Mountain Brook Magazine, November/December 2019

THROW A FAVORITE THINGS PARTY • MRS. WAUD'S TEACHING LEGACY • TOUR A HOME RENOVATION

BEHIND THE STAINED GLASS MOUNTAIN BROOK BAPTIST TURNS 75 EMILY COE’S

WILDE ART CO.

FROM COFFEE TO

November/December 2019 MountainBrookMagazine.com Volume Three | Issue Six $4.95

CAMPESINO NEW VENTURES FOR TWO HATTON SMITHS

MountainBrookMagazine.com 1

m o r e t o e x p l o r e a t h o m e:

205.879.3510 2921

18 T H

S T,

HOMEWOOD AL 35209

ATHOME-FURNISHINGS.COM

2 November/December 2019

EXPERIENCE THE BEST IN CHILDCARE Heritage Preschool of Homewood is sporting a new name but providing the same award-winning, high-quality care parents have trusted for years. Set the stage for your child’s success by enrolling at Heritage Preschool to experience the best in childcare and early childhood education. Call us today to schedule a tour or learn more at heritagepreschool.com

151 Covenant Way • Homewood, AL 35209 • 205-968-1255

4 November/December 2019

WE WANT TO FILL YOUR LIFE WITH GOODNESS Hello, neighbor. We have a large variety of organic, specialty, and traditional groceries. But there’s so much more for you to discover. Come see for yourself or learn more at greenwisemarket.com.

1000 JEMISON L ANE, MOUNTAIN BROOK

MountainBrookMagazine.com 5

FEATURES

58

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS Here’s your guide to gathering friends this season for a Favorite Things party, complete with inspiration sourced close to home.

66

A STORY TO TELL Mountain Brook Baptist Church is marking 75 years of light and inspiration.

74

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE What should you buy for friends and loved ones this season?

Look no further than the shops right around you.

6 November/December 2019

PHOTO BY MARY FEHR

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

58

45

PHOTO BY TOMMY DASPIT

arts & culture

17 Architect Meets Artist: Wild Art Co. Calligraphy & Portraits 24 Read This Book: Jungle Kittens Book Club Favorites

schools & sports

25 Always a Waudo: The Teaching Legacy of Diane Waud

food

& drink

33 From Coffee to Campesino: Hatton Smith II’s Rum Journey 43 Five Questions For: The Man Behind the New Sol Y Luna

in every issue 6 Contributors 7 From the Editor 9 The Question 11 The Guide 80 Chamber Connections 82 Out & About 90 Marketplace 92 My Mountain Brook

44 Five Questions For: Carrigan’s Public House’s David Carrigan

home

& style

45 In With the New: A Saltbox Home Renovation 55 At Home: Subtle Holiday Decor 56 In Style: Comfy, Casual, Cute

MountainBrookMagazine.com 7

MOUNTAIN BROOK

contributors

MAGAZINE

EDITORIAL

Graham Brooks Stephen Dawkins Alec Etheredge Madoline Markham Keith McCoy Emily Sparacino Briana Harris Wilson

CONTRIBUTORS

Kaitlyn Baker Emily Butler Jessica Clement Tommy Daspit Mary Fehr Madison Freeman Harper Nichols EK Parker Tracey Rector Katie Roth Elizabeth Sturgeon Lauren Ustad Rebecca Wise Courtney Wright

DESIGN

Angela Caver Jamie Dawkins Kate Sullivan Green Connor Martin-Lively

Kaitlyn Baker, Intern

Kaitlyn is a student at Samford University, studying journalism and mass communication and worship leadership. When she’s not writing for school, you might find her writing just for fun in a local coffee shop (Caveat is a fav) or writing songs in her room. She’s a multi-instrumentalist, often “winging it” at best. Her latest feat is the accordion!

Elizabeth Sturgeon, Writer

Elizabeth was born and raised in Birmingham and has stayed close to home ever since. You might find her searching for a thrift store gem or ordering a meal she’s never tried before. A recent Samford University graduate, Elizabeth works in Birmingham-Southern College’s communications department, writing about students, alumni and campus culture.

Courtney Wright, Stylist

Courtney Wright (@savor_style) combines her love of food and entertaining by creating custom grazing boards and styled spreads for a variety of events. At the heart of Savor Style is her desire to encourage people to gather and connect, and the belief that no occasion is too small to celebrate. Courtney is also mom to 2-year-old triplets (@southernsoiree), who constantly remind her what it means to savor each moment in the midst of chaos.

MARKETING

Darniqua Bowen Kristy Brown Kari George Caroline Hairston Rachel Henderson Rhett McCreight Kim McCulla Jordan Price Viridiana Romero Briana Sanders Jessica Steelman Kerrie Thompson

ADMINISTRATION Hailey Dolbare Mary Jo Eskridge Daniel Holmes Stacey Meadows Tim Prince

8 November/December 2019

Rebecca Wise, Photographer

Rebecca is a photographer living in Mountain Brook with her husband, Chase, their three sons, Raughley, Liam and Marshall, and their two dogs.

She specializes in family and children’s photography as well as sports and movement photography such as yoga, pilates and ballet. When she doesn’t have a camera in hand, she loves to read and spend time with her family.

Mountain Brook Magazine is published bimonthly by Shelby County Newspapers Inc., P.O. Box 947, Columbiana, AL 35051.

Mountain Brook Magazine is a registered trademark. All contents herein are the sole property of Shelby County Newspapers Inc. [the Publisher]. No part of this periodical may be reproduced without written permission from the Publisher. Please address all correspondence (including but not limited to letters, story ideas and requests to reprint materials) to: Editor, Mountain Brook Magazine, P.O. Box 947, Columbiana, AL 35051.

Mountain Brook Magazine is mailed to select households throughout Mountain Brook, and a limited number of free copies are available at local businesses. Please visit MountainBookMagazine.com for a list of those locations. Subscriptions are available at a rate of $16.30 for one year by visiting MountainBrookMagazine.com or calling (205) 669-3131, ext. 532.

Advertising inquiries may be made by emailing advertise@mountainbrookmagazine.com, or by calling (205) 669-3131, ext. 536.

from the editor

A

ON THE COVER

A few summers ago I found myself around a kitchen table full of my parents’ friends I was meeting for the first time. We were breaking for lunch from lake activities, and somehow at the end the table had ended up being ladies-only. So not surprisingly, we got on the topic of “how we met” stories, and each woman took a turn sharing how she and her husband first interacted in college or at a friend’s house. I was well acquainted with my mom’s tale of a road trip with her older brother’s friend, but the others I learned that day were new to me—a uniquely sweet set of happenstances decades ago that led them to the man with them that day.

In some ways, I think of this magazine like that lunch table. There, like in these pages, we had the time and space to delve into the back stories that don’t come up in our everyday busyness, the tales of how what is today came to be.

Likewise when I sat down with Hatton Smith II over Campesino Rum to talk about, well, Campesino Rum, we discussed the qualities of the drinks in front of us of course, but most of conversation took us to the Panamanian jungle and the people he met there who inspired his product and his brand, as well as the ties between rum and the coffee he grew up in the business of. And when I met up with Jorge Castro at the new Sol Y Luna in Lane Parke, we quickly got to how his brother recruited him in the late 1990s to come up from their hometown in Mexico to help him run this Lakeview eatery full of dishes that people are excited to have back soon—lobster taco, anyone?

Jumping around to other parts of the magazine, you are going to want to read about how Diane Waud’s legacy of “Waudos” in her kindergarten classroom at Brookwood Forest Elementary, how Emily Wilde Coe got into calligraphy and sketches on top of her architecture career, and the details that went into the renovation of the Greaves’ saltbox home on Montevallo Road.

And while we are talking about back stories, I must of course mention our account of the past 75 years of Mountain Brook Baptist Church as it celebrates a big anniversary. Our styled shoot of a Favorite Things Party has a shorter back story, but we sure had fun pulling holiday décor and tasty party treats from shops and restaurants in our favorite villages.

Here’s to hoping we get to pressing into back stories—and not just skimming the surface—as we catch up with family and friends at holiday gatherings this season!

From Coffee to Campesino

Hatton Smith II, pictured at The Atomic, drew from his experience in the Panamanian jungle to develop Campesino Rum. Photo by Mary Fehr Design by Jamie Dawkins

madoline.markham@mountainbrookmagazine.com

MountainBrookMagazine.com 9

205.437.1012 | DSLDLAND.COM

5485 US-280, Birmingham, AL 35242

10 November/December 2019

“ ” THE QUESTION

What is the most magical part of the holidays in Mountain Brook?

Mountain Brook Baptist’s Christmas Eve services, especially singing “O Holy Night” and “Silent Night,” the latter of which is by candlelight.

Tree in front of Bromberg’s with all the multicolored tiny lights.

-Margaret Chason Agnew

-Sarah Rich

The day they turn on the lights in the trees in the Village and the window display at Etc!!

-Kimberly Kuhn

Mtn. Brook Baptist Living Nativity puts me in the spirit every year!

-Meghan Ratliff

The decorated lake on Lake Drive with the reflection on the water!

-Sally Baker

Driving through Mtn. Brook Village with the lights in the trees and on top of the buildings, that really puts us in the Christmas spirit.

-Joan McCalla

AU house all lit up!!!

-Melinda Boothe Curtis

Mountain Park Circle is the best.

-Sarah Franklin Johnson

MountainBrookMagazine.com 11

Wallace-Burke Fine Jewelry & Collectibles

12 November/December 2019

THE GUIDE

HOLIDAY PARADE DEC. 8 Mountain Brook Village 3 p.m.

Watch as floats, fire trucks, bands, choral groups, dancers and of course St. Nicholas himself parade down through Mountain Brook Village. Plus, you can stay afterward to catch photos with Santa too.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 13

THE GUIDE WHAT TO DO IN MOUNTAIN BROOK

DEC. 20-22

NOV. 9-10 Alabama Designer Craftsmen Annual Fine Crafts Show Birmingham Botanical Gardens NOV. 12 Family Night: BCT - The City Mouse & the Country Mouse Emmet O’Neal Library 5:30 p.m.

NOV. 14-16 Theatre Fall Show Mountain Brook High School Blackbox Theatre

Living Nativity Mountain Brook Baptist Church See the Biblical account of Jesus’ birth played out live—with live actors and live animals at this annual production by

Mountain Brook Baptist Church, now going more than 50 years strong. And hark! the herald angels will sing, glory to the newborn king. Shows start at 6:45, 7:30 and 8:15 p.m. each night.

NOV. 23

Miss Olympian Pageant Mountain Brook High School 7 P.M.

Who will the winner of the 52nd annual pageant be? Come out to see for yourself

as the contestants participate in an interview, opening number dance and evening walk before the winner is crowned. Follow them on Instagram at @missolympianpageant for updates.

DEC. 14-15

70th Annual IPC Holiday House Tour Independent Presbyterian Church SATURDAY 10 A.M.-4 P.M., SUNDAY 1-5 P.M.

Take a tour of area homes decked out for the season, and stay for tea and cookies at the Great Hall at IPC—which acts as a 14 November/December 2019

stop on the tour. The tour benefits the Children’s Fresh Air Farm, STAIR and First Light Women’s Shelter—all local ministries missions supported by IPC. Tickets can be purchased at ipc-usa.org, at each house or at Independent Presbyterian Church during tour hours.

NOV. 15 Standing Room Only: Book Feast Book Swap and Holiday Feast Ages 21+ Only, Register Online Emmet O’Neal Library 6:30-8 p.m.

NOV. 16 An Evening With The Author: Lev Grossman Emmet O’Neal Library 6:30 p.m.

NOV. 19 An Alabama Bicentennial Celebration Event: The Bankheads of Alabama Documentary +Discussion RSVP at Eolib.org Emmet O’Neal Library 6:30 p.m.

