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Entries Tagged as 'Quirky'
Get ready for Hey Octane Boy posts from Homewood
December 15th, 2011 · Comments Off · Online, Quirky
We’re getting a new coffee shop in metro Birmingham this spring using a local (and well loved) coffee roaster. We may also get some fans of the baristas depending on how long this meme lasts…
Tags:Birmingham·Coffee·fanboy·Homewood·octane·primavera·site·Tumblr
Happy International Tee Day!
June 21st, 2011 · Comments Off · Quirky, The Terminal
It’s International T-Shirt Day today as we continue letting folks know about our t-shirt fundraising drive. If you can help us spread the word as we look to expand the offerings on Birmingham’s hub this summer, we’d appreciate it!
Tags:Campaign·effort·fundraising·future·information·It's Nice to Have You in Birmingham·operations·sales·t-shirt·The Terminal
What’s in a hashtag?
June 14th, 2011 · Comments Off · Quirky
Sometimes you may be surprised by how many people are seeing your Birmingham tagged tweets on Twitter that aren’t in Birmingham, AL. It’s kind of cool to take a look at all of the potential connections you could be making.
On the agenda: A new home for the Birmingham Batmobile?
March 1st, 2011 · Comments Off · On the agenda, Quirky
This morning’s Birmingham City Council meeting agenda includes an opportunity to place the Birmingham Batmobile in a new home in addition to funding for a new arts incubator in Woodlawn and contractors chosen for demolition work throughout Alabama’s Magic City.
Tags:Birmingham Batmobile·City Council·contracts·demolition·Magic City Question·Main Street Birmingham·Old Car Heaven·On the agenda·update
We speak with a Lowland Southern dialect
December 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · Quirky
A linguist has determined that much of the state of Alabama speaks with a Lowland Southern dialect. Don’t worry, he’s identified the speech patterns of most of North America too.
Tags:dialect·English·examples·language·linguistic·Lowland South·map·North America·Online·speech
JeffCo Commission District 1 election tomorrow (& July 13)
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · politics, Quirky
There’s a special election tomorrow to fill the unexpired term of former Jefferson County Commissioner (and now Birmingham, AL Mayor) William Bell. The crazy thing about this one is that we’ll be doing it again come July 13, and the results could lead to a couple more special elections. Time will tell…
Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·election·George Bowman·Jefferson County Commission·Johnathan Austin·politics·Quirky·special election
Meet Soledad, The Bottletree’s fawn
May 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · music, Quirky
The fawn that lives on the liquor shelves of Birmingham, AL’s The Bottletree Cafe has been on quite an adventure recently – thanks to London-based The xx.
