OVER THE MOUNTAIN
J O U R N A L THE SUBURBAN NEWSPAPER FOR MOUNTAIN BROOK, HOMEWOOD, VESTAVIA HILLS, HOOVER, AND NORTH SHELBY COUNTY JULY 14, 2011
This year’s Market Day, an annual merchant-centered event in Mountain Brook Village, will be July 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. See About Town, page 4.
Flower Power Originality Blooms at Dorothy McDaniel’s Town Home
For the longest time, Holocaust survivor Ilse Scheuer Nathan covered up the small numbers tattooed on the inside of her left arm. Though time has now faded those numbers, she’s much more apt to talk about them now. See Life, page 8.
This year’s annual Public People, Private Places section spotlights the homes of three innovative designers. We stopped in for visits not only with McDaniel, above, but with Brackey Stewart, who has a delightfully original sense of style, and John-Bryan Hopkins, whose former Hollywood house attained a celebrity status of its own. Join us for up-close-and-personal looks at each of these homes beginning on page 18.
The Night of Hope Gala was held April 16 at The Club. The 10th annual event was hosted by the Alabama Chapter for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). See Social, page 10.