I'm an extraordinarily sentimental person. I love being able to re-visit the same places year after year. So when something changes or gets rebuilt or closes, I just hate it. Even if I didn't like it THAT much, after it's closed, I sure convince myself that I did!
I guess it's that whole "you want what you can't have" thing.
What's worse is that my husband and I seem to have a curse: all places important to us close. For instance: Sarris' Steakhouse, the location of our wedding rehearsal dinner, is now the ever-so-very-classy "Love Stuff".
I wrote this post about our sad, but yet oddly humorous curse.
So, my question is: What do you miss most that is no longer around, or just different than it used to be? Feel free to link in if you have a post about your favorite memories, or comment in your favorite places that are no longer around.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Best Post of the Week
This is a weekly column idea I had - please feel free to tell me if you think it's a great idea or a horrible one.
(Which, I suppose, your involvement or lack thereof will also communicate that.)
If you're like me, you write a bunch of posts a week, and some are better than others. And, you read a lot of blogs per week.
So I thought that one way we could make it easier to keep up with each other's blogs is to have a "Best Post of the Week" link-in at the end of each week, so that even if we don't have time to read all 88 (so far!!) Alabama Blogger blogs every day, at least we get the week's highlights.
So, link up, and let's start reading! And remember - the best way to get new blogging friends is to comment on other people's posts, so be sure to say "hi" to your neighbors when you visit!
p.s. - please feel free to interpret "this week" as loosely as you like, especially since this is our first week - I won't complain if you link a post in from last month.
(Which, I suppose, your involvement or lack thereof will also communicate that.)
If you're like me, you write a bunch of posts a week, and some are better than others. And, you read a lot of blogs per week.
So I thought that one way we could make it easier to keep up with each other's blogs is to have a "Best Post of the Week" link-in at the end of each week, so that even if we don't have time to read all 88 (so far!!) Alabama Blogger blogs every day, at least we get the week's highlights.
So, link up, and let's start reading! And remember - the best way to get new blogging friends is to comment on other people's posts, so be sure to say "hi" to your neighbors when you visit!
p.s. - please feel free to interpret "this week" as loosely as you like, especially since this is our first week - I won't complain if you link a post in from last month.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Dining Spotlight: Scottsboro - The Blue Willow
This post was contributed by Leigh, who blogs at Tales from Bloggeritaville , Plates and Places , as well as Photographic Memories .
I was in Scottsboro, Alabama this past weekend visiting family members in the area. For lunch, my cousin Beckie took my mother and I to eat at the Blue Willow.
Hours: Thurs-Sunday 11-2 Fri & Sat nights 6-8:30
The Blue Willow Caters and Delivers
*Leigh is a full time mother, a part time photographer and writer. Her photography and written work is featured in several professional business and local publications. She owns her own photography business, Photographic Memories. Leigh resides in the Alabama with her three children and husband "Big Daddy". You can read more of Leigh's daily adventures by visiting any of her three blogs: Tales from Bloggeritaville , Plates and Places , as well as Photographic Memories
If you would like to contribute to Alabama Bloggers about any subject, please email me! I would love to have your contributions, whether original or pre-published on your blog.
I was in Scottsboro, Alabama this past weekend visiting family members in the area. For lunch, my cousin Beckie took my mother and I to eat at the Blue Willow.
The Blue Willow is actually a house converted into a "tea room" of sorts. The home was built as a Victorian style in 1890 by Mr. J.D. Snodgrass, for his wife Hattie May Brown, and they lived in the home until their deaths.
The Blue Willow Restaurant, as it is today, is a truly eclectic mix of styles and tastes . There are many rooms in which to dine, and on the walls are artwork and antiques for sale. You can literally shop the walls while you eat. But the eating at the Blue Willow was certainly the best part. The menu offered a variety of dishes, including sandwiches, cheeseburgers and specialty salads. My mother, cousin Beckie and I opted for the Blue Willow Sampler, despite the 100 places brochures recommendation of Sweet Tomatoe Pie .
While waiting for our plates to be prepared, we shopped the wall art and had a fun time as our eyes wandered the room as well as the yard outside the window, which was also full of items for sale. The Blue Willow carries unusual gifts, including hand painted Russian jewelry and nesting eggs, as well as painting and crafts by local artist, antiques and much, much, MUCH more.
The waitress brought our sweet tea as well as a basket full of fresh yeast rolls and the restaurant specialty "world famous" bourbon butter. The rolls were warm and as I spread the bourbon butter it melted instantly. The bourbon butter made the rolls. It was not what I had expected to taste~ a shot of bourbon, I never detected, but instead was sweet and had a distinct and wonderful flavor.
Our meals arrived in a timely manner. The Sampler had generous portions of the Willows fresh homemade chicken salad and was also served with pasta salad, congealed pretzel salad, fresh fruit and two little mini carrot or spice cake muffins. It was alot to eat.
The Blue Willow Restaurant, as it is today, is a truly eclectic mix of styles and tastes . There are many rooms in which to dine, and on the walls are artwork and antiques for sale. You can literally shop the walls while you eat. But the eating at the Blue Willow was certainly the best part. The menu offered a variety of dishes, including sandwiches, cheeseburgers and specialty salads. My mother, cousin Beckie and I opted for the Blue Willow Sampler, despite the 100 places brochures recommendation of Sweet Tomatoe Pie .
While waiting for our plates to be prepared, we shopped the wall art and had a fun time as our eyes wandered the room as well as the yard outside the window, which was also full of items for sale. The Blue Willow carries unusual gifts, including hand painted Russian jewelry and nesting eggs, as well as painting and crafts by local artist, antiques and much, much, MUCH more.
The waitress brought our sweet tea as well as a basket full of fresh yeast rolls and the restaurant specialty "world famous" bourbon butter. The rolls were warm and as I spread the bourbon butter it melted instantly. The bourbon butter made the rolls. It was not what I had expected to taste~ a shot of bourbon, I never detected, but instead was sweet and had a distinct and wonderful flavor.
Our meals arrived in a timely manner. The Sampler had generous portions of the Willows fresh homemade chicken salad and was also served with pasta salad, congealed pretzel salad, fresh fruit and two little mini carrot or spice cake muffins. It was alot to eat.
The pasta salad was a tri-colored mix of pasta in a creamy Italian and honey mustard dressing with black olives and smaller vegetables throughout. The chicken salad was fresh, and actually even more than what appears on the plate. The fruit was fresh and contained grapes, strawberries, pineapple, watermelon and kiwi. If you order the sampler, my recommendation would be to save the pretzel salad for last. It will serve as a dessert. It was perfect and delicious, with a crisp pretzel bottom layer and a sweet cream cheese layer followed by cherry jello. It was my favorite of all the sampler.
I want to make mention that the owner told of some pork loins that would be served for the nightly menu. He said it was a specialty and that it would be worth the trip back. Lunch and Supper is served at the Willow. Call for hours.
The Blue Willow is a place you will want to return to for a delicious meal with friends.
The Blue Willow
303 East Willow Street
Scottsboro, AL. 35768
(256) 259-3462
I want to make mention that the owner told of some pork loins that would be served for the nightly menu. He said it was a specialty and that it would be worth the trip back. Lunch and Supper is served at the Willow. Call for hours.
