Although the proprietors of Coffee-ol-ogy Global Cuisine and Bakery take pride in the coffee they serve, their café is so much more than caffeinated drinks and bakery treats. Teresa White and Craig Casiday, the mother-and-son team behind Coffee-ol-ogy, wanted their restaurant to give customers an experience, rather than just a place to grab a quick [...]
Decades ago, the Bluff Park building that now houses Artists on the Bluff was known as the Bluff Park Community School. Now, the building’s classrooms are again being used as classrooms — but instead of textbooks, calculators and chalkboards, these students are using art supplies to create an amazing variety of art, from oil paintings [...]
When Ashley and Patrick David found their Greystone home more than five years ago, they were unsure if they were doing the right thing at first. The home needed a major renovation, but it had the intangibles — the 7,500-square-foot house had a good floor plan to work with, and it sat on a lot [...]
Any championship coach will tell you winning one title is hard, and repeating with another title is even harder. The Hoover Lady Buccaneers were able to do just that when they defended their 2011-2012 state title with a 66-55 victory over Blount in the 2013 Class 6A girls’ championship game March 2 at the Birmingham [...]
Walt Stricklin’s philosophy as a photographer is to make people see what they can’t or will not see themselves. And he has found an ingenious way to do it. “Your camera is not your eye,” he said. “Your eye is the best filter God made. A camera is just a dumb piece of machinery.” Stricklin, [...]
Although the proprietors of Coffee-ol-ogy Global Cuisine and Bakery take pride in the coffee they serve, their café is so much more than caffeinated drinks and bakery treats. Teresa White and Craig Casiday, the mother-and-son team behind Coffee-ol-ogy, wanted their restaurant to give customers an experience, rather than just a place to grab a quick [...]
Decades ago, the Bluff Park building that now houses Artists on the Bluff was known as the Bluff Park Community School. Now, the building’s classrooms are again being used as classrooms — but instead of textbooks, calculators and chalkboards, these students are using art supplies to create an amazing variety of art, from oil paintings [...]
When Ashley and Patrick David found their Greystone home more than five years ago, they were unsure if they were doing the right thing at first. The home needed a major renovation, but it had the intangibles — the 7,500-square-foot house had a good floor plan to work with, and it sat on a lot [...]
Any championship coach will tell you winning one title is hard, and repeating with another title is even harder. The Hoover Lady Buccaneers were able to do just that when they defended their 2011-2012 state title with a 66-55 victory over Blount in the 2013 Class 6A girls’ championship game March 2 at the Birmingham [...]
Walt Stricklin’s philosophy as a photographer is to make people see what they can’t or will not see themselves. And he has found an ingenious way to do it. “Your camera is not your eye,” he said. “Your eye is the best filter God made. A camera is just a dumb piece of machinery.” Stricklin, [...]
Mary Jean Henke first began her foray as an artist at the age of 38. The decision came after Henke’s brother, an artist himself, gave her a challenge. “My brother was a fabulous artist. I envied him,” she said. “I said, ‘I wish I could do what you do,’ and he asked, ‘Why don’t you [...]
Perfection. That is the only word to describe the 2012 season for the Hoover High School football team. The Buccaneers wrapped up a 15-0 season with a dominating 31-0 victory over Opelika in the 2012 Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A state championship game on Dec. 7. The Bucs started the 2012 season with [...]
Twenty-six years ago, when Carol Cauthen opened Touching You, Inc., she wanted it to be a resource for cancer patients. As she moves into another year of not only being in business, but of dutifully serving her clients, she is more than confident that her work helping women feel whole again is God’s calling for [...]
With strokes of creativity, artist Rik Lazenby projects his skillful visions on not only walls and ceilings, but also on the lives of his inspired students. A Bessemer native, Lazenby grew up entranced by his uncle, a highly respected artist and teacher who studied in New York and Italy. “Some of my uncle’s artistic energy [...]
During their travels, Tamika and Jonathan Dunning have sampled quite a few Italian places. While they tried many wonderful meals, they never found a place that was completely satisfying. Finally, they turned to the well-known adage: If you want something done right, do it yourself. “We’ve always been interested in the restaurant business,” Tamika Dunning [...]