Category Archives: Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama: It’s finally official

Posted on September 28, 2007 | 2 comments

Sweet Home Alabama The state’s tourism office has decided to finally make the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit the official 2008 slogan and campaign. This after everyone else seems to have already adopted it unofficially. To your left is the logo for the new campaign, launched last week at a press conference hosted by Governor Riley. Click here to read a story about how a movie and a couple of American Idols made it a natural choice, courtesy of WAFF-TV in Huntsville.

This led us to think of this statewide Magic City Question:

What’s your favorite tourist attraction in the state of Alabama?

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Posted in Alabama, Magic City Question, Statewide, Travelogue

Whistle Stop Festival, Downtown Irondale

Posted on September 28, 2007 | Comments Off

Just down the road from downtown Birmingham in downtown Irondale, will be the annual Whistle Stop Festival, named for “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café” by Fannie Flagg. The festival will have arts and crafts, memorabilia from the city’s past and of course, fried green tomatoes along with other Southern foods, free music, rock climbing, a moon walk, face painting and a dog show among other things.

Cost: $0

Location:
Downtown Irondale, AL (Google Maps)

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Posted in 35210, Alabama, Events, Festival, Irondale, Timetable

Random Shots: Is this what you think?

Posted on September 28, 2007 | 4 comments

Anyone but Kincaid

Photo credit: Christina Tutor

Whether you do or you don’t, today’s the last day that you can register to vote in the upcoming Birmingham mayoral election! It’s also the last day that you can take part in our online mayoral poll.

Click over to Election ’07 to ~~cast your vote in our poll~~ (UPDATED, 9.28.2007, 4:34 p.m., see the preliminary results of our mayoral poll) and to download a voter registration form (or you could just click here).

Our poll closes at 3 p.m. today. We’ll let you know the initial results around 5 p.m. this evening.

FYI: Since the picture was taken, the sign shown is now joined by both Cooper AND Smitherman campaign signs.

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics, Random Shots

A look back: September 28 & 29

Posted on September 28, 2007 | Leave a comment

September 28:

1938

Ivy Andrews card

Former Dora High School star Ivy Paul Andrews played his last major league game.

September 29:

1929

Bryant-Denny Stadium

Denny Stadium (now Bryant-Denny Stadium) opened on the campus of the University of Alabama.

Courtesy:

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Posted in A look back, Alabama, Birmingham, history, Sports

You’ve got one more day to register to vote!

Posted on September 27, 2007 | Leave a comment

We’ve seen a lot of buzz starting to go around the local web about registering to vote. We’re also grateful to be mentioned in those bulletins and emails. So we’ll join in too; tomorrow is the last day you can register to vote in this upcoming mayoral election.

We’ll be making some last minute upgrades to our Election ’07 site tonight and we will be posting the initial results of our mayoral vote poll tomorrow afternoon after 4 p.m. Head on over and click on the link in the sidebar to download the state registration form (if you don’t want to go, just click here).

Click on over and vote if you have a couple of minutes. And check out the answers given during our Your Questions, Their Answers series from five of the candidates.

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics

A good time to buy a home in Birmingham

Posted on September 27, 2007 | Leave a comment

This morning’s Operation New Birmingham (ONB) Breakfast Briefing is focusing on The State of City Center Residential Development. A recent issue of BusinessWeek Magazine is backing up the positive report that attendees are hearing so far, not just for the city center, but for the entire region. The September 18 issue lists Birmingham, AL as the third best bargain in the country if you’re looking for a new home. Don’t believe us, click here to see the slideshow that shows the ten best and worst places; we’re slide #4!

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Citywide, real estate, Regionwide