The Blue Willow is a place you will want to return to for a delicious meal with friends.
The Blue Willow
303 East Willow Street
Scottsboro, AL. 35768
(256) 259-3462
Hours: Thurs-Sunday 11-2 Fri & Sat nights 6-8:30
The Blue Willow Caters and Delivers
*Leigh is a full time mother, a part time photographer and writer. Her photography and written work is featured in several professional business and local publications. She owns her own photography business, Photographic Memories. Leigh resides in the Alabama with her three children and husband "Big Daddy". You can read more of Leigh's daily adventures by visiting any of her three blogs: Tales from Bloggeritaville , Plates and Places , as well as Photographic Memories
If you would like to contribute to Alabama Bloggers about any subject, please email me! I would love to have your contributions, whether original or pre-published on your blog.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Quirks of Our Dear State
I wrote a blog post yesterday called The Unfortunate Case of Frog Duck-Butt, talking about this colorful character on the Galleria Carousel:
And it got me thinking: there are so many quirks, oddities, and unusual things in our state.
For instance: Did you know that there are at least two statues of Jesus encased in glass boxes in our state? I blogged about the one in Birmingham last year, and then my good bloggy friend Lianne (who had been reading my blog for a while but had never read my Jesus in a Box post) ran across one near Tuscaloosa. She obviously saw this a bloggable item, and for pre-blog research, she googled the term "Jesus in a Box" and, of the whole entire world wide web, I was her first search result.
Seriously. What ARE the chances??
So, that being said, surely most of you have blogged about at least one odd item in our state at some point.
So, think hard - I KNOW you've got to have an Alabama quirk post in your archives somewhere. And if you don't, well, get to work! Write one about your favorite local quirk! Or, if you're feeling lazy, feel free to comment it in on this post.
Link your post in below. Or, if Mister Linky is still having issues and a link box doesn't show up below this line (he's been quite infirm of late - be sure to send him a "Get Well Soon" card), leave the link to your post in the comments.
And it got me thinking: there are so many quirks, oddities, and unusual things in our state.
For instance: Did you know that there are at least two statues of Jesus encased in glass boxes in our state? I blogged about the one in Birmingham last year, and then my good bloggy friend Lianne (who had been reading my blog for a while but had never read my Jesus in a Box post) ran across one near Tuscaloosa. She obviously saw this a bloggable item, and for pre-blog research, she googled the term "Jesus in a Box" and, of the whole entire world wide web, I was her first search result.
Seriously. What ARE the chances??
So, that being said, surely most of you have blogged about at least one odd item in our state at some point.
So, think hard - I KNOW you've got to have an Alabama quirk post in your archives somewhere. And if you don't, well, get to work! Write one about your favorite local quirk! Or, if you're feeling lazy, feel free to comment it in on this post.
Link your post in below. Or, if Mister Linky is still having issues and a link box doesn't show up below this line (he's been quite infirm of late - be sure to send him a "Get Well Soon" card), leave the link to your post in the comments.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
How Did Alabama Get the Short End of the Beach Stick?
There is nothing I love better than going to the beach, and I especially love that I can go to the beach and still be loyal to my wonderful state at the same time.
However, Have you noticed that someone is a bit of a hog down there?
I mean COME ON - Florida has a completely three-sided peninsula with thousands of miles of coastline that is in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, but they still HAD to come across Georgia and steal most of our beach too!?!?!?
Here's the stats, as well as I could find with the help of Google:
Florida has over 2,200 miles of coastline.
Do you know how many miles Alabama has? 60.
Our border with Florida is over 150 miles long. If you figure in the curves and dips and squigglies of the coastline, that's AT LEAST 200 miles of coastline.
Stolen.
Before our very eyes!
I can see Florida getting their slickestPolitician Salesman with the greasy hair and the fancy suit to come offer to do us a favor: "We want to be good neighbors. That land over there? The nasty sandy land? It's eat up with crabs and sharks and hurricanes!! We'll take the responsibility of that awful land so that you don't have to suffer from all of those ailments."
How do YOU think it happened?
And how can we take them back?
I know it CAN happen, because several years ago when the Perdido Bridge was built, Florida "gave" Alabama an extra mile or so if we agreed to build the bridge. So we ARE taking it back, one mile at a time!
At any rate, here's my proposal, Florida. Take it or leave it (funny, I think I know the answer to that option).
(While we're at it, maybe we can be good neighbors and retrieve Georgia's for them as well.)
However, Have you noticed that someone is a bit of a hog down there?
I mean COME ON - Florida has a completely three-sided peninsula with thousands of miles of coastline that is in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, but they still HAD to come across Georgia and steal most of our beach too!?!?!?
Here's the stats, as well as I could find with the help of Google:
Florida has over 2,200 miles of coastline.
Do you know how many miles Alabama has? 60.
Our border with Florida is over 150 miles long. If you figure in the curves and dips and squigglies of the coastline, that's AT LEAST 200 miles of coastline.
Stolen.
Before our very eyes!
I can see Florida getting their slickest
How do YOU think it happened?
And how can we take them back?
I know it CAN happen, because several years ago when the Perdido Bridge was built, Florida "gave" Alabama an extra mile or so if we agreed to build the bridge. So we ARE taking it back, one mile at a time!
At any rate, here's my proposal, Florida. Take it or leave it (funny, I think I know the answer to that option).
(While we're at it, maybe we can be good neighbors and retrieve Georgia's for them as well.)
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Favorite Dining in Alabama
I hope that one of the ways this blog will be valuable is to share information about all of our favorite places to go to in Alabama. This will be especially useful if we're out of OUR neck of the woods and into YOURS. So this post, like the Alabama Bloggers Directory, will have it's own sidebar link for easy reference in the future.
The question for this post is: What are your favorite Alabama restaurants and why?
You can either linky a post (or multiple posts) that you've written in the past (or the present) about your favorite restaurants, or you can comment on this post and tell us about them.
If you linky it in, be sure to put in your link title where the restaurant is located so that if someone is looking for good food in a particular area, they can find it easily.
Sound like fun? I can't wait to find out where to eat all around Alabama!
Also let me know of other topics that you'd like to compile blogger opinion on!
The question for this post is: What are your favorite Alabama restaurants and why?
You can either linky a post (or multiple posts) that you've written in the past (or the present) about your favorite restaurants, or you can comment on this post and tell us about them.
If you linky it in, be sure to put in your link title where the restaurant is located so that if someone is looking for good food in a particular area, they can find it easily.
Sound like fun? I can't wait to find out where to eat all around Alabama!
Also let me know of other topics that you'd like to compile blogger opinion on!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
"The List"
This is a regionally organized list of all of the Alabama Bloggers who choose to participate in this site. It will help in organizing events, and it will have its own sidebar button so that anyone can go to it to find a list of bloggers in their region. Of course, it will ALWAYS be a work in progress and updated continually.
I tried to section you off regionally as best as I could, and if I was unsure, I left you in the "Somewhere in Alabama" category, in which anyone is welcome to hang out that would prefer to have their location vague and fuzzy.
If you want ANYTHING about your listing changed, please let me know and I'll fix it right up. I can also add categories if need be.
