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A Porch is a Porch, Of Course, Of Course
For those of us who live in historic Midtown neighborhoods, our front porches are our favorite component of bungalow living. According to the book Craftsman Homes, “Porches should be equipped…
Around The Neighborhoods
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Free Comic Book Day
On Saturday, we ventured outside of Midtown Montgomery for a few things that, even for their many charms, our fair neighborhoods do not (yet) boast: A 3-D IMAX movie screen…
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Summertime!
Summer vacation starts in a mere six weeks. For us, things always start off beautifully with trips to the splash pad, pool and the parks, hikes around Fort Toulouse, trips…
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Painted Pink
If our parents and grandparents are to be believed, the department shore shopping experience isn’t what it used to be. Where once a customer might find a cool drink of…
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Old House Expo Celebrates Historic Neighborhood Living
May is designated National Preservation Month by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and this year’s theme is Discover America’s Hidden Gems. Montgomery, like many communities from coast to coast,…
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Montgomery Street Fair
They have been popping up like colorful flowers after a rain shower. All around the Internet, people have been posting beautiful photos of Saturday’s downtown street fair, sponsored by Helicity….
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A Conversation with Danny Davidson, Costume Designer at the Cloverdale Playhouse
“As we work we must seek not for self-expression or for performance for its own sake, but only to establish the dramatist’s intention, knowing that when we have succeeded in…
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The Boys Next Door
On Saturday we got dressed up and made our first foray to the Cloverdale Playhouse. The recently rehabbed church is now showing its second ever production, “The Boys Next Door,”…
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Getting Dirty
There is something about spring that makes even a city girl want to dig in the dirt. I grew up in the country, and we grew most of our own…
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The Biscuits 2012
For many, spring training crept past undetected, like the stealthy protagonist in the Metal Gear video game franchise. What? It’s the regular season? These games count? The Biscuits have started?…
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Book Lovers Celebrate April
April in Montgomery is becoming a literary Mecca! The seventh annual Alabama Book Festival will once again be at Old Alabama Town on Saturday, April 21. With more than 40…
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Greening Montgomery
A stray remark about global warming to a sales clerk recently led him to recommend that we watch a television show called Doomsday Preppers that airs on the National Geographic…
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Midtown’s Consignment Shops
On a warm Friday I took a tour of our neighborhood’s three major consignment shops, all within walking distance from each other. Most of the time, when we use the…
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Sitting Down With Emily Flowers
“As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.” ― Julia Cameron Chatting with Emily Flowers, Managing Director of the Cloverdale Playhouse, we discussed the busy calendar in March,…
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Leroy Lounge
When you ask someone what Leroy is, they may give you a cryptic response. Leroy may be the “mostest horse that ever was,” but although their online logo is of…
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Irish Voices at the Cloverdale Playhouse
Faith and Begorra! St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and the Cloverdale Playhouse has a “Playhouse Special Performance” planned for that very special day. This year St. Paddy’s day is…
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Spring Events Calendar
It’s March 5, the anniversary of the Boston Massacre and the birthday of both Rosa Luxemburg and Andy Gibb. This got us thinking – what important events about town are…
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Fiber Arts Fest Prevents Unwinding, Warping
In coffee shops and bookstores all over Montgomery pockets of artsy knitters, crocheters, embroiderers and interested learners are emerging as the “fiber trend” continues to gain momentum. This interest in…
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Supergroup Coming Sunday
You may never have heard of The New Orleans Suspects, but you will not forget them once you hear them. Five incredibly talented musicians make up the group, which is…
Inside Midtown
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Not My First Rodeo
What I know about rodeos can be fit into a few fleeting experiences as a spectator and one “celebrity ride” on which I wore a silk pants suit — slick…
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Something Old – Something New
Hello Montgomery, We write you because we love you and want only the best for you, our favorite city. You’ve been sleeping for quite some time now, and while we’re…
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Foreclosures: Help Your Neighbor and Yourself
Recently, I was sitting at my desk doing what I normally do first thing in the morning Monday-Friday: calling friends and clients (many of whom are both) to say happy…
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The Meeting
The cast, from left: Kalonji Gilchrist as Malcolm X, Derek Lovett as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ron Rico Davis as Malcolm’s bodyguard. It was a dark and stormy…
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Local Music Reviews
We are music lovers. We have lived, in our brief adult lives thus far, in Austin (“The Live Music Capital of the World”), Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles….
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Second Annual Root Ball
The upcoming second annual Root Ball on March 10 will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Montgomery Trees. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and recap a decade of…
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Year of the Landlord?
Will 2012 be the “Year of the Landlord” in Midtown Montgomery? You rarely hear a news broadcast or read a news report these days without encountering a reference to declining…
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Living History and Ancient Books
Recently, the online user-created encyclopedia Wikipedia shut down for a day to protest a proposed federal law regarding piracy (the intellectual property kind, not the swashbuckling kind). Wikipedia’s protest effectively…
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A Dream To Remember
I grew up with an escape plan. Montgomery didn’t have anything to offer me, and I was so adamant about leaving that I became fixated on the escape without truly…
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The Comforts of Home
I am in Cape Town, South Africa on business. This particular trip is almost two weeks long, and I’m at the stage of the the trip where I am both…
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Building Musical Tomorrows
Editors’ Note: Once in a while, an idea comes along that is so good, we just have to devote a guest post to it. The Montgomery Music Project is one…
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Montgomery Development Preview
In the last ten years, Montgomery has made much progress, mostly focused on the 2007 master plan. Mayor Todd Strange has been criticized for continuing to invest in the city…
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Exciting Events Starting Off 2012
Wow! 2012 is off and running. Don’t get left behind. Come join in the fun and excitement of events in Midtown. The first I know of is a new Cultural…
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Real Estate Fortune Telling
Midtown Montgomery Real Estate: Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been Midtown Montgomery produced 325 home sales in 2011. To put that in perspective, our peak year of recent memory…
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Knowing What You’re Getting Into
Those of us who are somewhat regular at meetings of the City Architectural Review Board are quite accustomed to seeing someone on the agenda who has begun work (or worse)…
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A Farmers Market Chrismas
It’s been a while since the farmer’s market out on Coliseum closed down for regular business. You know the place — out there by Garrett Coliseum, out where they have…
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When Bad Things Happen in Good Places
I’m smart, I’m aware, and I’m cautious but I still became a victim of a “smash and grab” recently. After attending a regular exercise class at a local midtown gym…
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Twas the Heights Before Christmas
The Capitol Heights Civic Association decided this year to really light up our neighborhood. The first place to be decorated was Armstrong Park on Madison Avenue. Traditionally, we have wrapped…
Midtown Life
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Let the Wall Come Down
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Fairview Homebrew
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Montgomery’s Best Cupcake
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Kate and Stephen
Perry Hill Place Revitalized
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Food
Buttermilk and Chess Pies: Delicious Tradition
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Kate and Stephen
The Season for Giving
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Historic Midtown
South Hull Seeks Historic Designation
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DIY
Ah Shiitake!
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Outdoors
Pet Enrichment in Midtown
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Carole King
Work Programs and Stimulus Monies (75+ years later)….
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Historic Midtown
Historic Sign Application
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Heather Coleman
Know Your Counter Tops – Going Green in the Kitchen
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City Living
Demolition of History: Shepard Building
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Government
New Legislation Protects Governor’s Mansion
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Historic preservation
King of Capitol Heights
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Heather Coleman
Cork Flooring Underfoot
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Shopping
Fashion Show – August 2
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Fun
Cloverdale Playhouse remodeling
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