NOV. 27-29 Thanksgiving Holidays Mountain Brook Schools Closed NOV. 27 + DEC. 11 Me & Ukulele: All Ages Ukulele Workshop Bring Your Own Instrument Emmet O’Neal Library 5-6 p.m.

DEC. 4 Jeff Co. Memorial Project Book Discussion Series: Homegoing

by Yaa Gyasi Emmet O’Neal Library 6 p.m.

DEC. 10 Family Night: Storytime & Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen Emmet O’Neal Library 5:30 p.m.

DEC. 10 MBHS Choir Winter Concert Mountain Brook High School 7 p.m.

DEC. 11 Holiday Murder Mystery Party Ages 21+ Only, Register at Eolib.org Emmet O’Neal Library 6:30 p.m.

DEC. 12 Holiday Band Concert Mountain Brook High School 7 p.m.

DEC. 18 Etc.: Fancy Nancy Holiday Hairdo Hullabaloo Emmet O’Neal Library Time TBA

THE GUIDE RETAIL

LANE PARKE HAPPENINGS Fairhope-based olive oil and balsamic vinegar store The Happy Olive is now open in Lane Parke in Mountain Brook Village, and there are several more new businesses to come nearby. The new 2,700-square-foot space U.S. Post Office will be located between Swoop and the former Kinnucan’s storefront corner also in Lane Parke and will offer all the services previously found in the Mountain Brook Shopping Center location, including P.O. boxes. ABC Spirits will have triple the size of its old Mountain Brook Village Shopping Center space, across from the new Sol Y Luna (read more about it on page 43) and near the new post office. The post office is scheduled to open in February 2020 and the ABC in January.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 15

THE GUIDE AROUND TOWN NOV. 1-10 You Can’t Take It With You Virginia Samford Theatre NOV. 2 Dia de los Muertos Pepper Place NOV. 2-3 Moss Rock Festival The Preserve, Hoover NOV. 12 National Veterans Day Parade Downtown Birmingham

NOV. 28

Sam Lapidus Montclair Run Levite Jewish Community Center 8:30 A.M.

Start off Turkey Day with the opposite action of stuffing your belly. This annual run celebrates the life of Sam Lapidus, his love of fitness and the LJCC and of family and friends. Proceeds benefit the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama. Visit bhamjcc.org for more details and to register.

NOV. 20-23 Market Noel Presented by the Junior League of Birmingham The Finley Center Hoover Metropolitan Complex NOV. 21-24 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical Virginia Samford Theatre NOV. 24 Handel’s Messiah Presented by the Alabama Civic Chorale Riverchase United Methodist Church NOV. 30-DEC. 1 The Nutcracker Presented by the Birmingham Ballet Alabama Theatre DEC. 6-22 RMTC Holiday Spectacular Red Mountain Theatre Company

NONPROFIT

THIS MAGIC MOMENT Oct. 21, 2019 was officially proclaimed as Magic Moments Day by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and Mountain Brook Mayor Stewart Welch (pictured here with Magic Moments Executive Director Sandy Naramore). The organization, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, was founded by two Mountain Brook residents and creates magic moments in the lives of children in Alabama with chronically life-threatening medical conditions.

16 November/December 2019

DEC. 11 Trans-Siberian Orchestra BJCC Legacy Arena DEC. 12 Legacy League Christmas Home Tour Benefits Samford University Scholarsihps Tickets at samford.edu/ legacyleague/.

10 a.m.–2 p.m. and 4-8 p.m.

DEC. 13-15, 20-22 Alabama Ballet’s The Nutcracker Samford University Wright Center

THE GUIDE DEC. 15 Opera Birmingham Presents Sounds of the Season Samford University Wright Center DEC. 19 Birmingham Boys Choir Christmas Concert Briarwood Presbyterian Church DEC. 13-15 Once On This Island Presented

by Broadway In Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall DEC. 21 Home for the Holidays Presented by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Alys Stephens Center DEC. 31 Cheers! The New Years Eve Concert Presented by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Alys Stephens Center

DEC. 1-22

Mountain Brook Art Association Holiday Show The Summit, Former Charming Charlie’s Space Next to Chuy’s 11 A.M.-6 P.M. Find some of your favorite local artists displaying their wares and find a one-of-a-kind gift for those impossibleto-buy-for people on your list. They’ll have hand-painted gift items along with paintings of all sizes and price points by more than 50 local artists.

205.638.PIRC (7472)

Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC)

PIRC

The PIRC is generously supported by additional funding from the Hill Crest Foundation, Brasfield and Gorrie, LLC, and the Gorrie family.

Navigating mental health resources for those who care for children and teens l

FREE and CONFIDENTIAL service

l

Provide information and resources for adults with a mental health question about a child or adolescent

l

Staffed by licensed mental health clinicians who recommend the best treatment options

l

Open seven days a week, year-round from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The PIRC is not a crisis hotline. Anyone experiencing a crisis should call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room.

Anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts should call the 24-hour, 7 day a week National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

MountainBrookMagazine.com 17

M O D E R N N E W B O R N + C H I L D + FA M I LY P O R T R A I T U R E INFOAPEPPERMINTPHOTO.COM | 205.807.6431 H E I R LO O M A L B U M S | A R C H I VA L Q UA L I T Y P O R T R A I T S

W W W . A P E P P E R M I N T P H O T O . C O M 18 November/December 2019

&CULTURE

ARTS

ARCHITECT MEETS ARTIST Emily Wilde Coe packs depths of emotion behind the strokes of her portraits and calligraphy.

BY ELIZABETH STURGEON PHOTOS BY REBECCA WISE MountainBrookMagazine.com 19

E

Emily Wilde Coe has always been fascinated by the power of a pencil. The same pointed tool brings baby portraits and favorite pets and new houses to life with each different line and texture possible.

Then, the final product holds the emotion behind each subject—celebration, comfort, sometimes loss or a sense of home.

Through her portrait and calligraphy business, Wilde Art Co., Emily uses her precision to make

20 November/December 2019

this happen. “It makes me feel so good to know that I can preserve and capture those moments,” she says. “I can manipulate a pencil to create a softness, and I hope it’s engaging to people who see it.”

Wilde Art Co. collects a wide range of Emily’s artistic and lettering talents, including graphite portraits as well as stationery, wedding suites and framed Bible verses with her calligraphy. She

started the business in 2013, all on the side of her full-time career as an architect (and when she first started, a new mom).

Though Emily draws mainly in graphite, she maintains the same precision with pen and ink through her calligraphy and lettering work. She started with her own wedding invitations and has since done projects and commissions for friends who’d ask her. Now, drawings here and there have

collected into a company that doubles as Emily’s creative outlet.

But in some ways it’s nothing new. Emily has always had an interest in art and always knew that would be a part of her life. “In my head, I knew I’d always do something with art or architecture,” says Emily, who attended Auburn University for her architecture degree and currently works at Nequette Architecture and Design downtown.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 21

“I want to bring someone into a drawing and capture a feeling, or an emotion. I feel like I can do that easily with a portrait.�

-Emily Wilde Coe

22 November/December 2019

Emily also grew up in Mountain Brook with parents who both went to art school. Every Christmas or birthday brought new supplies or art books that continued to inspire her passion. Even when she was studying at Auburn, she traveled to New York and Italy during her summers to take art classes.

Portraits have always captivated her. “I really like drawing eyes because they always capture you first. I want to bring someone into a drawing and capture a feeling, or an emotion. I feel like I can do that easily with a portrait.” All of Emily’s work is both detailed and soft, a combination that brings such a familiarity to a portrait.

Working like a true architect, Emily drafts everything first and makes sure all is in place before she fills in her lines with shading and strokes. She also works in gray, black and sometimes gold for calligraphy as her main palette, though she experiments with new mediums or colors on occasion.

One of her most popular commissions recently has been house portraits. Her architecture training again weaves into her style in the attention to all the small details that make each house itself. They are, in a way, not too far from the other portraits she draws.

“House portraits are emotional because everyone is

Beauty for

Any Season Lamb’s Ears, Ltd. 70 Church Street Crestline Village www.LambsEarsLtd.com LambsEarsLtd@gmail.com 205.802.5700

MountainBrookMagazine.com 23

Architect Emily Wilde Coe also works with calligraphy and portraits.

24 November/December 2019

so attached to their home,” she says.

For her calligraphy, Emily carries the same softness from her drawing. Her work takes the form of traditional flourishes or a simpler modern cursive.

“Your handwriting reflects your personality and style,” she says. “Someone else’s calligraphy, even if I teach them, is not going to look like mine. You’re able to put yourself into it.” Each project has a different flair, and Emily’s style has a subtle connection between all of them.

Continuing the family tradition, Emily hopes her children, 6-year-old Addie and 3-year-old Oliver, will pick up on her creative spirit. “I like them being able to see me work, hopefully to inspire them,” Emily says. Addie is already learning cursive at school (with the help of a book at home) and is growing in her own love for drawing.

Even though she’s always taken art classes and has made drawing or lettering a part of her life somehow, Emily’s not going to stop learning now. “It’s important to me to cultivate my skills further and to always be growing and learning,” she says. “In both my fields, I feel like I can always keep learning. I love to be able to learn new things.”

Learn more about Emily’s work at wildeartco. com or @wildeartco on Instagram.

COMMUNITY WITHIN CALLIGRAPHY Emily is active in calligraphy circles and feels part of a tight community of artists. Sometimes that takes the form of a conference, other times as a group text message.

“I’m surrounded by artists who want to help me get better. I love that raw and honest feedback and the support,” she says. With so many different artists and styles, she’s always able to learn from others and take classes. Emily has also taught herself in the Birmingham Museum of Art’s Studio School.

Please join us for a Veterans Day Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for all who served our country Monday, November 11 11:00 am

American Village Please help us to remember, thank and honor our Veterans.

There will be a Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance in the Colonial Chapel at 11 a.m. followed by a wreath laying at the National Veterans Shrine.

This event is free and open to the public.

www.veteransregisterofhonor.com

MountainBrookMagazine.com 25

READ THIS BOOK

Book Club Favorites Recommendations from

Jungle Kittens Book Club

Founded in 1997, the first book our club read was The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton, which at the time was a recommendation of Oprah’s new Book Club. The expression “jungle kittens” is mentioned several times in the book. We all chuckled at it and joked we should call our club the Jungle Kittens. And it stuck. We meet monthly in a member’s home with good food, good discussion and good friends. Here are a few of our favorite titles from over the years.

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles This novel is about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel across the street from the Kremlin. The gentleman finds that his circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery in one beautifully rendered scene after another.

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese This is a family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. It is an epic story about twin brothers who are torn apart by their passion for the same woman, which leads one brother to move to America to attend medical school. There his past catches up with him and nearly destroys him.

Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou A non-fiction thriller, this book recounts about the rise and collapse of Theranos, the one-time multibillion dollar start-up founded by Elizabeth Holmes. It is a riveting story about corporate fraud and the launch of a new technology that had one problem: it didn’t work.

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah This novel is about a Vietnam War veteran who moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. It’s a gripping tale about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi The inspiring true story of a young neurosurgeon diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer, this short book is a lifeaffirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and the relationship between doctor and patient from a brilliant writer who became both.

26 November/December 2019

SCHOOL

&SPORTS

ALWAYS A WAUDO Diane Waud’s legacy extends far beyond her Brookwood Forest classroom—even to YouTube.

BY EMILY BUTLER PHOTOS BY HARPER NICHOLS & CONTRIBUTED MountainBrookMagazine.com 27

O

“Once a Waudo, always a Waudo” defined each of Diane Waud’s kindergarten classes at Brookwood Forest Elementary over the years. “I don’t know where it came from,” she recalls. “I just started calling my kids Waudos. It just came out and we started saying it all the time.” It quickly became a term synonymous for “everyone in Mrs. Waud’s class.” At the sound of the call “Waudos!” into the Brookwood Forest playground, the kindergarteners would rush towards the front of the playground to form a line in front of their namesake.