And if you're NOT on the list and you want to be, by all means let me know that and I'll get you on right away!
So, here we are, in all of our glory, so far:
Somewhere in Alabama:
Jo @ ...And a Cherry on Top
Morgan @ A Buggie Full of Beans
Michelle @ A Life Better Than I Deserve
Lindley @ An Agnostic and a Christian Walk Into a Bar
Belinda @ A Simple Life
Marie @ All Access Pass To Jack and Putting My Thoughts on Paper
Apollo @ Apollo Rock It
Lu @ Avery Tales
Christen at Baker Lane Gang
Mama Bear @ Bears at Home
Matt Gray @ BeGreen-BeSeen
Emily @ Being Me
Jenny at Bits & Pieces of My Life
Rhonda @ Blue Creek Home
Collier @ Building Content
Christi at Butterbean and Peanut
Rhonda @ ChiggerBytes
Mrs. Chaos @ Confessions of Mrs. Chaos
Couponing to Disney
Charissa @ Crafty Charissa
Emily @ Crunchy(ish) Mama
Kenn @ Dairy of a Madman
DBH @ DBH Dance Party
Danny @ Doc's Political Parlor & Home of Lawn Mower Repair
Jules @ Dump The Rump
Edward @ Edward G. Roberts
Amanda at Fake Ginger
Mrs Graves @ Family Plots
Leigh @ Graham shenanigans
Half Baked
Jennifer @ Happiness is brilliant
Heather @ Heather's Happenings
Jen at Hey Y'all!
Awdrey @ Home Sweet Home
Kimberly @ Got Blog?
Jeanette @ I'm workin' on it
Janice @ In this Southern life
J.E.M. Business Solutions
Jason Knight
Joey at Joey Kennedy's Blog and Column
B at just call me B
Melinda @ Just Stuff!
Kassia @ Kassia's Family Life and Kassia's Blog
Candy @ Keeping Up With The Jones'
Brittany @ Latte Love Mommy
DaisyGirl @ Letting Go, Letting God
Maggie @ Life According to Maggie
Bridgette @ Life's a Beach
The Brown Recluse @ Margaret's Musings and Head Noise
Mary Albrethson @ Mary's Rose Cottage
Charissa @ MiMi's Babies
Giggles @ Me and the Mercedes...Marathon
Melanie @ Melanie Elissa. . .A Glimpse in My Life
Carol King @ Mocha Bay Sistahhood Cafe
Nanci at MomTV
TSM @ Multitasking Momma
Murphy Monkey
Donya at My Beautiful Life
Meg at My Fuller Life
Robyn @ My Southern Cottage
Nickel Pickle @ Nickel Pickle Mom
Drew @ Okra Cola (Twitter: OkraCola)
Susan Schuman @ Our Family Eats
sodahoney at Old Folks vs New Technology
Leanne @ Our Little Family
Jennifer @ Our Southern Table
Adrienne @ Pampered by Adrienne
Liesl @ Pretty Helmet
Carolyn @ Primitive Devotion
Melanie @ Queen of My Universe
Sandy @ RaggedySandy
Holly @ Saving For Eight
Kisha @ Sewing...One Thread at a Time
Suzi at Sheer Fab Junk in my Trunk
Cassie@ Southern Domestic Goddess (Twitter: keithcs)
Southern Femme @ Southern Femme
Trista @ Southern Fried Mama
Southerner @ Southern Seven
Kyle @ Strange Alabama
Strange Kid at Strange Kids Club
Jennifer @ Strong Mothers
Donna @ Sugar, Spice and Southern Life
Lou Cinda @ Tattered Hydrangeas
The Bear Bunch
Karon @ The Organized Homestead
Ramey @ The Painted Possum
Tammy @ The Single Girl Diaries
Heather St. Clair @ The St. Clair's
Jennifer @ These Small Hours and Peace of Life
Mark @ The Bull Speaks
Holly @ The Centsible Shopper
Bryan @ The Crimson Elephant
Karen @ The French Flea
Debi @ The Giraffe Head Tree
Natalie @ The Roe Family and Natalie Roe
Cory @ The Snake Pit
Kevin @ The Window
Brook @ The Velvet Brook
Lisa @ Through the Eyes of a Fat Chick
Tollie @ Tollie.org
Tracy @ The Enchanted Cottage
Missy @ Two Little Monkeys
Brandi @ Will Blog For Shoes
Ashley @ Wheeler-isms
Ainsley @ Where there is Love, There is Art
Gina at Whiskey on the Rocks
Sherry @ Your Never Alone
Carol King @ Mocha Bay Sistahhood Cafe
Nanci at MomTV
TSM @ Multitasking Momma
Murphy Monkey
Donya at My Beautiful Life
Meg at My Fuller Life
Robyn @ My Southern Cottage
Nickel Pickle @ Nickel Pickle Mom
Drew @ Okra Cola (Twitter: OkraCola)
Susan Schuman @ Our Family Eats
sodahoney at Old Folks vs New Technology
Leanne @ Our Little Family
Jennifer @ Our Southern Table
Adrienne @ Pampered by Adrienne
Liesl @ Pretty Helmet
Carolyn @ Primitive Devotion
Melanie @ Queen of My Universe
Sandy @ RaggedySandy
Holly @ Saving For Eight
Kisha @ Sewing...One Thread at a Time
Suzi at Sheer Fab Junk in my Trunk
Cassie@ Southern Domestic Goddess (Twitter: keithcs)
Southern Femme @ Southern Femme
Trista @ Southern Fried Mama
Southerner @ Southern Seven
Kyle @ Strange Alabama
Strange Kid at Strange Kids Club
Jennifer @ Strong Mothers
Donna @ Sugar, Spice and Southern Life
Lou Cinda @ Tattered Hydrangeas
The Bear Bunch
Karon @ The Organized Homestead
Ramey @ The Painted Possum
Tammy @ The Single Girl Diaries
Heather St. Clair @ The St. Clair's
Jennifer @ These Small Hours and Peace of Life
Mark @ The Bull Speaks
Holly @ The Centsible Shopper
Bryan @ The Crimson Elephant
Karen @ The French Flea
Debi @ The Giraffe Head Tree
Natalie @ The Roe Family and Natalie Roe
Cory @ The Snake Pit
Kevin @ The Window
Brook @ The Velvet Brook
Lisa @ Through the Eyes of a Fat Chick
Tollie @ Tollie.org
Tracy @ The Enchanted Cottage
Missy @ Two Little Monkeys
Brandi @ Will Blog For Shoes
Ashley @ Wheeler-isms
Ainsley @ Where there is Love, There is Art
Gina at Whiskey on the Rocks
Sherry @ Your Never Alone
Birmingham Area:
Trav @ {Head}:sub/head "all things book" (Twitter: tsutrav)
Robyn @ 3 Girls Mom
Courtney @ A Day in the Life of a Housewife
Rebekah at A New Song to Sing
Randall @ Alabama Geneology and Ramblings (Twitter: Randall_D)
Robert @ Alabama Tech Events
Alice @ Alice Allen. . . Try Saying That Five Times Fast
Richard @ All Things Gallery
Robert @ Arcane Code
