The Applebee’s restaurant that has long been promised in Birmingham’s Five Points West community nears completion. It will be the seventh metro Birmingham location and only the second location west of I-65 and first in the city limits.
The restaurant is already poised to do great business, especially with the potential of an upgraded Birmingham International [...]
Entries from December 2007
Random Shots: Soon we’ll be eating good in the neighborhood
December 27th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Tags: 35208 · Business · Random Shots · Restaurants/Bars
A look back: December 27
December 27th, 2007 · Comments Off
1933:
Pastor James Crutcher was born in Kentucky.
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Tags: A look back · history
So now you can watch that Patriots game on Saturday…
December 26th, 2007 · No Comments
For those football fans in the area that want to see if the New England Patriots can make NFL history this Saturday, well now you can. The game, which was originally only going to be broadcast on the NFL Network, will now also be simulcast on both CBS and NBC as the result of an [...]
From the Stationmaster: the boss gets profiled in The News
December 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Yeah, it’s not from the stationmaster, but we knew he’d never post this story about himself on the site, so I’m going to do it for him.
If you happen to pick up today’s Birmingham News and check out the second part of the local section’s front page article about local bloggers, you’ll find a profile [...]
Tags: Media · The Terminal · blogging
Travelogue: Nashville sees Birmingham Int’l Raceway commitment as hope
December 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Save Nashville Speedway posted earlier today about a meeting on December 20 between management of the Birmingham International Raceway, currently located on the Alabama State Fairgrounds in Birmingham’s Five Points West community, and Mayor Larry Langford.
The post, which sites a release posted on the front page of the raceway’s website, states that Mayor Langford was [...]
Tags: 35208 · Entertainment · Sports
Blogging in the ‘Ham: Doc’s Political Parlor
December 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Screenshot from Doc’s Political Parlor.
It wouldn’t be a series about blogging without focusing on what some would consider a statewide pastime and hobby here in Alabama - politics. One of the largest segments of blogs maintained in Birmingham are political in nature and none seem to garner more attention than Doc’s Political Parlor (& [...]
Tags: Birmingham · blogging · politics
A look back: December 26
December 26th, 2007 · Comments Off
1927:
After screening a movie there the day before, Paramount President Adolph Zukor proclaimed the Alabama Theatre to be “The Showplace of the South.”
1951:
Bull Connor was arrested after being found in a hotel room with his secretary.
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