Both of Jack and Hayley Young’s daughters were Waudos, Lillie in 20072008 and Stella in 2009-2010. “Neither of our kids could read going into kindergarten, she had them both reading by winter break,” Jack recalls. “We thought that was terrific… Her love for the children and her ability to pull the parents into the process was amazing.

She was able to love them while teaching them.”

Hallie McDonald remembers how special her 2007-2008 school year with Mrs. Waud was for her. “I had such a memorable kindergarten year,” she says.

“Mrs. Waud made it so that we all felt so loved every single day.” For Sarah Inskeep, who had Mrs. Waud in 2011, “Her room was such a comfortable place and we all loved how it was Mickey Mouse themed.” In line with the all things Disney theme, when a Waudo celebrated their birthday at school, they got to be “top dog” for the day because, as she says, “Every child should feel like top dog once in their life.”

It’s no surprise Mrs. Waud always

28 November/December 2019

ABOVE: Diane Waud’s first year teaching at Brookwood Forest was 1979-1980. THIS PHOTO: Diane retired from teaching kindergarten at Brookwood Forest in 2016, but the school still holds many memories for her and her students over the years.

knew she wanted to be a teacher. “I used to teach my baby dolls and I just loved school,” she recalls. “I loved smelling the school supplies, and I would always try to teach my sister who is two-and-a-half years younger than me.”

She first began teaching at Brookwood Forest as a teacher’s aide for her now great friend, Janne Quinn Copeland.

Janne, she says, changed her world of teaching completely. After her year at Brookwood Forest, she taught one year at Cherokee Bend before returning to Brookwood Forest for another five years.

She would take a 12-year break from teaching to raise her kids with her husband, Dr. Bill Waud, before returning to teach at Brookwood Forest for another 20 years.

And the school’s community was the teacher’s own in more ways than one too.

Since she only lived a couple of minutes’ drive from the school, on Halloween, which is also her birthday, the kids of Brookwood Forest would flock to her house in droves to get a piece of candy from her and Dr. Bill. Every kid nearby knew her house and wanted to make sure they could wish her happy birthday while on their trick or treating route.

Mrs. Waud remembers how close she MountainBrookMagazine.com 29

THIS PHOTO: Diane visits with her friend and fellow kindergarten teacher Tara Smith back at Brookwood Forest Elementary this fall. RIGHT: Diane’s kindergarten class was featured in an article on classroom technology in the New York Times in October 2000.

30 November/December 2019

3301 Lorna Road • Hoover, AL 205.978.5880 • www.shaysjewelers.com

was not only with the other kindergarten teachers, but the kids they taught as well. “We knew all the kids, I didn’t know just mine,” she says. “It was a very tight knit, unusual situation. We did life together. I miss them every day.”

Through it all there’s no doubt this was the role Mrs. Waud was born to fill. “I always gravitate towards children at events and parties,” she says. “I think they are the funniest people.” She knows first-hand that it takes much more than simply patience to be a kindergarten teacher. “You almost have to be childlike yourself, not childish, but childlike,” she says. “Kids that are 5 and 6, can’t sit there on the carpet. You have MountainBrookMagazine.com 31

to love it, because if not, then you would just get so frustrated.”

Mrs. Waud retired from teaching in 2016, but it was no easy decision for her.

Because she was so passionate about her job, it was very difficult for her. “When I say I grieved it, I grieved it,” she says today. “I missed seeing my team. When school started, Dr. Bill planned very specific trips (to Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Israel and other places).” But it hasn’t all been hard. “I call it living a new season of life. I loved my job, I retired loving it.”

And this new season has been the opposite of laidback too. She has continued to dance with a women’s tap dancing group called the Birmingham Sugarbabies, which she has been a part of since 2002. Through her connections with the Sugarbabies, she was more recently introduced in YouTube videos on the channels It’s A Southern Thing and This is Alabama by Al.com. Mrs. Waud does commentary as a southern grandmother, including videos like,

32 November/December 2019

“

You almost have to be childlike yourself, not childish, but childlike. Kids that are 5 and 6, can’t sit there on the carpet. You have to love it, because if not, then you would just get so frustrated.

”

-Diane Waud

the Southeast’s premier luxury candle boutique

Your gift of a holiday meal gives hope for a changed life!

- Randal

Give today, and help Brook, change a life.

2415 Montevallo Rd, Mountain 205-538-5366 • www.illuminatedbham.com

Just $1.95 gives Give a holiday meal JimmieHaleMission.com

Call (205) 323-5878 • Mail PO Box 10472 • Birmingham, AL 3520 MountainBrookMagazine.com 33

“Choosing your Grandma Name is Serious Business,” which has over 1.7 million views.

Through volunteer work at her church, Brookwood Baptist, and at Brookwood Forest through iLearn, Mrs. Waud has stayed involved with children—and her own grandchildren too. At church she helps with a program that helps to provide kids in need with easy-toprepare meals to take home with them, “The thought of children being homeless, the thought of children being hungry, anything with children will always be dear to my heart,” she says.

And no matter where she works with children, they will also be Waudos too.

Hayley Young sums up her legacy well: “I always appreciated how she followed everyone outside of school, beyond the years that she taught them. She really lives out the saying, ‘Once a Waudo, always a Waudo.’”

Editor’s Note: Writer and MBHS senior Emily Butler will always be a Waudo too.

34 November/December 2019

&DRINK

FOOD

FROM COFFEE TO CAMPESINO

The Panamanian jungle schooled Hatton Smith II in crafting authentic rum.

BY MADOLINE MARKHAM PHOTOS BY MARY FEHR MountainBrookMagazine.com 35

36 November/December 2019

I

In Latin American culture, a campesino has a cowboy sort of lifestyle, living off of the land in the backwoods of countries like Panama—further back than even a jungle-ravenous Hatton Smith II would venture. They don’t abide by modern rules. They don’t even know them, Hatton will tell you.

And Hatton would know since campesinos became his friends during his time living on a sustainable farm in Panama. They’d bring coconuts into the still where Hatton was distilling rum and trade them for rum. Together they would drink the fruit of Hatton’s labor and help him with his Spanish.

Campesinos are also known for taking nothing and making it into something—a craft Hatton knows about himself, as his adult life has evidenced. In fact, his story resembles the namesakes of his rum company in more ways than one.

Growing up in the Royal Cup Coffee family with his dad Hatton I serving as CEO, Hatton II, a 2012 Mountain Brook High School graduate, would travel

with his family to visit coffee farms, meeting farmers and learning production styles in Latin America and other coffee-producing regions. By age 16, he knew how beans were roasted and was drinking coffee daily.

After college, he found himself in a different part of the beverage business as green commodities trader in New York, buying coffee from all over the world to sell to companies like Dunkin Donuts, Keurig, JAB, Starbucks and Royal Cup itself. But after taking a new job that didn’t last long with a startup in California to help create an innovative coffee-marijuana crossover product, he found himself wondering what was next. He didn’t know where he’d work or even go, but he knew he could always go back to the tropics.

The summer after his freshman year of college, Hatton had been a hiking guide in Panama and led biologists and photographers into the jungle on routes he came to know well. For him there was MountainBrookMagazine.com 37

Hatton Smith II pours Campesino Aged Rum over a “big rock” ice cube at The Atomic. He also recommends ordering the off-menu Hatton Smith cocktail, a drink concocted by the bar’s owners especially for his dad Hatton Smith I. It features coffee, of course, along with rye whiskey, Black Strap rum and banana liquor, but Hatton II recommends subbing in Campesino Aged Rum for the rye whiskey for an extra layer of Hatton Smith in it.

38 November/December 2019

nothing quite like getting deep in the woods and blazing trails. So at age 23 he dropped off his car at a Royal Cup warehouse in Los Angeles, flew to Panama and got on a bus to a small one-horse, dirtroad town and a nearby sustainable farm where he’d spent time on several trips.

Hatton knew he could live off the land there, but he wanted a way to make money too. So he turned to what he had always known—coffee. Since he was familiar with the coffee-growing regions in the country already, he travelled to them and bought a 132-pound bag of beans for $230. Back at the farm, he poked holes in an oil drum and filled it with jungle wood, dipped a 4-foot kettle in and started roasting beans over the open fire. Soon he was selling bags of roasted beans for $10 a piece to local international students and a makeshift coffee shop of sorts. That was his first business.

Then when a 125-gallon rum still was donated to the farm, he got it installed on a mountainside and moved his hammock up there to sleep. Because he knew coffee, he knew rum too. Just as sugar and coffee farming are intertwined, so are coffee and rum production since rum is distilled from sugar cane found in the same regions as coffee beans. It had always been Hatton’s favorite spirit too, so he jumped at the opportunity to distill it himself. He’d buy 300 gallons of raw molasses for $100 and get sugar cane from the farm at no cost, add some water and yeast, and the end product was rum.

Ask Hatton how all of that worked, and you’ll get a chemistry lesson of how yeast eats sugars that in turn shapes the flavor of the rum. Each batch Hatton distilled was different, but the key was his “secret sauce.” Instead of using water, he started with a liquid called dunder that is ripe with microbes, potassium and carbon elements as a byproduct from distilling previous rum batches.

The biggest key to his rum, and any rum for that matter, though is the terroir of the area—the dirt the sugar cane is grown in, the air, the wind, the rain, and how the heat of the tropics fosters chemical reactions in a barrel that create true flavor.

Along the way Hatton learned that his own previous conception of rum was not quite right.

He’d always thought rum was naturally sweet with caramel and vanilla flavors, but as it turns out many rum producers add sugar, flavor and color to create the taste he had always assumed was authentic—their dirty little secret.

With authenticity though, Hatton says, “You’ll taste stuff that isn’t necessarily connected to sweetness. It has characteristics of oak, the rawness MountainBrookMagazine.com 39

40 November/December 2019

of honeycomb and the zest of an orange, and other flavors you can’t describe that come from the interaction with molecules in the oak in a charred barrel. Sometimes it’s cardamom, sometimes it’s cinnamon. It drinks more like bourbon.”

Eventually Hatton was running the still every other day, producing about 30 bottles a day he’d sell for $20 each. There wasn’t anything to spend cash on in the jungle, so it piled up in shoeboxes and he later started acting as a sort of ATM for students who would trade him for a Venmo payment at an internet café with a surcharge—his fourth business, before he started R&D for biofuel that would never get off the ground before he left.

As the rum business boomed, Hatton was also spending time surfing, sailing and travelling around the Caribbean islands—not a bad way to live. But “my ambition got the better of me,” he says. “I am super competitive, I like to play and I like to win.”

And that’s what brought him back to Birmingham in the fall of 2018 with a vision for a business he could scale.

A year later, Campesino Rum—a brand that serves as an homage to his friends in Panama always marked with a sketch of the elusive jungle jaguar— now creates custom blends from the world’s best

MountainBrookMagazine.com 41

SHELBY LIVING’S

BEST OF THE

BEST 2019 WINNER

SHE

42 November/December 2019

LBYLIVING.CO

M

rum distilleries. The process all goes back to inspiration from the coffee industry, where its standard to blend coffee beans from Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam and other coffee-growing areas to create a blend that becomes a consistent product over time—a process Hatton says is all he’s ever known. Campesino officially launched in early August, and by the time we interviewed Hatton at the first of September you could find his rum blends in ABC stores across the state and in bars in Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Mobile and Birmingham.

