here […]
Here’s an assortment of fun ideas for Father’s Day gifts (as featured on Talk of Alabama ABC 33/40), all available at large retailers such as Lowe’s, Home Depot, or Bed, Bath & Beyond: Entertaining Dad GrateChef grill pads – These are great products for the griller who loves to tailgate or visit a vacation hideaway […]
It must be a mom thing to think your kid’s Jack-o-lantern smile is adorable, even if your kid doesn’t. But nobody wants to see a child develop self-esteem issues, and the day mine was told by a classmate that she had “country teeth” was the day we knew a bite correction wasn’t as compelling as […]
More than enough has been said about the Anthony Weiner scandal and how yet another adult who should have known better has disgraced himself and lost a career by sending inappropriate photos, among other things. Now Jackass star Ryan Dunn has met a tragic death in a fiery car crash, where police say he was driving over 130 […]