Shermika and Tamika @ ArtBLT
Brandy Bates @ B3's Bargains and Books
Amber @ Bamber's Blessings
Brittany @ BeautyGirlBlog and Southern Beauty
Beermingham
BHAM.FM (Twitter: bhamdotfm)
Bham Bride
Virginia at Birmingham Alabama Daily Photo
Birmingham Appraisal Blog
Wade @ Birmingham Blogging Academy (Twitter: WadeOnTweets)
Brian @ Birmingham Entrepeneur
Birmingham Mom
Birmingham Mom Online
Angie, Trish and Jamie @ BirminghamMommy (Twitter: BirminghamMommy)
Birmingham Restaurants
Jeremy @ Birmingham Web Designer Jeremy Flint
Susan @ Blackberry Creek
Virginia @ blackflipflops (Twitter: blackflipflops)
David @ Blogchapel
Nicki @ Birthplace of The Process of Illogical Logic
Christie @ Blue Chicken Dinners
BooMama @ BooMama
Kate @ Bookworm to Bombshell
Cathy @ cathyreisenwitz.com
Cheri @ Chez Cheri
Tracy @ ChicBlog
Hannah @ Children's Bookshelf
D$ @ Clouds in My Coffee
Community Foundation
Country-Fried Mama @ Country-Fried Mama (Twitter: CountryFried)
Chris Davis at Dad Creates
Kelly @ Dash, Pinch, Smidgen (Twitter: @KellyMerrill)
Dennis @ DennisPillion.com
Nicole @ Destination Unknown
David @ David's Drive-In
Deb @ Deb's Garden
Linda @ Diary of a Terrible Temp
Christopher at dZine
Edwards @ EdwardsTheGreat
Angela at eatBHM
Erin @ Erin Street (Twitter: erinshawstreet)
Anna at Recipes for Newlyweds
Debby @ Refined Like Silver
Traylor @ Reflections of a Ragamuffin (Twitter: tlovvorn)
Kelli at Restore Interiors
Scott at RSS Birmingham
Heather @ Saving Money and Living Life
David @ Schablog (Twitter: ScottSchablow)
Hannnah at Simply Add Coffee
Brandi @ Small Town Famous (Go Where You've Never Been)
Daniel @ Social Media Birmingham (Twitter: socialmediabham)
Social Media Club Birmingham
Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality (Twitter: Rhoda_SouthernH)
Courtney at Southern Soiree
Kristen @ Southern Web Girl
Bethany Herrington @ So I Don't Forget...
BooMama @ BooMama
Kate @ Bookworm to Bombshell
Cathy @ cathyreisenwitz.com
Cheri @ Chez Cheri
Tracy @ ChicBlog
Hannah @ Children's Bookshelf
D$ @ Clouds in My Coffee
Community Foundation
Country-Fried Mama @ Country-Fried Mama (Twitter: CountryFried)
Chris Davis at Dad Creates
Kelly @ Dash, Pinch, Smidgen (Twitter: @KellyMerrill)
Dennis @ DennisPillion.com
Nicole @ Destination Unknown
David @ David's Drive-In
Deb @ Deb's Garden
Linda @ Diary of a Terrible Temp
Christopher at dZine
Edwards @ EdwardsTheGreat
Angela at eatBHM
Erin @ Erin Street (Twitter: erinshawstreet)
Trina @ Fabulously Frugalicious (Twitter: FabFrugTrina)
Freddy @ fear and loathing
Tracy @ Feed-Sack Cooking
Linda @ Fingertips
Jenny @ Gluten Free Birmingham
Katherine @ Grass Stains
Dan @ 'Ham Sandwich
Jamie @ Happy Harper Stories
Tina @ Hatched
Jim @ Help! There's A Fat Man Chasing Me!
Megan @ Hold It Up To The Light (Twitter: HOLDitUP)
Holley @ Holley's House
Lori @ Hotfoot Lori's Nascar Blog (Twitter: BamaTweetBird)
Lisa @ How 2 Marketing Advice
Melissa @ Images by Missy and Little Things In Life
Matt @ Impending Distractions (Twitter: MCuthbert)
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc.
Josh and Tom @ Inspirageek
Jill @ It doesn't get more real than this...
Laurel @ It Is What It Is
Valerie @ It's a Wonderful Life (Twitter: ValerieGail)
Freddy @ fear and loathing
Tracy @ Feed-Sack Cooking
Linda @ Fingertips
Jenny @ Gluten Free Birmingham
Katherine @ Grass Stains
Dan @ 'Ham Sandwich
Jamie @ Happy Harper Stories
Tina @ Hatched
Jim @ Help! There's A Fat Man Chasing Me!
Megan @ Hold It Up To The Light (Twitter: HOLDitUP)
Holley @ Holley's House
Lori @ Hotfoot Lori's Nascar Blog (Twitter: BamaTweetBird)
Lisa @ How 2 Marketing Advice
Melissa @ Images by Missy and Little Things In Life
Matt @ Impending Distractions (Twitter: MCuthbert)
Alison @ Ingredients, Inc.
Josh and Tom @ Inspirageek
Jill @ It doesn't get more real than this...
Laurel @ It Is What It Is
Valerie @ It's a Wonderful Life (Twitter: ValerieGail)
Rachel @ grasping for objectivity in my subjective life (Twitter: ObjectivityRach)
Shannon @ Great Homes Alabama
B. Russell @ I Love Chick Fil A (Twitter: ilovechickfila)
Sharon at Ivy Pottery and Crafts
Jamie @ Jamie's Rabbits (Twitter: jamiesrabbits)
Jaci @ Jon, Jaci, Mia and Averi
jtrigsby @ jtrigsby.com
Judi at Judi's Mind Over Matter
Becca at just one more trip
Lady Glutter @ Lady Glutter (Twitter: LadyGlutter)
David @ largehearted boy
Cathy @ Latte With Me
Ann Marie @ Le Blog De Ree
Kathy @ Life in the Slow Lane
Elena @ Life The Green Way
Lisa @ Lisa Isbell
Elizabeth @ Loving My Two Munchkinz (Twitter: mom2munchkinz)
Lucy @ Lucy Inspired
Dogingham @ Dogingham and Dogingham at al.com
Carol @ Life in Bunny Slippers
Shannon @ Great Homes Alabama
B. Russell @ I Love Chick Fil A (Twitter: ilovechickfila)
Sharon at Ivy Pottery and Crafts
Jamie @ Jamie's Rabbits (Twitter: jamiesrabbits)
Jaci @ Jon, Jaci, Mia and Averi
jtrigsby @ jtrigsby.com
Judi at Judi's Mind Over Matter
Becca at just one more trip
Lady Glutter @ Lady Glutter (Twitter: LadyGlutter)
David @ largehearted boy
Cathy @ Latte With Me
Ann Marie @ Le Blog De Ree
Kathy @ Life in the Slow Lane
Elena @ Life The Green Way
Lisa @ Lisa Isbell
Elizabeth @ Loving My Two Munchkinz (Twitter: mom2munchkinz)
Lucy @ Lucy Inspired
Dogingham @ Dogingham and Dogingham at al.com
Carol @ Life in Bunny Slippers
Kim @ Live from the 205
Mama Hen @ Long Days, Short Years...