To start with, there are two varieties of Campesino to choose from. The Aged XVI comes with notes of vanilla, oak, honey, caramel and brown sugar. Hatton recommends drinking it on the rocks or in his go-to, a Rum Old-Fashioned with chocolate and orange bitters and Royal Cup cold brew coffee. The Silver X blend is cleaner and more floral, designed to be mixed and to take a vodka drinker outside their comfort zone. Hatton suggests drinking it simply with soda and a lime, or in a daiquiri or mojito, or mixed in sweet tea, lemonade, Sprite, Ginger Ale or CocaCola.

To bring these blends to a bar near you, Campesino operates like a tech company with no office or facility, but there was no question that Hatton’s home base would be his hometown.

“Birmingham is the best place in the world to start a company right now in my opinion,” he says. “We have resources, but also the people who want to see you succeed are incredible.” For him that’s been people like Josh Schaff at The Collins Bar and Cayo Coco, Feizal Valli and Rachael Roberts at The Atomic, Jason Koenig and Ryan Abrams at Paper Doll, Laura Newman from Queen’s Park, Mike Capri from Lou’s Pub, LeNell Santa Camacho of LeNell’s, and Major Colbert from R&R in Crestline Village.

Those folks have all given him a leg up he likens to the experience of his grandfather Philip C. Jackson, who was on the Federal Reserve Board. “My grandfather said he started on third base when everyone else started on home plate, and all he had to

The first time Hatton Smith I met Back Forty founder Jason Wilson Jason was wearing a baseball hat and T-shirt and drinking a beer at lunch—what Hatton says is the opposite of his background. So it’s not surprising that you’ll find the longtime businessman now sporting his Back Forty T-shirt on top of his buttondown—wearing both business hats at the same time.

BACK FORTY FAMILY TIES Hatton Smith II isn’t the only one

Kroger has been as new to him as

coffee. For his dad Hatton Smith

consumer and not just business

in the family venturing outside of

I, what started as an investment in

Gadsden-based

Back

Forty

Beer Company has turned into

learning to market directly to the

owners as he’d long done with Royal Cup.

a part-time CEO position for the

Locally you can order Back Forty at

work running the UAB Football

well as at Woolworth, The Atomic,

beer company in addition to his Foundation and still working part time for Royal Cup Coffee, where he previously served as CEO.

As he works to get Back Forty in more markets, Hatton has found some overlap in selling beer to

longtime Royal Cup customers like country clubs and the Elyton Hotel, but calling on grocery store

chains like Publix, Winn-Dixie and

their taproom by Sloss Furnaces as Paper Doll and Carrigan’s and you can buy six packs at Piggly Wiggly, Publix and Winn-Dixie. Choose any variety you like, but Hatton recommends

the

Truck

Stop

Honey, Bamamosa, Naked Pig,

Cart Barn—and says to watch for a new peanut butter porter coming

out soon and the seasonal Trade Day made with an ingredient Hatton knows well: coffee.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 43

do was run home. If that was true for him, I feel like I might already have a run on the board,” he says.

The rums that make up Campesino blends are all produced and aged at origin in rum-producing countries like Panama, Nicaragua, Barbados, Trinidad and Dominican Republic, with more than 60 percent of the flavor coming from the aging process according to Hatton. From there these rums are shipped to Amsterdam for blending according to a formula Hatton developed, and then the blended rum goes back across the Atlantic to Louisville, Kentucky, for bottling before it makes it to liquor stores and bars in Alabama and beyond.

“What’s next?” we ask Hatton. “Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Texas,” he rattles off without taking a breath, “California, New York, London, Germany, India.” He says he’ll focus on the Southeastern market first, but with a speaking engagement at International Drinks Expo in London scheduled for November, it might not be long before you can order Campesino in Europe, especially since rum blends are more common in Europe than the U.S. Whiskey might be in the limelight in the States now, but he sees that changing in his favor. “Rum has yet to have its day, but Campesino is in a position to take advantage of it,” he says.

SUBSCRIBE NOW! white knoc t cover with

Fron

Back cover

GE’S NEW

MOUNT AIN

ENGLISH VILLA

TIMELESS EATERY •

CCA N • REBE

RENOVATIO

BROOK MAGAZ

Front cover

with white knoc

MOUNT AIN

ALUMNI-TU

RNED-TEA

CHERS • CARO

LE SULLIVAN

’S LAGNIAPPE

BROOK MAGAZ

Front cover

FULMER’S

ABSTRACT

IMAGES

kout box

INE

Back cover

OF CHEROKEE 50 YEARS LEGACY •

with white knoc

STAYCATION

ES

ITINERARI

HOPE

MAGIC ENTST MOM THA THE SPARKS IT ALL EDY RTED AG INSTATR

INE

M agazine . coM

BROOK MAGAZ

M ountain B rook

MOUNT AIN

CHA

E • SATURDAY

E GUID FY-CUTE STYL

LRY • COM

ON JEWE RLOTTE ALLIS

ROSE

kout box

INE

Back cover

Your Stories.

Your Community.

Your Magazine.

kout box

M ountain B rook

ING REMEMBER CAM COLE

M agazine . coM

GIRLS WHO

150 YEARS STRONG M agazine . coM

AND THEIR

CEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER/DE gazine.com MountainBrookMa | Issue Two Volume One

eceMBer

2017

$4.95

n oveMBer /D

2018 /DECEMBER NOVEMBER m kMagazine.co MountainBroo | Issue Six Volume Two $4.95

eceMBer

smile RVICEKEICKS SE CANINE SID WITH A

M ountain B rook

n oveMBer /D

HUNT

Y’S CANTERBUR E MILESTON N CELEBRATIO

N FOR ’VE KNOW RN FACES WE 19& WESTE E PIG AT TH20 DECADES

2018

W E D D IN G

Visit MountainBrook Magazine.com or call 205-669-3131 to subscribe for $16.30 (6 issues) a year.

S

ZLE ILS TO DAZ DINGS | DETA 9 REAL WED IDEAS HOSTESS GIFT

J anuary /F eBruary 2019

44 November/December 2019

BRUARY 2019 JANUARY/FE m kMagazine.co MountainBroo | Issue One Volume Three $4.95

5

FOOD & DRINK

FIVE QUESTIONS FOR

Jorge Castro Sol Y Luna Chef

PHOTO BY BEAU GUSTAFSON

If you were in Birmingham between 1998 and 2013, you’re likely still pining for Sol Y Luna, a Lakeview tapas and tequila restaurant, but pine no more.

The restaurant is reopening in Lane Parke in the former Local Taco space across from the Grand Bohemian Hotel and aiming for a late December date. Sol Y Luna founder Guillermo Castro passed away in 2011, but his brothers Jorge, who had been involved with the restaurant since he moved here from Guadalajara, Mexico in 2000, and Alex are now continuing the legacy.

How would your describe the Sol Y Luna concept to anyone who isn’t familiar?

It’s not a Tex Mex. We call it Sol Y Luna restaurant, tapas and tequila. It’s between upscale and fast casual. We do table service but not white table clothes. Our menu is based on Mexican flavors—a lot of peppers, garlic, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, parsley.

Mexico is surrounded by two oceans, so people sometimes don’t realize we have a lot of seafood.

refried beans. Our Sol Y Luna Sampler appetizer serves our guacamole with three different kinds of chips: sweet potato chips, potato chips and tortilla chips.

tequila is a Hornitos Black Label.

Why did you decide to reopen in this particular space?

The past two years I had been talking about reopening Sol Y Luna. This was the What else will we find on the menu?

We are playing with a salsa we make at perfect space with almost the same setup your table with already cooked tomatillo, we used to have at Sol Y Luna. When I first chile de arbol, jalapeño, onions and garlic. saw this space, I put a small post on Sol Y We are going to bring some dishes from Luna’s Facebook page, and the response our other restaurant Cantina too: the was overwhelming. One person came by salmon salad and the churrasco flank Lane Parke and told me he was really What from the original menu can we steak. We’ll have 30 minimum tequilas. happy we are opening, that Sol Y Luna did The Sol Y Luna margarita is spicy; it’s his rehearsal dinner and now he and his expect to see back?

We have three dishes with shrimp so far: served with Tabasco sauce and garnished wife have four kids and live nearby.

Shrimp Cocktails, Shrimp Diabla (mashed with a serrano pepper. The Tequila Flag sweet potatoes topped with shrimp cooked has a shot of tequila, shot of lime juice and What changes are you making to the with chipotle peppers, garlic and wine) and a shot of sangrita—the colors of the interior from the previous restaurant?

We are going to change the wall color to Mojo (red snapper and shrimp saute with Mexican flag. The sangrita is a spicy, fruity give it more life. We want to bring in a local drink that we use to make the Sol Y Luna garlic, white wine, chile de arbol, and some artist to do a mural or fill the walls with art margarita.

We’ll have a Tequila Sampler citrus, served with pieces of bread). We have crab meat enchiladas and a lobster with a shot of lime juice and a shot of like we did at the original Sol Y Luna to taco that people are crazy about. We’ll also sangrita, and half a shot of one Silver give it a diverse, rustic, modern feel. We have our beef flautas and Sabana Mexicana: tequila, one reposado tequila and one are sanding the tables and changing the a beef tenderloin with chihuahua cheese anejo tequila. And we’ll have vodka, colors of the chairs. We’ll also play Latin and chipotle-tomato chutney on top of whiskey, etc. too. My current favorite music.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 45

5

FOOD & DRINK

FIVE QUESTIONS FOR

David Carrigan

Carrigan’s Public House Owner PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Mountain Brook Village has been missing a spot for cocktails and elevated bar food since Dram closed, but that void will be filled by Thanksgiving with a familiar concept from Morris Avenue downtown when Carrigan’s moves in. We chatted with the man behind the pub (as well as Brat Brot) about what you’ll find inside soon.

Can you explain a little about the concept behind the original Carrigan’s?

The concept behind Carrigan’s started with the location: a dead-end block on a well known and historic street in downtown Birmingham that seemed to have been stuck in time from the turn of the last century. It was a quiet little corner with an industrial vibe. The foundation of the drink menu is our full cocktail program that emphasizes pre-prohibition classics and is rounded out with a wide selection of canned and draft beers and wine, as well as a diverse selection of British Isles spirits: whiskeys and gins.

I’ve described the food as Southern soul food meets traditional pub food with some unexpected twists.

Why did you decide to open a new location?

The decision to open another Carrigan’s was specifically driven by the opportunity provided by the old Dram space. We believed that the community was desirous of a local operator and a concept similar to what we have to offer. Mountain Brook has a dearth of local “watering holes” so to 46 November/December 2019

Will you serve food?

Yes! The menu will be similar to our downtown location with our signature corndog (served Elote style) and our double burger and curried lamb burger. We’ll also What will we see when we walk inside be incorporating our salmon salad off the the new space? downtown lunch menu and the kale Caesar It will be familiar, but fresh and exciting. salad as well as some other new and exciting The first impression will be completely dishes just for this location. different as we have moved the entrance to what was the back patio facing Montevallo Can you give us an overview of what the Road. Quite a bit of the original layout and bar will offer? finishes will be familiar to former patrons of The bar will be built around our cocktail Dram. The bar is in the same location, the program just like the downtown location. bathrooms are relatively untouched, and We don’t have room for as much draft beer, the distinctive wood posts and beams will be but will have a fine selection of packaged there. We have bumped out every exterior beer and wines. We also plan to offer a wider facing window to create more space and variety of whiskeys at this location and seating banquette nooks. There will also be maybe a surprise or two for those that are plenty of new design touches and materials familiar with our downtown location. I that will make the space uniquely our own would suggest starting with one of the house and provide some continuity with the cocktails. Outside of that just order your downtown location. favorite wine, whiskey or amaro, and sit speak, so we hope to become that for many people that want somewhere comfortable and sophisticated to relax that is close to home for them.

back and sip and enjoy some good company.

