1955:
Satchel Paige signed a contract to play for the Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League.
2006:
Adventurer and mountain climber Robert Davis III died while descending Mount Kenya.
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Tag Archives: AL
A look back: August 14
Posted in A look back
Tagged A look back, AL, Alabama, Birmingham, history, Robert Davis III, Satchel Paige
We’re essential!
This is the part where we blatantly plug the current (August 2008) issue of Birmingham Magazine (while thanking associate editor Carla Jean Whitley for showing her some love to the hub) by asking you to pick up a copy, turn to page 86 and cheer the fact that we made the list of “Essential” websites here in The Magic City in the. There are some friends of The Terminal on the list as well, including Bhamdining, BhamWiki, {head}:sub/head, r3vrb, THE2NDHAND, Birmingham Pulse, BirminghamMom, Wade on Birmingham and The Wine Pig.
Check it out and see if there’s any other site you’d include on the list.
Posted in Media
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Magazine, essential web sites, essential websites
The race is on (and they need volunteers)
The date’s set for the 17th annual Susan G. Komen Birmingham Race for the Cure – October 11, 2008 starting from downtown Birmingham’s Linn Park. The race continues to grow, so they’ve introduced a web-based registration form to make it easier for volunteers to sign up and help out this great cause.
By the way, registration for this year’s race is now open!
Posted in Fundraiser
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, information, location, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, volunteer sign up form
A look back: August 13
1854:
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church pastor J. Q. A. Wilhite was born in Louisville, Kentucky
1992:
Driver Clifford Allison died in a single car crash at the Michigan International Speedway.
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Posted in Timetable
Tagged A look back, AL, Alabama, bhamwiki, Birmingham, Clifford Allison, history, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
So what’s it like to commute by bike?
Why not ask Brian – or at least check out his blog posts. We noticed a great deal of interest from our newsletter subscribers when we included his blog, Brian Commutes By Bike, in our Five Links section of our e-newsletter this past Friday, so we figured there may be several of you that may be interested as well.
The blog’s title says it all, or at least we hope it does. You may even get a chance to hear about some of the things we miss during our regular commutes…
Posted in blogging
Tagged AL, Alabama, biking, Birmingham, blog, Brian Commutes By Bike, commute, commuting by bike
Sweet Bones Alabama to open in The Summit
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I really can’t be sure if the guys on the trailer were up here working preparing to work on the restaurant (I actually think some patch work was being done to their truck). I can be sure of the fact that it was just ironic timing based on what ran in today’s Birmingham News about Bonedaddy’s – sorry, soon to be Sweet Bones Alabama.
That’s right – according to today’s News’ business section the restaurant located in the Village at Lee Branch will be changing it’s name, relocating to larger space at The Summit (the former On the Border location pictured above) and working on plans to open locations outside of Alabama.
Posted in Business
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Bonedaddy's, expansion, On the Border, renovation, Sweet Bones Alabama, Texas
The latest Brum photo debacle
Seems like the Tory MEPs and the City Council in Birmingham, England don’t talk to each other that often. The Birmingham Post’s Joanna Geary shared an abbreviated version of the council’s debacle on the newspaper’s news blog earlier today. An image of our skyline was included on a recycling brochure that went out to more than 360,000 households in the English metropolis. Yes, we’re expecting jokes to appear in the comments.
Back in January members of the conservative party in England’s Second City decided to include a photo of the Birmingham skyline on their website… if you don’t remember what happened, check out our post from back then (which includes a screen capture of the image in question). It remained up for several days, or at least a week, based on what we learned for our follow-up post. One of the results was an interesting comparison of the two cities by The Sun.
Posted in Across the pond
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Post, blog, England, Joanna Geary, misuse, photo, UK