Magic City Post
L.K. Whitney @ Magic City Manifesto
Magic City Post
B. Russell @ Modern Birmingham Bride
Curtis @ Musings on Birmingham
Tom @ Market Trends: Alabama Real Estate
Mary @ MaryRSnyder.com
Media of Birmingham
Amanda @ Mommy Working for the Weekend
Lee Ann @ My Birmingham
Chris @ New Media Influence (Twitter: @C_Collins)
Kevin @ No Debt Plan (Twitter: nodebtplan)
Hewy @ No Sleep In Helena
Jennifer @ Of Heaven and Earth
Oh! Eco Me!
On my Honor, I will Try
Jen West @ Ordinary to Extraordinary
Carl Carter @ Over Coffee Media
Leigh @ Photographic Memories
Bret Pippen @ Pippen's Place
Steph @ Plain Chicken
PJ @ PJ's Thoughts to Sleep On
Leigh @ Plates and Places
Potential Birmingham
B. Russell @ Pretty Boy Living
Christina at Pretty Little Nest
Justin @ Prosperity Living
Rachel @ Rambling Robinsons (Twitter: rachel9334)Magic City Post
L.K. Whitney @ Magic City Manifesto
Magic City Post
B. Russell @ Modern Birmingham Bride
Curtis @ Musings on Birmingham
Tom @ Market Trends: Alabama Real Estate
Mary @ MaryRSnyder.com
Media of Birmingham
Amanda @ Mommy Working for the Weekend
Lee Ann @ My Birmingham
Chris @ New Media Influence (Twitter: @C_Collins)
Kevin @ No Debt Plan (Twitter: nodebtplan)
Hewy @ No Sleep In Helena
Jennifer @ Of Heaven and Earth
Oh! Eco Me!
On my Honor, I will Try
Jen West @ Ordinary to Extraordinary
Carl Carter @ Over Coffee Media
Leigh @ Photographic Memories
Bret Pippen @ Pippen's Place
Steph @ Plain Chicken
PJ @ PJ's Thoughts to Sleep On
Leigh @ Plates and Places
Potential Birmingham
B. Russell @ Pretty Boy Living
Christina at Pretty Little Nest
Justin @ Prosperity Living
Anna at Recipes for Newlyweds
Debby @ Refined Like Silver
Traylor @ Reflections of a Ragamuffin (Twitter: tlovvorn)
Kelli at Restore Interiors
Scott at RSS Birmingham
Heather @ Saving Money and Living Life
David @ Schablog (Twitter: ScottSchablow)
Hannnah at Simply Add Coffee
Brandi @ Small Town Famous (Go Where You've Never Been)
Daniel @ Social Media Birmingham (Twitter: socialmediabham)
Social Media Club Birmingham
Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality (Twitter: Rhoda_SouthernH)
Courtney at Southern Soiree
Kristen @ Southern Web Girl
Bethany Herrington @ So I Don't Forget...
Christen @ Sparks' Notes
Stacey @ stacey-stace
Stay at Home Mommy "Wannabe" @ Stay at Home Mommy "Wannabe"
Gina @ Storms and Sunshine amongst Life's Uncertainties
Summer @ Summer Breeze
Leigh @ Tales from Bloggeritaville
Gigi @ Take With Food (Twitter: gdouban)
Stacey @ stacey-stace
Stay at Home Mommy "Wannabe" @ Stay at Home Mommy "Wannabe"
Gina @ Storms and Sunshine amongst Life's Uncertainties
Summer @ Summer Breeze
Leigh @ Tales from Bloggeritaville
Gigi @ Take With Food (Twitter: gdouban)
Beth @ The ALCAZAR Alca-Blog
Troy Ramsay @ The City of Magic
Jennie @ The Country Vaughns
Cynthia at The Geek Wife
Josh @ The Horse and The Wedding PhotogBlog
I'm A Mom?! @ The Incoherent Ramblings of a Stay at Home Mom
Jon Lewis at The Injury Board Blog Network
Bettina @ The Intercultural Post and Lessons from an 80's Alumna
Jason @ The Messy Epicure
Beth at The Neat Get Neater
Chris @ The Redneck Rosarian
Liz @ These are the Moments
Tonya @ There Is A Season (Twitter: forthegirls)
Jim @ This is Alabama
Bama Belle @ Thoughts of a Bama Belle
Abbie @ The Basket Hound
Kate Adams @ The Brooklyn Dodger
Allison @ The Youngbloods
Rachel @ Too Full of Hands
Tracy @ TracysBlog
Vickie @ Uncommon Artistic Endeavors
MT @ Unexpected Grace
Marilyn @ Unshelved Words
Beth @ Unskinny Boppy
Rallenac @ Urbane Wonderings
Vincent Alabama Confidential
Troy Ramsay @ The City of Magic
Jennie @ The Country Vaughns
Cynthia at The Geek Wife
Josh @ The Horse and The Wedding PhotogBlog
I'm A Mom?! @ The Incoherent Ramblings of a Stay at Home Mom
Jon Lewis at The Injury Board Blog Network
Bettina @ The Intercultural Post and Lessons from an 80's Alumna
Jason @ The Messy Epicure
Beth at The Neat Get Neater
Chris @ The Redneck Rosarian
Liz @ These are the Moments
Tonya @ There Is A Season (Twitter: forthegirls)
Jim @ This is Alabama
Bama Belle @ Thoughts of a Bama Belle
Abbie @ The Basket Hound
Kate Adams @ The Brooklyn Dodger
Matt and Kristen @ The Howards
Dolly @ The Signs of my LifeAllison @ The Youngbloods
Rachel @ Too Full of Hands
Tracy @ TracysBlog
Vickie @ Uncommon Artistic Endeavors
MT @ Unexpected Grace
Marilyn @ Unshelved Words
Beth @ Unskinny Boppy
Rallenac @ Urbane Wonderings
Vincent Alabama Confidential
Lora Lynn @ Vitafamiliae
Wade @ Wade on Birmingham (Twitter: WadeOnTweets)
Sandi @ Whistlestop Cafe Cooking
Scott @ Wilsonsway
Lisa @ White Oak Attic Online Thrift Store and Old General Mercantile
Stephen @ Who Ate My Blog? (Twitter: whoatemyblog)
Karie @ Wife of a Wounded Marine
Wade @ Wade on Birmingham (Twitter: WadeOnTweets)
Sandi @ Whistlestop Cafe Cooking
Scott @ Wilsonsway
Lisa @ White Oak Attic Online Thrift Store and Old General Mercantile
Stephen @ Who Ate My Blog? (Twitter: whoatemyblog)
Karie @ Wife of a Wounded Marine
Karen @ Arise and Shine
Bama Planter
Nick @ Cupboards
Nancy @ Faith, Family and Friends & Heartstrings
Deb @ He Gave Me a Dream
Vanessa @ God, Me and a Cup of Coffee
Judy @ Gracious Southern Living
Green Door Girl at Green Door Designs
Just Vintage
Karen (Still Magnolias) @ Karen's Korner
Jennifer at oanow.com
Amy @ Ordinarily Extraordinary (Twitter: AmyKiane)
Mary @ Paint
Hannah at Peggy Ann Design
Colleen @ Random Bits of Randomness
Trina @ Random Thoughts From Trina
Rambling Round @ Selma Daily Photo
Tracy @ Show Me...State Of Mind
Rambling Round at The 3R Ranch
Kristen @ The Cunningham Family
Katie @ The Dyer Family
Kristopher @ The World Around You
Amy@ Wade's World
North Alabama (Huntsville, Decatur, Gadsden etc):
Debbie @ A Bama Mom
Hope @ A Little Hope...Amidst the Chaos
Mama Bear @ Bears In Exile
Gina @ Blessed Lane (Twitter: gina7477)
Bo Williams
c.a Marks at Carol Marks Online
Channel Huntsville
Kelli @ Diva Do's
EG @ Engineered Garden
Jennifer @ Fiddle Dee Dee
K.L. Smith @ Football, Politics, and Church
Tarin at Frost Family Farm
Huntsville PR
Brian @ Flashpoint
Myra @ Happy Housewife Living Life
Heather @ Heather Lynn Road
Laura @ Gasp!