&STYLE

HOME

IN WITH THE NEW In 1938 this saltbox home was built. In 1988 the Greaves moved in. And in 2018 it was time for a renovation.

BY KATIE ROTH PHOTOS BY TOMMY DASPIT MountainBrookMagazine.com 47

A

Anne and Mac Greaves moved into their square saltbox home in the summer of 1988. Drawn to older homes with window boxes, Anne knew the Montevallo Road house was perfect for her family of four and her passion for gardening.

Thirty years later, the couple’s children are grown, and you can find Susie, their tricolor Springer Spaniel and spoiled third “child,” through the window where she lies atop the couch in her favorite spot, and the same window boxes, full of perfectly planted and blossoming flowers.

But first you might notice the new Hardie Plank siding and copper pipes on the home—just one of Anne’s favorite results of a recent renovation.

After three decades in the house, Anne knew what she wanted in renovations, and family-owned Willow Homes worked to bring her ideas, personal sketches and Pinterest boards to life. Today, Anne says she “got everything (she) could’ve ever dreamed about having” in her home.

The renovation focused on expanding the back of the house to add an additional living space with a bar and half bath off of it, as well as a new sunroom and an expanded and rearranged kitchen. Fresh coats of Sherwin-Williams Shoji White paint chosen by Willow Interiors brighten up the spaces and help blend the new spaces with the original rooms in the home, and new molding over doors and higher ceiling height in the dining room help make the seamless transition from old to new.

Anne’s style shines through in everything from copper accents to lighting fixtures from Village Firefly in Mountain Brook Village to her book collection—including local author Patti Callahan Henry’s newest novel—that now has lots of room in the spacious new living room cabinets. Traditional and modern pieces strike a balance throughout her home, with both vintage wallpaper roller table lamps from her mother’s home and contemporary paintings by local artist Joan Curtis. Much of her design style, she says, was inherited from family members and their vintage furniture, her two main sources of inspiration.

As a former preschool teacher, Anne loves to have a project on hand and is especially happy if she can recycle some materials in the process. She has already moved her old shutters from the front of the house to the back porch.

Next up she’s working on just the right arrangement for her dining room that is now in her former living room, as well as hunting for pillows and curtains to round out her spaces.

Her historic house might have a fresh yet timeless new look, but no matter the changes, some things remain the same: Anne’s comforting Southern drawl and her love for making people feel at home, which shines through as she welcomes guests into her newly renovated home.

48 November/December 2019

PHOTO BY LAUREN USTAD

MountainBrookMagazine.com 49

Kitchen Light spills in from multiple directions onto a neutral palette of threecentimeter quartz countertops, off-white cabinets, a Pearl Ash tile backsplash and a white oak island topped with butcher block. Brass cabinet and Rohl sink hardware as well as lanterns above the sink add a metallic flair. What you can’t see are some of Anne’s favorite parts of the space: a bread drawer, cookie tray dividers, utensil bins and a lazy Susan within the cabinets, as well as her most favorite addition of all, a garden window. This refurbished butler’s pantry (top right) was original to the 1938 house. During renovations it was moved to open up the space and repainted a custom blue-gray color. The kitchen sink (bottom right) is a statement piece and Anne’s pride and joy. The Vietri-style hand-painted Kohler sink from Ferguson had been a staple in her kitchen for upward of 10 years, so it obviously had to stay.

50 November/December 2019

MountainBrookMagazine.com 51

52 November/December 2019

Living Room Vaulted ceilings and tall windows combined with the white walls make this new room the brightest and most spacious in the house. The gas fireplace, complete with a custom hideaway cabinet for the TV, matches the pecky cypress wood ceilings and also adds bluestone tile to the aesthetic. The space was designed so it could easily be converted into a main floor master bedroom if the need ever arose.

Celebrate the holidays with Cookie Fix!

Fresh Baked - Frozen Dough to Go - Catering - Gifting

2854 18th St. Homewood 205.582.2623 | CookieFix.com

MountainBrookMagazine.com 53

Bar Copper backsplash tiles by Michael Aram are the focal point of this space off the new living room and correspond with its brass hardware and copper mugs. Its Farrow and Ball Black Blue cabinets flow into living room bookshelves, and its quartz countertops match the kitchen’s.

54 November/December 2019

Let Caliber help you get ready for your next Upland adventure 2822 Central Ave. Homewood. Al. 35209 Phone 987-5800 www.caliberxl.com

Dutch Door This door leads from the sunroom to the kitchen and makes the indoor sunroom space feel all the more like the outdoors.

Powder Room In contrast to the white walls in the rest of the house, the warm gray Pashmina walls give this small space a slightly darker hue, while still contributing to the peaceful air of the house.

The gold hardware, circular window and rustic mirror fill it with character too.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 55

M O UN TA I N H I GH

E XP E R I E NC E A CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS

NOVEMBER 16 / 17 JOIN US FOR THE INAUGURAL MHX EXPERIENCE, A 2-DAY FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS. - SUMMIT-TO-CAHABA 5K RACE - MOUNTAINFILM ON TOUR - MOUNTAINFILM FOR STUDENTS - VIP COCKTAIL PARTY - PLAY DAY AT OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

TO BUY TICKETS: MOUNTAINHIGHEXPERIENCE.COM

Sunroom As a fan of cozier rooms, Anne spends time reading, on her computer or just relaxing with her dog Susie by her side in front of the whitewashed brick gas fireplace in this sunny corner area. The painted pine shiplap walls and tile floors combined with outward opening screened-in windows bring the outdoors in—no pollen included. Paintings by Joan Curtis Art add a fun pop of color to round out the room. You have to look up for a notable final touch in the sunroom. The branch lighting fixture from Maison de France Antiques in Leeds was designed by Ben Smith at Welded Wood. Anne has been a longtime fan of the antique shop and picked out the fixture herself.

BEHIND THE SCENES Construction: Chuck Vann, Kurtis Maynor and Andrew Archer, Willow Homes

Interior Design: Allison Hallman, Willow Interiors

Windows & Doors: Tim Flynn, Southern Window Supply Kitchen Island Pendants: Conception Street, Mayer Lighting

Lighting: Mayer Lighting, Village Firefly, Maison de France Antiques

Tile, Countertops & Plumbing Fixtures: Jonathan Lambert, Triton Stone Group

Cabinet & Door Hardware: Brandino Brass Co. Select Art: Joan Curtis Art

56 November/December 2019

AT HOME

SUBTLE HOLIDAY DECOR It’s easy to go overboard when decorating for the holidays, but sometimes less is more. Instead of using obvious decorations, opt for subtle hints with materials like mercury glass vases, white marble and mirrored candlestick holders. Combine a frosty floral duvet, knitted blanket and fur pillows to create a warm, cozy bed. A simple boxwood garland and eucalyptus is all you need for a pop of color in a neutral space. Enjoy a relaxing festive room!

Photos and Text

by Jessica Clement of JMC Studio

3 6

4

1 5

2 7

1. Smokey Mirrored Candleholder, Circa-$225. 2. Passementerie Tassel, Circa -$315. 3. Fur Pillow, Circa- $875. 4. Mercury Glass Engraved Vase, Suite Dreams- $135. 5. Darei Marble Bowl, Suite Dreams- $300. 6. White Linen Hemstitched Sham, Suite Dreams- $150.

7. Floral Linen Duvet Cover, Suite Dreams- $295-$395

MountainBrookMagazine.com 57

IN STYLE

COMFY, CASUAL, CUTE

BY MADISON FREEMAN PHOTOS BY LAUREN USTAD

LOOK 1

1. OFF WHITE OVERSIZED KNIT SWEATER

1

Oversized sweaters have been in for several seasons now, and the style isn’t going anywhere!

The Pants Store | $59.99

2. PAPER BAG MINI SKIRT This corduroy skirt comes in several colors and can transition from fall to holiday season.

The Pants Store | $29.99

3. WHITE MULTICOLORED SNEAKER Fun sneakers are sporty and stylish with many outfits.

The Pants Store | $124

4

4. CLEAR DRAWSTRING BAG Take this bag out for game day or any day.

The Pants Store | $49.99

2

Madison is a local fashion, home decor, travel and lifestyle blogger opening her door up for you on insidemyopendoor.com.

58 November/December 2019

3

4

LOOK 2 2

1. DUSTY PINK OVERALLS Dusty pink is in full force this season, and the overall dress is too!

The Pants Store l $49.90

1

2. FLYING MONKEY SWEETHEART SWEATER How fun is this colorful piece? The sleeves pair perfectly with the dusty pink overalls.

The Pants Store | $39.99

3. STEVE MADDEN ROOKIE TAUPE BOOTIE Everyone needs a pair of neutral booties in their closet.

The Pants Store | $99.99

3

4. DUSTY PINK HEAD BAND Head bands are back, and these will make your outfit all the more fun.

George.| $14.99

ACCESSORIZE 1. THICK SUEDE BRACELET Pair this cuff with casual everyday looks.

Elle | $85

1

2. GOLD CUFF BRACELET Make any outfit a standout with this statement maker.

Elle | $179

2

MountainBrookMagazine.com 59

60 November/December 2019

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY THINGS Here’s your guide to gathering friends this season for a Favorite Things party, complete with inspiration sourced close to home.

PRODUCED & STYLED BY COURTNEY WRIGHT PHOTOS BY MARY FEHR

MountainBrookMagazine.com 61

Decorate for your holiday party without leaving villages close to home.

Here’s where we sourced décor for this shoot.

Vietri serving platters and champagne glasses, cocktail napkins and wood cheese board- Bromberg’s Decor including ivory and gold table runner, oversized ornaments and Christmas trees- Lamb’s Ears

Please Reply Stationery ~ Gifts ~ Invitations

42B Church Street ~ Mountain Brook, AL 35213 (205) 870-4773 or please_reply@bellsouth.net www.pleasereplyllc.com 62 November/December 2019

BEFORE THE PARTY Invite each guest to bring three of one of their favorite things wrapped for swapping. It can be anything from a candle to a kitchen utensil to fancy hand soap, whatever they like. Set a price limit to keep things fair, but some people might bring more than one thing that totals the dollar amount.

AT THE PARTY Upon arrival, have each guest write their name on three slips of paper and place them in a bowl.

When you are ready to begin the exchange, have each person draw one number to determine the order in which they will open gifts.

Next up, the first person gets up and explains where she got her gift and why it’s her favorite, and then she draws three names from the bowl. Those three guests each get one of her gifts. If you draw your own name or the same person twice, you put it back in the bowl. In the end, each person should go home with three gifts.

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Neillie Butler and the Mariee Ami team for modeling for this shoot.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 63

CONTINENTAL BAKERY

CHURCH STREET COFFEE & BOOKS

CONTINENTAL BAKERY

CRESTLINE BAGEL

CONTINENTAL BAKERY

64 November/December 2019

Bring the holiday to the party with this festive, fruity and fresh recipe.

2 ounces vodka 1 ounce cranberry juice ½ ounce orange juice Chilled champagne Fresh cranberries, pomegranate seeds and rosemary sprigs, for garnish Combine vodka and juices in a cocktail shaker with ice, and shake well. Pour into coupe glass or champagne flute, and top with champagne and garnishes.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 65

HOLMSTED FINES CHUTNEY

1. Start with at least three cheeses: something soft like a creamy brie, an aged cheddar (always a crowd pleaser), and something interesting like a truffled gouda or black pepper pecorino.

2. After your cheeses are “anchoring” the board, add anything that will be served in a small bowl or jar. Think honey, olives or even a spread like pimiento cheese or hummus.

3. Next, it’s time to fill in with the other goodies: a mix of cured meats (faves include prosciutto and capicola), fresh and dried fruit, nuts, olives, pickles, preserves, honey, a variety of crackers and fresh bread.

