Where's Brooke Smith?

Looks like we've had a lot of folks stumbling onto The Terminal recently trying to find out where NBC 13 traffic anchor Brooke Smith is. Well, according to her blog on the station's website she hasn't gone that far. The Albertville native is now preparing to host the …

Birmingham's shovel ready!

I'll admit I didn't know what that term meant . until a recent consulting trip out to Colorado

The race is on!

The city's getting ready for this year's edition of the Mercedes Marathon, including putting an additional rush on downtown Birmingham' current road repaving project

Fair Park Locomotive moving to Sloss

Birmingham's Fair Park has long been home to this 1917 "war baby" steam locomotive. Well, on February 22 it'll be settling into its new home on the grounds of the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark site. It is the result of an effort led by Mountain Book mayor

"A sad day for hot dog fans"

That is how one commenter on the Birmingham News' breaking new blog described learning the news that Tony's Terrific Hot Dogs will be closing after 29 years in business next weekend. According to the piece, Tony Ippolito's looking forward to retirement, though it looks …

Crestwood Coffee Company... for now

Pye Parson recently became the new owner of the Crestwod Coffee Company on Birmingham's East side. Pye also owns Birmingham IN spot Sol Garden two doors down from the neighborhood hangout spot, though she's not sure of her plans for that space when its lease is up later …

It's still Hip to be Civic

Screenshot of Catalyst's new website.

I couldn't pass up a chance to plug Catalyst's new website before we continue on this morning's food kick. This evening they'll officically launch their redesigned website with an event at Rojo featuring a performance by Matthew …

wOOt! Foodimentary wins a "Shorty"

Kudos to Foodimentary, a blog and Twitter feed based right here in metro Birmingham, AL (Homewood to be exact) as they are the winner of this year's Shorty Award for food! The Shortys recognize leaders in producing short content using the popular microblogging site.

Who's new on Twitter?

Birmingham's Twitterverse keeps on growing...

Some of the benefits of being on Twitter? Well, if you were following us last week, you would have had a chance to win tickets to opening night of Ain't Misbehavin' (congrats again to Michael Mayhew) and had a chance or two …

Want to read Larry's State of the City address?

Well, it's not available on the City of Birmingham's website as last year's is. You will find it over on BhamWiki. The guys over there painstakingly listened to Mayor Langford's remarks and transcribed his words for everyone to see.

So don't just hang out here, head on …

UPDATE: The switch goes on

Despite Congress recently passing a delay of the switch from analog to digital television until June 12, many television stations (including several here in town) are still planning to go forward with "the switch" on the original date of February 17.

Currently NBC 13,

Time for a Bojangles biscuit run...

... much closer to home. Charlotte, NC-based Bojangle's has announced plans to expand into the Birmingham, AL market, with hopes of opening four (4) locations in the metro area before the end of the year. We here see this as a great excuse to eat breakfast whenever we …

Speaking of switches...

Those of you that follow the r3vrb.com and bham.fm may begin to notice that both sites are loading a little slower than normal this afternoon. If you haven't heard yet (or haven't visited them before) allow us to elaborate.

The sites, maintained by former Timetable …

Birmingham's first The First 48 episode premieres tonight

Some of you may remember way back when Mayor Kincaid said that the Birmingham Police Department was not going to participate in the upcoming season of the popular A&E series The First 48, as brought up in a recent Black & White article. Well, tonight Birmingham will …

Bruno's files Chapter 11

Just in case you haven't heard the news, Birmingham, AL-based Bruno's Supermarkets has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier today. The press release states that operations will be restructured. The company last filed for Chapter 11 in 1998.

Kyle threatened with "the boot"

We're not really sure if Jefferson County Commission president Bettye Fine Collins would have really kicked out Birmingham Weekly columnist Kyle Whitmire at the end of today's post meeting conference. All we'll say is imagine what the post over on Mixed Media would have …

Follow the progress of a "promise"

Screenshot of Children's Hospital webcam feed.

Children's Hospital broke ground last week on its new expansion facility on Birmingham's Southside, one that will allow them to commit to being a greener part of our regional community. As part of the effort to make folks …

Help Hannah Grace

Hannah Grace Harrison is a three year old girl from Dothan, AL who was diagnosed with cancer last Spring. She is currently at Children's Hosptial here in Birmingham, AL and she's finished her final round (6 total) of chemo including a bone marrow transfusion. We found …

Fireworks at the BJCC yesterday

We've known for some time (well, some of us have) that Alabama State Representative Mary Moore has wanted City Council representation on the BJCC's board. Well, yesterday she decided to make those comments again during the BJCC Board meeting and had some words with the …

Is the Heritage Festival returning?

A quick look around the Internet late last night brought up this page of information for folks wondering about the future of the Birmingham Heritage Festival.

There is no location listed but there are dates for this year's event (in August) and contact information for …