Lynda @ Life on the Farmlet
Kelli @ Little Pink Trailer
Amy @ Living in Harmony
Lorie @ MeMe Lorie's
Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center (Twitter: merrimackhall)
Carrie @ Missing Montana and The 3 Wilsons
Debra @ My So Called Blog Life
Nichole at Nakins Goes Blogging
Brian Schweighardt @ OB's Corner
Anke @ Our Little Piece of Heaven
Dr. Dean @ Pediatric Dentistry (Twitter: matrixband)
Jerri @ Simply Sweet Home
Jennifer Weldon @ Southern Fried Stretch Marks
Kathryn @ Successful Freelance Writer
Awdrey @ Sweet Art
kelley blake @ The Eclectic Owl
Ashley @ The Linares Family (Twitter: SouthMeetsSouth)
Ashley @ Three Carrs'
Mark Burhop @ Virtually 3D
Sweetie @ Walking out this blended family life
Ann @ Women of God Art Retreat
Kelli @ YelliKelli
South Alabama (Mobile, Orange Beach, etc):
Tony @ [Lapse...Brain Dead]
Rhonda @ A GRITS Life
Becca @ A Southern Garden by Becca
BeachnRiver @ Beach'N'River's Excellent Adventures (Twitter: beachnriver)
Beverly at Beverly's Photo For The Day
Sandra Fikes @ Camera's Eye
Linda @ Coastal Charm
Jim Holmes @ Coffee With Jim Holmes (Twitter: @CoffeeWithJim )
Elizabeth @ Coupons Make Cents
Hope at Crafty Hope
JD @ Croweblog
Jen @ Dust Bunny Hostage
Aubrey @ Eastern Shore Mom
Tonja @ Gatherings
Lori @ Just Pure Lovely
Ryan @ Lower Alabama .NET User Group
Doc at Mod Mobilian
Alan @ Move Beyond Church (Twitter: movebyondchurch)
Dave @ On the Road With Dave (Twitter: DaveRobison)
Ryan @ Ryan Duclos
Renee @ See Mobile Alabama
Allison @ Sweet (New) Home, Alabama
Sara @ Suburban Oblivion
Sunny Day @ Sunny's Days
The City of Mobile City Hall Insider (Twitter: CityOfMobile)
David @ The David Sullivan
Captain Chris Nelson at The Kayak Captain
James @ The Fairhope Times
William Bruce at The William Bruce Discussion
Amy @ Those Funny Little Girls
Dirt Princess @ Trials and Tribulations of a Southern Gardener
Marilyn @ Wheelchair Gardener
Heather @ Wigen Out Isn't All That Bad
West Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Jasper etc):
Cherry Berry @ Cherishing Every Second
David @ DSmithImages
Tammy @ Greek GRITS (Girl Raised in the South)
Mandy @ However Although Thus Several Several
Elenie @ Kissin' Frogs
Leslie @ Alabamenagerie
Mr. Macabre @ Mr. Macabre
Karl @ Noneya
Karen @ Notes From the West Side
Dr. Mark Griffith @ politicalman
Derek @ Randomness
Lianne @ Socks are NOT the enemy.
Shawn @ Tales From Street Road
Elizabeth @ The Art of Country Living
Sabrina @ The Crazy Mixed up Life of a Single Mom
Carly @ The Edwards
Brent and Christen @ The Freeman Blog
Tina @ The Story of Us
Mary Kathryn @ The Mathews Family Happenings
Daphne @ The Williamson Family
Sabrina @ Write and Wait...
East Alabama:
Daily Panic @ A Day on the Orb Edge
Micha @ Aint Mimi and Cookin' Mimi
Robin @ Alabama Slacker Mama
Karen at Karen's Korner
Swampgirl @ Swampgirl
Sandra @ A Groovy Kind of Girl
Jenifer @ Parris Ponderings
Susan @ Three Girls and a Guy
Alabama Ex-Pats:
Kennesha @ Me & My House (Currently in Hawaii; From North Alabama)
Carolyn @ Sweet Home and Garden Chicago
Phillip at Florida Life (Florida)
Jamie @ Follow the Lines Going South
Marion @ Gumbo and Grits (Louisiana)
Julie at Just Say Julie (Texas)
Patti @ Patti's Peach Basket (Atlanta)
Helen @ Helen Ellis Writes (New York)
Be sure and go meet your blogging neighbors!!!
Ann @ Women of God Art Retreat
Kelli @ YelliKelli
South Alabama (Mobile, Orange Beach, etc):
Tony @ [Lapse...Brain Dead]
Rhonda @ A GRITS Life
Becca @ A Southern Garden by Becca
BeachnRiver @ Beach'N'River's Excellent Adventures (Twitter: beachnriver)
Beverly at Beverly's Photo For The Day
Sandra Fikes @ Camera's Eye
Linda @ Coastal Charm
Jim Holmes @ Coffee With Jim Holmes (Twitter: @CoffeeWithJim )
Elizabeth @ Coupons Make Cents
Hope at Crafty Hope
JD @ Croweblog
Jen @ Dust Bunny Hostage
Aubrey @ Eastern Shore Mom
Tonja @ Gatherings
Lori @ Just Pure Lovely
Ryan @ Lower Alabama .NET User Group
Doc at Mod Mobilian
Alan @ Move Beyond Church (Twitter: movebyondchurch)
Dave @ On the Road With Dave (Twitter: DaveRobison)
Ryan @ Ryan Duclos
Renee @ See Mobile Alabama
Allison @ Sweet (New) Home, Alabama
Sara @ Suburban Oblivion
Sunny Day @ Sunny's Days
The City of Mobile City Hall Insider (Twitter: CityOfMobile)
David @ The David Sullivan
Captain Chris Nelson at The Kayak Captain
James @ The Fairhope Times
William Bruce at The William Bruce Discussion
Amy @ Those Funny Little Girls
Dirt Princess @ Trials and Tribulations of a Southern Gardener
Marilyn @ Wheelchair Gardener
Heather @ Wigen Out Isn't All That Bad
West Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Jasper etc):
Cherry Berry @ Cherishing Every Second
David @ DSmithImages
Tammy @ Greek GRITS (Girl Raised in the South)
Mandy @ However Although Thus Several Several
Elenie @ Kissin' Frogs
Leslie @ Alabamenagerie
Mr. Macabre @ Mr. Macabre
Karl @ Noneya
Karen @ Notes From the West Side
Dr. Mark Griffith @ politicalman
Derek @ Randomness
Lianne @ Socks are NOT the enemy.