ASSORTED CHEESES AND CURED MEATS FROM CRESTLINE PIGGLY WIGGLY

66 November/December 2019

4. Finish it off with fresh herbs and flower buds for color and texture.

Find more grazing board tips and inspiration on Courtney’s Instagram account @savor_style.

Christmas isn’t just about reds and greens anymore. Pull in a palette of pastels with these trees and ornaments from Lamb’s Ears and colorful macarons from Continental Bakery.

• Cleaning & Exams • Crowns & Veneers • In-office Bleaching and Cosmetic Dentistry • Botox

Celia Davenport, DMD 2940 Clairmont Ave S, Birmingham 205-277-2297 davenportdentalandwellness.com MountainBrookMagazine.com 67

A Story to Tell

MOUNTAIN BROOK BAPTIST CHURCH IS MARKING 75 YEARS OF LIGHT AND INSPIRATION.

BY TRACEY RECTOR PHOTOS BY KEN BOYD & CONTRIBUTED 68 November/December 2019

I MountainBrookMagazine.com 69

The sketch at the top of this spreads shows a proposed addition to Mountain Brook Baptist’s Education Building. Just below the sketch are photos of the church’s original location in houses at 2 Vine Street and 108 Jackson Boulevard, and below that are photos of early construction at the church’s current site on Montevallo Road and Overbrook Road.

70 November/December 2019

“

I’ve always said this church has a good grasp of how to be a good steward of its opportunities.

”

– Catherine Allen

Your home can At goCaliber, fromour Blah to toBeautiful service you doesn’t end ® the closing table. with a HomeStyleat refinance If your home could use some work, the right refinance could make it happen right now! For example, a HomeStyle Renovation loan from Caliber Home Loans, Inc. can help you finance one or more major renovation projects. Modernize your kitchen, add one or more rooms, or carry out those repair projects you’ve been postponing.

Daniel DiGuglielmo Producing Branch Manager NMLS# 267473 • AL 50755 • GA 41213 4009 Crosshaven Dr. Birmingham, AL 35243 205-908-3587 daniel.diguglielmo@caliberhomeloans.com www.caliberhomeloans.com/danield Caliber Home Loans and any above mentioned companies are not affiliated. Caliber Home Loans, Inc., 1525 S. Belt Line Rd, Coppell, TX 75019. NMLS ID#15622 (http://www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org/EntityDetails.aspx/COMPANY/15622). 1-800-401-6587. Copyright © 2019.

All Rights Reserved. Equal Housing Lender. This is not an offer to enter into an agreement. Not all customers will qualify.

Information, rates, and programs are subject to change without prior notice. All products are subject to credit and property approval.

Not all products are available in all states or for all dollar amounts. If you are refinancing your existing loan, your total finance charges may be higher over the life of the loan. Other restrictions and limitations apply. Georgia Residential Mortgage Lender License No. 7330 MLO 41213 (30733)

MountainBrookMagazine.com 71

These pictures show aspects of church life from recent years.

72 November/December 2019

MountainBrookMagazine.com 73

Edward Jones ranks highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms, according to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Full Service Investor Satisfaction StudySM

Why? Because we’re built for listening.

So what’s important to you?

Contact me at 205-414-0851 to get started.

Edward Jones - It’s Time for Investing to Feel Individual.

MKT-11677-A-AD-JDP

Study based on responses from more than 4,629 investors who primarily invest with one of the 18 firms included in the study. The majority of the study was fielded in December 2018.

Your experiences may vary. Rating may not be indicative of future performance and may not be representative of any one client’s experience because it reflects an average of experiences of responding clients. Visit jdpower.com/awards.

74 November/December 2019

Rachel E Reynolds, AAMS® Financial Advisor

2910 Crescent Ave Suite 120 Homewood, AL 35209-2522 205-414-0851

edwardjones.com Member SIPC

Since 2012

SPECIAL ADVERTISING

holiday

GIF T GUIDE

1

2

1. Handmade Stockings Handmade stockings made from vintage Suzanni textiles with Uzbek trim. Perfect for every fireplace. $75. Paige Albright Orientals, 2814 Petticoat Ln., Birmingham, AL 35223.

3

2. Kid’s Christmas PJs Santa Print by Magnolia Baby. Available in 2-piece pajamas, zip-up pjs, infant footie pjs, toddler dress, and infant dress. From $38.

2 Girls & a Dog, 16161 Hwy. 280 #2, Chelsea, AL 35043. (205) 677-2225.

2girlsandadog.com.

4

3. Edible Gifts Captain Rodney’s is great for dips and grilling, $14. With SanSaba Pecan mix, just add eggs & butter, and you have pecan pie, $16. SanSaba Jalapeno Peach & Pecan Preserves, $10. Gifted, 2643 Pelham Pkwy., Pelham, AL 35124.

4. Decorative Acrylic Tray Weezie B. Designs is offering a modern acrylic tray including a set of 5 interchangeable inserts with designs for each season that is perfect for your holiday décor or to give as a gift! $70. Weezie B. Designs, Weeziebdesigns.com.

5. Radko Children’s of Alabama Ornaments These annual ornaments are in! If you adore Radko ornaments as much as we do and want to support a wonderful cause, this ornament is a must! $55. Bromberg’s, 2800 Cahaba Rd., Mountain Brook, AL 35223.

76 November/December 2019

5 4

SPECIAL ADVERTISING

6

6. Crossbody Bags Our best-selling 3-in-1 crossbody bags easily convert to a wristlet or clutch and make the perfect gift for anyone on your list! $30. Moda Boutique, 6801 Cahaba Valley Rd., Ste. 110, Birmingham, AL 35242.

7. Canvas Tote The genuine leather handles stitched to heavyweight canvas provides a clean modern look. Offered in a simplistic design that you can carry anywhere; the perfect getaway bag! $42.99. Branch Boutique, 701 Doug Baker Blvd. #109, Birmingham, AL 35242.

7

8. AlphaRet Overnight Cream This anti-aging retinoid cream reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles by exfoliating, boosting collagen production, hydrating, and evening skin tone—all without irritating your skin. $120. Cahaba Dermatology, 2279 Valleydale Rd. #100, Birmingham, AL 35244.

9. Boots + Dress CK Bradley Plaid Dress, $269. Joie Booties, $348. Shea Davis Boutique, 2822 18th St. S., Homewood, AL 35209. (205) 637-5683.

10. Cookie Fix Frozen Dough + Skillets Make an over-the-top dessert at home with Cookie Fix Frozen Dough to-go. Cookie Dough, $18. Lodge 5-inch skillet, $11.25.

Cookie Fix, 2854 18th St. S., Homewood, AL 35209.

10 8

9

MountainBrookMagazine.com 77

SPECIAL ADVERTISING 11

11. Colgate Optic White Professional Take-Home Whitening Kit

12

Achieve professional results of a 7-shade improvement at home with ten 10-minute sessions using 9% Hydrogen Peroxide. Fast and easy-to-use. $275. Davenport Dental and Wellness Center, 2940 Clairmont Ave., Birmingham, AL 35205. (205) 277-2297.

12. Boys Jackets Dark grey Glen Plaid Check boys jacket, $90, and navy blazer with gold buttons, $83.

Both are high quality design, class, elegance and fashion, using top of the line fabrics. Mon Ami, 40 Church St., Mountain Brook, AL 35213.

13

13. Louis Vuitton Keychains

Repurposed Louis Vuitton keychains. $30. Oh My Sole, 4045 Helena Rd., Helena, AL 35080

14. His and Hers Frames by LOEWE

Made in Italy. $485 each. iiis. an optical shop, 1925 11th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35205.

(205) 930-9394. eyeglassesiiis.com.

15. Westover Fountain

Add the tranquility of a water fountain to your outdoor living space. The cast stone Westover Fountain is perfect for smaller spaces at just 28.5� in diameter. DSLD Aquascapes, 5485 US-280, Birmingham, AL 35242.

(205) 437-1012.

16. Soap, Candle & Bath Bomb Magic City Christmas candle with clean, crisp pine scent; Lille & Hazel soaps; and bath bomb hand made locally. Candle $28, soap $9, bath bomb $7. At Home, 2921 18th St. S., Homewood, AL 35209.

14

15

5

16 78 November/December 2019

SPECIAL ADVERTISING

17. Wine Bottle Holder Take your party on the go with this piece by Myra Bag. Comes in a one bottle holder or two-bottle holder. No two are alike! $22.

The Sassy Shopper, 1614 Kent Dairy Rd., Suite 202, Alabaster, AL 35007.

17

18. Original PK Grill + Smoker Lightweight and durable, the PK has a capsule shape and 4 vents to grill hot and fast or low and slow. $369. Alabama Gas Light and Grill, 2828 Linden Ave., Homewood, AL 35209.

(205) 870-4060.

19. Idlewild Jewelry Company Necklace Local jewelry designer Tabitha Fraizer creates couture one-of-a-kind pieces, handmade to bring new life to Vintage Baubles. This piece is Sandra made with brooch and beads from the 1960s. $160. Lamb’s Ears, 70 Church Street, Birmingham AL 35213.

18

20. Hydrating Holiday Premium HydraFacial HydraFacial with choice of booster and perk.

ZO Skin Health products: Exfoliating Polish, Vitamin C Self Activating, BrightAlive Skin Brightner. $425. Rx Wellness Spa, Suite 608, Bld. 1, 833 St Vincent’s Dr., Birmingham, AL 35205. (205) 918-918.

21. Tom Beckbe Backpacks Tom Beckbe Rucksack in olive leather/waxed cotton. Tom Beckbe Field Bag in olive leather/ waxed cotton. $349 each. Caliber Sports, 2822 Central Ave, Homewood, AL 35209.

20

19

21

MountainBrookMagazine.com 79

SPECIAL ADVERTISING

22

23

22. Gameday Sweatshirts Super soft gameday sweatshirts. $59. The Ditsy Daisy, 16383 Highway 280, Chelsea, AL. (205) 678-6166.

23. Gifts for Her 3-D Headband, 3� diameter, $50. Kim Beige snake tube dress, $130. Lotion -Light and intoxication blends of gardenia wrapped in white exotics, $48. Hemline, 1802 29th Ave. S., Homewood, AL 35209.

24. Duke Cannon Soap A great gift for that difficult to shop for guy in your life. A huge bar of soap by Duke Cannon Supply Co. smells like accomplishment! $6.95. Cedar Creek Nursery, 2979 Hwy. 119, Montevallo, AL 35115.

24

25. Bag + Jewelry This bag by Kent Stetson has a battery pack and can convert from clutch to shoulder bag, $212. 3-Carat Diamond & Ruby Bracelet, $11,000. Natural Color Fresh Water Pearls, $250. Wallace-Burke, 1811 29th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35209. (205)874-1044.

26. Cive Trudon Candle

2

To have the right gift at the right time - this is the Art of Gifting. Cive Trudon offers universal, timeless and classy pieces that will WOW anyone. Illuminated, 2415 Montevallo Rd., Mountain Brook, AL.

25

80 November/December 2019

SPECIAL ADVERTISING 27

26

28

27. Royal Chain Collection Necklace This 14K lariat necklace is sure to be a headturner! Adorned with 3 polished discs and 1 straight bar, this will get everyone’s attention! $339. Shay’s Jewelers, 3301 Lorna Rd. # 1, Birmingham, AL 35216.

28. Diva Detergent Who doesn’t love the fragrance of Diva Detergent available in 5 different sizes, the perfect gift for anyone? We will even gift wrap it for you! Please Reply, 42 Church Street, Mountain Brook, AL 35213.

29

29. Ronaldo Designer Jewelry Handcrafted in the USA, made of 14K gold and sterling silver. The I Love You Forever bracelet (pictured center) shows that special someone your love will last forever. $117.

Monograms Plus, 1360 Montgomery Hwy., Vestavia Hills, AL 35216.

