Gypsy Store Facade. acnatta/Flickr.
Well, Kent Griggs finished the new Gypsy Store on 2nd Avenue North exactly when he said he was going to in an interview last month. Visitors to last weekend’s Artwalk were among the first ones to get to visit the newest store in what’s fast becoming one of the trendier sections of Birmingham, AL.
The “upscale convenience store” is scheduled to remain open until 11 p.m. most evenings.
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The Birmingham Botanical Gardens hosted their first Cocktails in the Gardens mixer Thursday night in the Hill Garden. The “see-and-be-seen” (the Gardens’ words) event featured hors d’oeuvres and drinks catered by A Social Affair.
The after hours events are an effort to raise awareness among young professionals about membership and other opportunities at the gardens. There are two more this year on October 23 and November 13. Their website provides additional information about the series.
Visit the Gallery to view more photos.
Photo: Sisters Celeste, left, and Grace Nunnally stand above the Hill Garden. Bob Farley/f8Photo.
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Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
About a month or so ago, Mimi Street, one of the barbers at The Tutwiler Barbershop, and one of her regulars, Stacey Elliott, were joking around Mayor Larry Langford’s desire for the Birmingham to host the 2020 Olympics. A short time later Elliott, who works for Source One Legal Copy, brought in a sign proclaiming the Tutwiler Barbershop as the official barbershop of the 2020 Olympics. “It was one of those ha ha funny things,” Street said. The sign has been in the window ever since. Continue reading
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Photo: GAL Photography
Those of you that use the 5th Avenue North ramp to access Interstates 20/59 or 65 may only have a second to notice that there’s been a few changes in the landscape over there in recent weeks because of the removal of the skate park from Homewood’s Central Park in July.
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Bob Farley/f8Photo
Nearly 200 contestants and thousands of BBQ and music fans enjoyed the first night of the 4th Annual Stokin’ the Fire BBQ and Music Festival Friday night a Sloss Furnaces. Mark Kozelek put on the 8 p.m. show at the main stage while hundreds of canjun dancers and fans enjoyed Willis Prudhomne. For those coming for the music, Saturday features seven acts on the main stage and five on the Water Rower Stage. For fans of the BBQ, professional judging starts at 11a.m. and amateurs turn theirs in at 2:30 p.m. There activities for the children and various other events including a parade at 1:30 p.m.
There are more pictures from Friday night in our gallery.
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An old friend of The Magic City. acnatta/Flickr.
No, Larry didn’t have the streetcars re-installed overnight for the morning commute… Just figured I’d share this image with you on this Tuesday morning. It’s somewhat appropriate with today’s air quality alert for Jefferson and Shelby Counties and Birmingham’s mayor calling for transit system overhauls that we get a chance to check out what could be (and what is). While I wish I could say that I planned to take this image and attempt to follow Sen. Obama’s trip to San Francisco this past weekend, I did hope to take a look at one of the cities that put a bid in for the 2016 Summer Games while getting some great suggestions for ways to improve the site at WordCamp SF (while doing research for WordCamp Birmingham – taking place in September). The results – we’ll start sharing tomorrow (after I get over a minor case of let lag).
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acnatta/bhamterminal.com
The banner says it all, though it did look open. Their relatively new location in Pepper Place allows folks that buy coffee from them during farmers market season to have somewhere to hang out the rest of the year. Looks like they’re already booking acts too, as the poster said there was a show set for August 24. It may be an excuse to check it out.
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