Shawn @ Tales From Street Road
Elizabeth @ The Art of Country Living
Sabrina @ The Crazy Mixed up Life of a Single Mom
Carly @ The Edwards
Brent and Christen @ The Freeman Blog
Tina @ The Story of Us
Mary Kathryn @ The Mathews Family Happenings
Daphne @ The Williamson Family
Sabrina @ Write and Wait...
East Alabama:
Daily Panic @ A Day on the Orb Edge
Micha @ Aint Mimi and Cookin' Mimi
Robin @ Alabama Slacker Mama
Karen at Karen's Korner
Swampgirl @ Swampgirl
Sandra @ A Groovy Kind of Girl
Jenifer @ Parris Ponderings
Susan @ Three Girls and a Guy
Alabama Ex-Pats:
Kennesha @ Me & My House (Currently in Hawaii; From North Alabama)
Carolyn @ Sweet Home and Garden Chicago
Phillip at Florida Life (Florida)
Jamie @ Follow the Lines Going South
Marion @ Gumbo and Grits (Louisiana)
Julie at Just Say Julie (Texas)
Patti @ Patti's Peach Basket (Atlanta)
Helen @ Helen Ellis Writes (New York)
Be sure and go meet your blogging neighbors!!!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Do You Twitter?
If so, link your Twitter account up here!
Also - we have our first Alabama Bloggers get-together / tweet-up scheduled!! @thereisaseason (aka Tonya) is organizing it for us!
The details: June 18th, 11:30am, Jason's Deli at Brookwood Mall. Mark it on your calendar now!! Let us know if you'll be able to come!
Also let me know if you would like to schedule a meet up in your area.
Back to Twitter Link up:
In your Mister Linky name, let me know your blog name also so that I match them up with the blog list that I'm compiling.
Also - we have our first Alabama Bloggers get-together / tweet-up scheduled!! @thereisaseason (aka Tonya) is organizing it for us!
The details: June 18th, 11:30am, Jason's Deli at Brookwood Mall. Mark it on your calendar now!! Let us know if you'll be able to come!
Also let me know if you would like to schedule a meet up in your area.
Back to Twitter Link up:
In your Mister Linky name, let me know your blog name also so that I match them up with the blog list that I'm compiling.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
How YOU Can Contribute To Alabama Bloggers!
So obviously, I do not want to be writing every post for this blog.
Frankly, that would be silly.
The point of this blog is to be a conglomerate of all Alabama Bloggers.
One of the things that I want to accomplish with Alabama Bloggers is to introduce us all to each other. I want us to get to know each other, find like-minded bloggers that we can bond with, and be entertained by each other.
So I want to spend a couple of posts per week allowing you to introduce yourself to the rest of Alabama's Bloggers. What I have in mind right now is doing three types of posts: Profile Posts, Spotlight Posts, and regular contributors.
A profile post is your opportunity to introduce yourself on a deeper level to us. Answer any or all of the following questions, or make up your own!
Who are you?
Where do you live and what are you involved in?
Where are your favorite places in Alabama?
Why do you blog?
How long have you been blogging / how many times a week do you blog?
What do you think your style of blogging is?
Who are your favorite bloggers?
What kind of blogs do you like reading?
What are some links to your best posts?
The best way to get people to read your blog is to be interesting (duh!), so tell us all the interesting, quirky, silly dirt on yourself!!
But don't get craaaaaazy - (i.e. - keep it G-Rated, people!!!)
A spotlight post will have a short (2-3 sentence) introduction of you, and then the rest of the post will be a normal blog post of your choice. It can be previously published on your blog or it can be original - just give us your best!!
If you're interested in being featured, please email me! Feel free to submit either type of the above posts or both! Or you can submit multiple links to posts on your blog as possible spotlight posts.
Also, I definitely need some regular contributors. If you're interested in contributing once a week, every two weeks, once a month, or more or less (I'm really flexible, can you tell??), please email me or comment on this post and let me know.
If you have a specific topic you'd like to do a regular column about, that would be great. Or if you just know that you'd like to write and have different things you'd like to write about, that would be great also. Just let me know your ideas and let's see if we can work something out!
But have mercy on me - I'm juggling a lot, so I might need a little bit of time to get back to your emails.
And, comment on this post what YOU'D like to know about other bloggers. What are some great questions that they could answer?
And especially, what other kinds of guest posts/recurring columns would you be interested in reading?
The bottom line is, I need all of you to contribute to make this blog work!
Thanks in advance!
Frankly, that would be silly.
The point of this blog is to be a conglomerate of all Alabama Bloggers.
One of the things that I want to accomplish with Alabama Bloggers is to introduce us all to each other. I want us to get to know each other, find like-minded bloggers that we can bond with, and be entertained by each other.
So I want to spend a couple of posts per week allowing you to introduce yourself to the rest of Alabama's Bloggers. What I have in mind right now is doing three types of posts: Profile Posts, Spotlight Posts, and regular contributors.
A profile post is your opportunity to introduce yourself on a deeper level to us. Answer any or all of the following questions, or make up your own!
Who are you?
Where do you live and what are you involved in?
Where are your favorite places in Alabama?
Why do you blog?
How long have you been blogging / how many times a week do you blog?
What do you think your style of blogging is?
Who are your favorite bloggers?
What kind of blogs do you like reading?
What are some links to your best posts?
The best way to get people to read your blog is to be interesting (duh!), so tell us all the interesting, quirky, silly dirt on yourself!!
But don't get craaaaaazy - (i.e. - keep it G-Rated, people!!!)
A spotlight post will have a short (2-3 sentence) introduction of you, and then the rest of the post will be a normal blog post of your choice. It can be previously published on your blog or it can be original - just give us your best!!
If you're interested in being featured, please email me! Feel free to submit either type of the above posts or both! Or you can submit multiple links to posts on your blog as possible spotlight posts.
Also, I definitely need some regular contributors. If you're interested in contributing once a week, every two weeks, once a month, or more or less (I'm really flexible, can you tell??), please email me or comment on this post and let me know.
If you have a specific topic you'd like to do a regular column about, that would be great. Or if you just know that you'd like to write and have different things you'd like to write about, that would be great also. Just let me know your ideas and let's see if we can work something out!
But have mercy on me - I'm juggling a lot, so I might need a little bit of time to get back to your emails.
And, comment on this post what YOU'D like to know about other bloggers. What are some great questions that they could answer?
And especially, what other kinds of guest posts/recurring columns would you be interested in reading?
The bottom line is, I need all of you to contribute to make this blog work!
Thanks in advance!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Giveaway for One of Three Amazing Alabama Coffee Table Books!!
I have had the pleasure of working with Turner Publishing for a couple of giveaways on my own blog, and they are top notch. Their books are so classy, so well done, so ENGAGING. So when I was thinking about what giveaway would best personify the beginning of Alabama Bloggers, they were the first company that crossed my mind.I'm not usually a history buff by any stretch, but the moment I opened up Historic Photos of Birmingham, I couldn't put it down until I had looked at every picture and read every caption in the entire book. My husband had the same exact response. There's just something completely magical about seeing 100+ year old photos of your own city - it gives me such a yearning to experience life at that time.