30. STAR Necklace The STAR pops up on shoes and shirts and more on an adjustable length choker necklace. $15. Clotheshorse, Rocky Ridge Business District, 2512 Rocky Ridge Road, Shop 104.

2512 Rocky Ridge Rd., Ste. 104, Vestavia Hills, AL 35243.

30

31

31. Earthborn Pottery Rectangular Bakers Earthborn Pottery rectangular bakers Hand-made from Southern red clay, fired at extremely high temperatures to ensure a durable, high-quality product.

They are microwave, dishwasher and oven safe — perfect for any of your Turkey Day casseroles. $130. The Cook Store, 2841 Cahaba Rd., Birmingham AL 35223.

MountainBrookMagazine.com 81

Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce C O N N E C T I O N S

New Member Spotlight

Welcome, Leadership Mountain Brook Class of 2019-20!

Carrigan’s Public House Taylor, Lepley & Associates Landmark Settlement & Title LLC Mitzi Jane Media SoutherDry Waterproofing & Foundation Repair Nordan Licensing Bham Now Cloud Willis & Ellis Good Dog! Linda Dobbins Dance Birmingham Museum of Art

Welcome, New Gold Member!

Grant Abele, Joe Barber Adams, Nick Blackwell, Lucy Bowling, Samuel Cox, Jane Ryland Elliott, Mary Douglass Evans, Charlie Ferguson, Caroline Herron, Olivia Hunt, Absher Lawson, Megan Lee, Ella McDonald, Katherine McDonald, James Noles, Sarah Kate Sanders, Walker Starling, Sinclair Turner, Ann Clair Walton, Katherine Watson

The Faces of Mountain Brook Business Why Shopping Local This Holiday Season Matters!

ABHI Mountain Brook

101 HOYT LANE 82 November/December 2019

MTN. BROOK, ALABAMA 35213

F i n d U s O n l i ne

Sign up for our weekly newsletter

|

Notable Events

Access our member directory

Shop Local This Holiday Season!

Crestline Village Holiday Open House November 14th 4:00-7:00

Golden Age Wine Ribbon Cutting - July 19

English Village Holiday Open House November 21st 5:00-7:00

The Fitness Center’s 25th Anniversary Ribbon Cutting September 19

Mountain Brook Village Holiday Open House December 5th 5:00-8:00

VILLAGE GOLD HAS GONE DIGITAL! Visit mtnbrookchamber.org 24/7 to purchase!

Dr. Kevin Alexander Receives a Key to the City for 30 Years in Practice

Mountain Brook Dog Park Ribbon Cutting - August 30

205 - 871 - 3779

It’s even easier to shop local this holiday season!

WWW.MTNBROOKCHAMBER.ORG MountainBrookMagazine.com 83

OUT & ABOUT

1

BOILING N’ BRAGGING

2

3

4

5

PHOTOS BY EK PARKER

This annual Rotary District 6860 raised funds for Critical Care Transport at Children’s of Alabama with tailgate kickoff festivities at Otey’s Tavern on Aug. 17.

1. Grace Trewhella, Libby Baty and Wyatt Baty 2. Aria, Kaitlyn, Mason and Sophia Gwin 3. Kathline Muffit and Benny and Eli

6

4. Oliver, Kira, Elizabeth, Arron and Charlie Lolly 5. Will Conner, Flynt, Margret, William and Irby Conner 6. The Conchlan Family 7. Ally Cutshall and Addison Combs 8. Hunter and Liz Twitty 9. Alexander, Kibbe, Court, Wyatt and Pippa Jones 10. Victoria Bullock and Brinley Hilson 11. Carolyn Dunn, Laura Buha and Marlea Mutert 12. Steve and Anna Knight 13. Harrison Boozer, Andrea York, Sheree York and Dan Charez

84 November/December 2019

7

8

OUT & ABOUT

9

10

12

13

11

MountainBrookMagazine.com 85

OUT & ABOUT

1

2

STATE OF THE STATE LUNCHEON

3

4

PHOTOS BY MADOLINE MARKHAM & MOLLY WALLACE

Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce hosted a State of the State Address at its Aug. 27 luncheon with a panel hosted by Paul DeMarco and featuring state Representative David Faulkner, Senator Dan Roberts and Senator Jabo Waggoner. My Eye Dr. sponsored the event.

5

1. 2019-2020 Leadership Mountain Brook class with their teacher Amber Benson (front left) 2. Mary Evans Douglas with Mary Anne Glazner Award winners John and Michael Gee of The Pants Store 3. John and Michael Gee 4. Dr. Brooke Kaplan of My Eye Dr. with raffle winner James Noles 5. Jabo Waggoner, David Faulkner, Dan Roberts and Paul DeMarco

I strive to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.

205-447-3275 • cezelle@realtysouth.com

Animal Hospital, Veterinary Care, Boarding & Grooming 2810 19th Place South, Homewood, AL 35209 StandiferAnimalClinic.com

86 November/December 2019

OUT & ABOUT

1

2

MOUNTAIN BROOK CHAMBER JUNIOR BOARD SOCIAL PHOTOS BY MADOLINE MARKHAM

The Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce held a social to introduce its new Junior Board to its Board of Directors on Aug. 27 and featured Campesino Rum and Back Forty beer tastings.

3

4

1. Terry Chapman, Paul Demarco, Drew Dickson, Alice Womack and Tonya Jones 2. Lee Mallette, Drew Dickson and Cary Buck 3. Ali Money, Anne Holman Smith and Harper DeWine 4. Martha Gorham and Wirth Doss

MountainBrookMagazine.com 87

OUT & ABOUT

1

JEWISH FOOD AND CULTURE FEST

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

PHOTOS BY KAITLYN BAKER

The Friedman Family Foundation held its annual event on Sept. 8 at the Levite Jewish Community Center and featured the When Pigs Fly Kosher BBQ Cook-Off, live music, kids’ activities and more.

1. Jamie Odrezin and Susan Greene 2. Cantor Jessica Roskin and Bob Greenberg 3. Rabbi Levi Weinbaum with Mimi 4. Tangi and D’juan Howard with Chason and Jaxson 5. Roberta Hess and Constance Tolbert 6. Landon and Carly Morris and Lilah, and Josie and Sam Friedman 7. Bree and Ryan Tinch 8. Zach Brinson and Joshua Schefani 9. Tara, Lee and Stella Parr 10. Violet, Bob and Zoe Levine, and Donald Hess 11. Caleb, Taliah, Nick, Denise and Andy Sokol with their dogs Chile and Mardi 12. Rhonda Andrews, Cookie Gobbins and Jodi Schfano 13. Jacob, Elizabeth and Arthur Reed with Magic City Face Art

88 November/December 2019

OUT & ABOUT

10

BARIATRIC HEALTH & WELLNESS

Do you need to lose a little or a lot ?

11

Bariatric Health and Wellness offers a non surgical weight loss program that is easy to follow, customized for you, and affordable.

• Dr John Morgan has helped over 30,000+ people lose over 150,000 lbs.

• Lose up to a pant size in 2 weeks • Free Consultation • Experienced Staff

12

• On line protocol available If you are ready for a healthier body and mind, Bariatric Health and Wellness is for you!

13

2017 Canyon Rd #17 Vestavia Hills 205-397-8856 bariatricdirect.com MountainBrookMagazine.com 89

OUT & ABOUT

1

TASTE OF MOUNTAIN BROOK

2

3

4

PHOTOS BY KAITLYN BAKER

The fifth annual Taste of Mountain Brook benefitting All In Mountain Brook featured more than 20 local restaurants, kid’s corner activities and live entertainment on Sept. 15 in Crestline Village.

1. Kathy Dyleski and Lauren Amberson 2. Ella Slaton McKinney

5

6

7

8

3. Tiz, Abi and Agustin from Bongiorno Italian Restaurant 4. Craft, Lauren and Ty from Miss Dots 5. Will Burkhart, Ethan Shunnarah, Millie Rudder and James Hufham 6. Luke Barlow, Warner Johnson and Lilly Gilbert 7. Hallett and Amy Johnson with Holton, Hallett and Harlow 8. Parker Addison Blakeney, Lauren Jones and Kate McMillan 9. Ann Clair Walton, Katherine Watson and Joe Barber Adams 10. Brian Lowry, Britton Henig, Abby Lowry, Claire Lowry, Penn and Camille Henig, and Sam Lowry 11. MBJH 7th Grade Dance Team 12. Amy Taliaferro and Marguerite Sprain

90 November/December 2019

OUT & ABOUT

9

11

10

12

MountainBrookMagazine.com 91

MARKETPLACE

Marketplace Mountain Brook Magazine • 205.669.3131

Need appliance or air conditioner parts?

How about a water filter for your refrigerator?

We have it all at A-1 Appliance Parts! Call 1-800-841-0312 www.A1Appliance.com

Acceptance Loan Company. Personal Loans! Let us pay off your title loan! 224 Cahaba Valley Road, Pelham.

205-663-5821 General Painting -Interior & Exterior -Residential Painting -Top Quality Materials -Window Glazing, Caulking & Priming -We do all the prep work! Call Alex: 205-955-3439 American Auctioneers, LLC 1-866-789-5169 american-auctioneers. com Call us for your auctions needs!!

• Land/Acreage • Estates • Residential/ Commercial Real Estate • Business Liquidations • Construction Farm Equipment • Lake/ Recreational Properties INDUSTRIAL ATHLETES $18.38+/ hour + production & safety $$$ incentives.

Grocery order selection using electric pallet jacks & voice activated headsets. Apply online at AGSOUTH.COM or call Charlie Seagle at (205) 808-4833 Preemployment drug test required.

Automation Personnel Services Hiring IMMEDIATELY For: Automotive Assembly, General Labor, Production, Clerical,

Machine Operator, Quality, Carpentry, Welder, Foundry.

Positions In: Calera, Clanton, Pelham, Bessemer, McCalla. Walkin applications accepted.

Clanton (205)280-0002.

Pelham (205)444-9774.

Bama Concrete Now Hiring: Diesel Mechanic 4 Years Minimum Experience. CDL Preferred. Competitive Pay. Great Benefits.

Apply in person: 2180 Hwy 87 Alabaster, 35007 Bent Creek Apartments.

Affordable 1 and 2 Bedroom. On-site Manager. On-site Maintenance. 3001 7th Street. North Clanton, AL 35045. TDD#s: 800548-2547(V) 800-5482546(T/A) bentcreek@ morrowapts.com Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am4pm. Equal Opportunity Provider/Employer Boise Cascade Now Hiring for Utility Positions.

Starting pay $13.66/ hour. Must be able to pass background screen.

Please apply at www. bc.com Core Focus Personnel 205-826-3088 • Now Hiring Production Mill Worker, Jemison. 12hrs (days/nights), ability to pass drug test, background check, physical. Positions working in outside temperature conditions.

Previous manufacturing experience required. $11.75/hr to start.

DRYWALL REPAIRS SAME DAY SERVICE Offering: •Plastering

92 November/December 2019

MountainBrookMagazine.com

•Stucco •Water Damage Repair $$FREE ESTIMATES$$ Please Call: 205-502-6023 NOW HIRING!!!

• CDL DRIVERS • ASPHALT EQUIPMENT OPERATORS Apply Online Today! www. dunnconstruction.com • Bright Future • Great Pay • •Unheard of Benefits• HOME EVERY DAY! #DunnTheRightWay EOE/Minorities/Females/ Disabled/Veterans ETS RESTORATIONS • Retaining Walls • Concrete Work • Demolition • Landscaping • Construction • Tree Removal • Tree Trimming • Bobcat Work •Hardscapes • Hauling Residential & Commercial FREE ESTIMATES!!! CALL NOW (205)209-7787 $2000 SIGN ON BONUS NEW PAY SCALE TO QUALIFYING DRIVERS EVERGREEN TRANSPORT, is accepting applications for local drivers in the Calera and Leeds, AL, area.

