Tag: Alabama
Civil Heritage Trail Debuts in Downtown
The Downtown Business Association (DBA), a fairly new group of merchants and businesspersons, has introduced a great new attraction. In an attempt to appeal to out of town visitors coming to Montgomery and to create an awareness with locals that downtown is alive and well, DBA decided to cash in on something totally Montgomery. What […]
The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Enjoying Alabama’s Outdoors
If you’re already an avid outdoorsperson, this article isn’t for you. However, if you find yourself watching nature documentaries and thinking “that looks like fun” but aren’t sure how to get off the couch, then let me be your guide to getting outside. I’ve always enjoyed the casual day hike, especially because it’s something I […]
“Dark” Designs at the Cloverdale Playhouse
“Truth in the theatre, as the masters of the theatre have always known, stands above and beyond mere accuracy to fact. In the theatre the actual thing is never the exciting thing. Unless life is turned into art on the stage it stops being alive and goes dead.” -Robert Edmond Jones Wait Until Dark, by Frederick Knott, […]
So … How’s the Market?
Whether I’m in line at the grocery or drugstore or at a breakfast downtown or at a charity function or wherever, the question I’m always asked remains the same: “So, how’s the real estate market?” The best answer I can give is: It all depends. If you want to buy a home in Midtown Montgomery, […]
Christmas at the Governor’s Mansion
On Monday, the holiday spirit moved us. Well, to be fair, the promise of getting a look inside the Governor’s Mansion moved us. But we also can’t say no to a festive display this time of year. Even after living in Montgomery for years and driving by the mansion on Perry just about every single […]
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 as ice — and nearly slid off onto my backside! And what I do know about the phrase “not my first rodeo” is that it […]
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 birthday. It gets my day off to a great, positive start; and I hope it sets the tone for them as well. One of the […]
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 during times of economic recession, but history has taught us that depressions and recessions are actually times of great opportunity. More billionaires came out of […]
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 was 2004 with 781 homes sold. Clearly, 2011 was a tough year for Midtown. The entire Montgomery area didn’t fare much better. 2011’s dismal 3,255 […]
Meg Lewis: The MML Interview
Occasionally, Midtown Montgomery Living interviews people who are out there making our community interesting. Last month we talked to special effects auteur Jonathan Thornton; this month, we chatted with Meg Lewis, the Director of Marketing and Communications at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Most people know Meg as the face of the Shakespeare Festival. But it […]
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