Must have Class A CDL, good driving record, 1 yr verifiable tractor trailer experience. Good pay and benefits. Apply in person at 8278 Hwy 25 South, Calera, AL, or call for info 205-668-3316.

Now Hiring Heavy Equipment Operators and CDL Drivers Competitive pay and benefits. Pre-employment drug test required Equal Employment Opportunity Employer Call: 205298-6799 or email us at: jtate@forestryenv.com

NOW AVAILABLE LPN’s, RN’s 12 HOUR SHIFTS CNA’s Full-time & part-time Apply in person: Hatley Health Care 300 Medical Center Drive Clanton, AL 35045

Lancaster Place Apartments. Location, community & quality living in Calera, AL. 1, 2, & 3 bedroom apartments available. Call today for specials!! 205-668-6871.

Or visit hpilancasterplace. com

Helping Hands Estate Sales Serving clients over 7yrs Professional & Experienced We can help sell the contents of your home! Contact for information: 256-2835549 tbob56.wixsite. com/helping-hands

SHEETMETAL & MANUFACTURING HELP WANTED •Sheetmetal/Layout, •Manufacturing Helpers, •Sheetmetal Machinery Operators, Multiple positions Paid holidays, typical shifts are 6:00am2:30pm Must be reliable & on-time Call RICK: 205761-3975

Heritage Christian Academy is now accepting enrollment for K3-12th Grades.

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity! Call 205978-6001, to schedule a Campus Tour!

Office Manager Full-Time Position Must have experience in Bookkeeping, Quickbooks MondayFriday 8am-5pm Apply in person: 1110 Highway 31, Calera Call 205-663-1511 Industrial Coatings Group, Inc. is hiring experienced -Sandblasters -Industrial Painters - Helpers. Must be able to pass drug test and e-verify check.

Must be willing to travel.

Professional references required. Please send resume to: icgsecretary@ hotmail.com or call (205)688-9004 Owner Operators Wanting Dedicated Year Round Anniston, AL www.pull4klb.com

Now Hiring!! • Caregivers-ADL’s, assist with medications and some lifting 7am-3pm, 3pm-11pm, 11pm-7pm •Activity Director PartTime •Cooks-some 12/hr shifts Call Shay McNeal 205-620-2905 Marble Valley Manor.

Affordable 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments for Elderly & Disabled. Many on-site services! 2115 Motes Rd, Sylacauga.

256-245-6500 •TDD#s: 800-548-2547(V) •800548-2546(T/A). Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am4pm. Equal Opportunity Provider/Employer Are you a motivated professional? Are you looking for a dynamic career? Are you ready to control your own level of success? See why McKinnons’ is an exciting place to work and grow. Now accepting applications for Sales, Service, and Detail

MARKETPLACE Shop. Apply with the receptionist. 205-7553430 Shake up your career!!!

Are you looking for something new and FUN? Milo’s is always looking for great managers to come join our growing and dynamic team. Apply online at miloshamburgers.com Montgomery Stockyard Drop Station at Gray & Son’s in Clanton.

Call Lane at 205-3894530. For other hauling arrangements, contact Wes in Harpersville 205965-8657 Oxford Healthcare in Montgomery currently hiring certified CNA’s and/or Home Health aides in the Clanton, Marbury and Maplesville areas. Must be able to pass complete background check, have reliable transportation and have a strong work ethic. Serious inquiries only. Call 334-409-0035 or apply on-line at www.

Oxfordhealthcare.com Help Wanted - full time/part time available!

Warehouse enviroment assisting with painting, building, designing props and scenes. Visit www.phobiafactory. com to submit your application.

Looking for a house to rent in Shelby County?

We can help. Call for available rentals and specials (205)433-9811 Coosa Pines Mill in Childersburg hiring Entry Level Technicians •Full time positions w/ comprehensive benefits package •Starting rate $15.70/hr w/an increase up to $21.93/hr after 90 days •18 years or older with High School Diploma or GED We

are also accepting applications through the Talladega or Alabaster Career center *All successful applicants will be required to pass a preemployment drug screen and criminal background check* Specializing in all your hair care needs SERENITY SALON Barber/Stylist Chairs Available for Rent 2 Convenient Locations •2005 Valleydale Rd. •Pelham •3000 Meadow Lake Dr. Suite 107 Call Nichole 205-240-5428 CLOCK REPAIR SVS. * Setup * Repair * Maintenance. I can fix your Mother’s clock.

Alabaster/Pelham. Call Stephen (205)663-2822 Electrician - FT Supreme Electric, local-based company in Pelham.

Must be willing to learn & work hard. Go to: supremeelectric-al. com Print employment application under Contact Us. Mail to: Supreme Electric 231 Commerce Pkwy Pelham, AL 35124 or call 205-4539327.

Become a Dental Assistant in ONLY 8 WEEKS! Please visit our website capstonedentalassisting. com or call (205)5618118 and get your career started!

White Oak Transportation is hiring CDL-A drivers in your area. Great Pay! Excellent Benefits! Visit our website www.whiteoaktrans.com for more information EOE-M/F/D/V Acceptance Loan Company, Inc. Personal loans! Let us pay off your title loans! 224 Cahaba Valley Rd, Pelham 205663-5821

Pharmaceutical Grade Pharmaceutical Grade CBD Oil, a unique concept for sublingual absorption. Helps pain, anxiety, energy & more. Order from home 205-276-7778. www.CiliByDesign.com/ BrendaGlaze Merchandise and DSD (Direct Store Delivery) Workers-Needed!

•7am-Start/5pm-End •Base+Bonus •No weekends/nights •Able to travel locally •Health/ Dental Available •Able to lift/push items up to 50lbs,with/without aid of dolly Apply on-line: www.citywholesale.com Interview Call: 205-7954527 Package Store 2398 Greensprings Hwy Homewood,AL NowHiring!! Requirements: •21yrs•Retail experience •Able to multi-task,work any shift,lift kegs,and check in orders •Beer,wine,& liquor experience a plus Call: 205-322-3333 DREAMER’S SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY GRAND OPENING SEPTEMBER 2019 NOW ENROLLING NEW STUDENTS! Now Hiring: •Secretary with Computer Skills •Licensed Cosmetology Instructor -Serious Inquiries Only844 Highway 31, Suite E Alabaster, AL 35007 Call 205-624-4676 Commercial Cleaning Company hiring General Cleaners in Columbiana.

Part-time position Monday-Friday, 5:30pm until 8:30pm. Duties include sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, sanitizing restrooms and trash removal. Email resumes and/or your contact information to dave@ eaglecleaningservice.com

Trucking company hiring qualified local delivery drivers •Must have clean driving/criminal background •Verifiable commercial driver experience •Good communication skills a must Serious Inquiries Call: 205-3109810 $Cash Paid For Used RV’s!$ Motor Homes, Travel/Enclosed trailers, consignment welcome, Cars and Trucks, Pick up available, Mccluskey Auto and RV Sales, LLC 205833-4575 Construction Workers Needed for Local Construction Company.

Must be experienced and dependable. Job is five days a week.

Salary based on skills.

Must have remodeling experience. Call Adam 205-863-9059 Small Engine Technician Full-Time Must have knowledge of: -Lawn Mowers -Pressure Washers -Chainsaws -2-Cycle/4-Cycle Weed Eaters MUST BE DEPENDABLE! Call: (205)281-0565 Email: qtr@mindspring.com Service Tech, Inc. Heating & Air Conditioning AL Cert# 89282 Now Hiring Full-Time Certified Technician •Minimum 5 years experience •Residential, Commercial and Refrigeration •Ipad Experience •On-Call Rotation Apply at: www. servicetechhvac.com Sitting Angels Home Care, LLC NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Doctor Appointments, Bathing/Dressing Meal Preparation, Errands, Laundry,Light House Keeping and More.

Lenette Walls, Owner 205-405-6991

HOME REPAIR/ REMODELING SST Properties, INC. Home Repair & Remodeling.

Licensed & Insured!

Call: 205-808-2482 Shelby County Openings: Loaders: •1st shift 7am-4pm, MondayFriday •2nd Shift- 4:30pm Finish, Sunday–Thursday $11.00/hr Packers1st shift 7am-4pm, Monday-Friday $11.00/ hr Replenisher-1st Shift 6am-3:30pm $12.00/ hr Standup Forklift Operators 1st Shift-6am3:30pm $12.00/hr Apply online: www.mystaffmark. com The Harvest Place Christian Church Join us for worship every SUNDAY The Harvest Place Christian Church 14 Westside Ln, Columbiana, AL 35051 Bishop Wales Williams, Jr Chief Apostle •Morning Worship Sunday 11am •Life Enrichment Classes Sunday 10:15am •Join Us Every Tuesday Night at JOYFEST •Midweek WorshipBegins at 6:30pm www. getyourharvest.org Experienced Termite Technician or someone experienced in routeservice work and wants to learn new profession.

Work-vehicle/equipment provided. Must drive straight-shift, have clean driving record/be 21/ pass background/drug test. Training provided.

Insurance/401K offered.

M-F 7:00-4:30 + 1 Saturday/month. Pay $13hr. Send resume to facsmith@charter.net WASTE PRO IS NOW HIRING CDL DRIVERS & MECHANICS Go online to WWW. WASTEPROUSA.COM to fill out an application today!

MountainBrookMagazine.com 93

MY MOUNTAIN BROOK KIM MCGUIRE

Mountain Brook Chamber Junior Board President + Chester’s International Director of Franchise Services

An Evening Stroll

Irondale Furnace Trail One of my favorite activities is our evening family walk down to the Irondale Furnace Trail in Cherokee Bend. We live only a short walk away and go at least two to three times a week. My son always takes his net and tries to catch (and release) crawdads in the creek. I love making these memories on the trail with my family.

Get Moving

Grand Jeté Barre Fitness and Boutique After work or on the weekend, I enjoy working out at at this English Village barre studio. The instructors are awesome, the workouts are fun, and I always leave feeling challenged and inspired.

A Halloween Tradition

Mystics of Mountain Brook Parade We’ve made it a family tradition to go see the annual Mystics of Mountain Brook Halloween Parade in Crestline each year. My son loves filling his bag with candy, and the floats are always great entertainment. This event has great energy, and it is so fun seeing the community come together for a festive time!

Al Fresco Dining

Patios Around Town I love going to enjoy date night, family time or girl’s night at one of the great patios around town. Happy Hour on Vino’s patio, breakfast on the patio at Continental Bakery, family dinner on the patio at Otey’s or Taco Mama—there are so many options for great al fresco dining in town!

Photo by Lindsey Culver

Treat Yo’ Self

Nail Tek Go see Annie or Amy for a great mani-pedi. The whole team at this English Village nail salon is fantastic! I believe every mom needs to treat herself.

94 November/December 2019

URGENT CARE from

Open 365 DAYS A YEAR Weekdays 2 – 10PM Weekends 10AM – 8PM WALK-INS WELCOME or SAVE YOUR SPOT ONLINE childrensurgent.com

LOCATIONS BIRMINGHAM 500 Cahaba Park Circle Suite 100 TRUSSVILLE 117 North Chalkville Road (205) 848-CARE (2273)

WE TREAT MINOR ILLNESSES AND INJURES INCLUDING: • Fever • Allergies • Coughs, colds • Acute asthma attack • Flu • Sprains/strains • Earaches • Bruises and lacerations

• Sore throat • Insect bites/stings • Vomiting and upset stomach • Minor burns • Diarrhea • Rashes • Other non-life-threating conditions

New locations opening in Fall 2019 Madison, Huntsville Northport, Tuscaloosa Vestavia Hills, Birmingham.