Well, experience it for an hour or so.
Then I want my computer, cell phone, car with air conditioning, and the social freedom to wear blue jeans back.
However, the books are FASCINATING. The timelines. . . seeing things change before your eyes. . .seeing the phases of history that our state went through. . . seeing what my city looked like when my grandparents were teenagers, then when my parents were teenagers. . . seeing all of the crazy men in 5 piece suits and top hats and ladies in 10 feet-in-diameter dresses and hats in the dead heat of Alabama Summer. . . the experience is simply indescribable.
So, the fine folks at Turner Publishing have given me THREE books to give away to you!! They are each valued at $40, and these books are pure artwork.
I have:
1. Historic Photos of Birmingham
2. Historic Photos of Mobile
3. Historic Photos of Huntsville
If you're not from one of these three cities, this is an extensive series - they also have similar books on quite a few other cities. Check to see if your city is on the list here.To enter to win one of these three books, comment on this post. Somewhere in your comment, let me know which book you would prefer if you were a winner. I can't make any guarantees, but I will try to match up the winners with their preferred book.
You may have extra entries for each of the following items:
1. If you are a follower of Alabama Bloggers
2. If you subscribe to the feed of Alabama Bloggers
3. If you follow @AlabamaBloggers on Twitter
4. If you Tweet about this contest
5. If you blog about this contest and Alabama Bloggers
6. If you put the Alabama Bloggers button on your blog
BE SURE TO WRITE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH OF YOUR ENTRIES.
This contest will be open until Monday, June 8th. The three winners will be chosen randomly and announced on Tuesday, June 9th.
Good luck!!!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Your Best Foot Forward.
First of all, thank you all SO much for your help in getting the word out about Alabama Bloggers!! I already have my first giveaway lined up (stay tuned later this week), so please keep up the good press, give me some feedback and ideas, and let's together help this site be all that it can be!
Without making it join the Army, of course.
So anyway.
Have you ever had a new visitor come to your site and groan inside and think, "Why did they have to come TODAY?? With THAT post up?? Why couldn't they have come another day, when a better post was up?"
No?
Oh.
Well, I guess I'm the only overly obsessive-compulsive one around here. Because I do it ALL the time. Which is why I have a section at the very top of my sidebar of my most popular posts, just begging new readers to not just judge me on whatever's at the top of my blog at that moment.
Okay, yes, I need to work on my concern about appearances.
However, I thought it might be a fun way to further get to know each other if we linked in our most favorite post ever.
Of our own, of course - not someone else's.
And if you can't choose, take two linkies - I'm generous like that!
I have people ask me all the time how to link one post into Mister Linky (i.e. a Permalink), so here's a quick lesson: Find the post you want to link in, and then click on the title of it. That should pull up just that ONE post (and all of it's comments). Then, you'll notice at the top of your screen that the web address will be specific - it will have your blog URL, then it will have the specific address of that post. Copy (CTRL-C) the whole thing, and then paste (CTRL-V) it into the second box on Mister Linky below. And be sure and let me know if you have any trouble with it!
And remember - there's no better way to get to know people and to get visitors at your blog than to go to someone else's blog and comment. So be sure to visit some people's favorite posts - and comment!! You never know when you might meet your new bloggy best friend. . .
Without making it join the Army, of course.
So anyway.
Have you ever had a new visitor come to your site and groan inside and think, "Why did they have to come TODAY?? With THAT post up?? Why couldn't they have come another day, when a better post was up?"
No?
Oh.
Well, I guess I'm the only overly obsessive-compulsive one around here. Because I do it ALL the time. Which is why I have a section at the very top of my sidebar of my most popular posts, just begging new readers to not just judge me on whatever's at the top of my blog at that moment.
Okay, yes, I need to work on my concern about appearances.
However, I thought it might be a fun way to further get to know each other if we linked in our most favorite post ever.
Of our own, of course - not someone else's.
And if you can't choose, take two linkies - I'm generous like that!
I have people ask me all the time how to link one post into Mister Linky (i.e. a Permalink), so here's a quick lesson: Find the post you want to link in, and then click on the title of it. That should pull up just that ONE post (and all of it's comments). Then, you'll notice at the top of your screen that the web address will be specific - it will have your blog URL, then it will have the specific address of that post. Copy (CTRL-C) the whole thing, and then paste (CTRL-V) it into the second box on Mister Linky below. And be sure and let me know if you have any trouble with it!
And remember - there's no better way to get to know people and to get visitors at your blog than to go to someone else's blog and comment. So be sure to visit some people's favorite posts - and comment!! You never know when you might meet your new bloggy best friend. . .
Monday, May 18, 2009
Welcome to Alabama Bloggers!!
Hello!
My name is Rachel, I live in Birmingham, and I stay busy blogging at Grasping for Objectivity in my Subjective Life. I love blogging and getting to know other bloggers by reading their blogs. However, I have discovered a major gap in blog interaction: There is no blog networking site for Alabama!
Every day I am amazed when I run into another awesome Alabama blogger - you are innumerable, and I want to know you!
So I created this site. It will have a LONG way to grow, but you have to start somewhere, right?
Here are some of the things that I hope to accomplish at Alabama Bloggers:
You know, one of those uncomfortable, cheesy, "go around the room and introduce yourself" moments.
I'm going to put a Mister Linky on here to link up your blog to make visiting easy, but also be sure and leave a comment on this post and tell us about who you are .
I'll start us off:
As I said, I'm Rachel of Grasping for Objectivity in my Subjective Life. I post there at least once a day, but I also put my "seconds" on a blog called B-Sides. I also have a weekly column at 5 Minutes for Parenting called A Dose of Humor.
My main goal in blogging is to document our lives (and anything else that pops into my head) in the most entertaining, and hopefully even humorous, way possible.
Besides my blogging, I am 27 years old, a wife to my wonderful husband, and mother to a precious two year old daughter, Ali. I stay at home with her, but during her naptimes, work at home for two companies - doing accounting and human resources.
So now, please introduce yourself!! Also, please feel free to share any ideas you have for this site, any participation you would like to offer, or pretty much anything else!! I will need all of your help in turning this into the community that it has potential to be!
As you add your comments and linkies, I will add you to the "The List", which is grouped by area and available on the sidebar.
Also, PLEASE spread the word! Tweet, Blog, Facebook, Digg, Stumble, Kirtsy, whatever you use, let's get the word out that there's a new place for Alabama Bloggers to hang out!!
Be sure to visit the other bloggers who have introduced themselves - there's no better way to network than to reach out!
Also, please be sure to follow by clicking the button on the left, and subscribe if you use a reader. There will be much more going on here soon!
I look forward to visiting your blogs!
My name is Rachel, I live in Birmingham, and I stay busy blogging at Grasping for Objectivity in my Subjective Life. I love blogging and getting to know other bloggers by reading their blogs. However, I have discovered a major gap in blog interaction: There is no blog networking site for Alabama!
Every day I am amazed when I run into another awesome Alabama blogger - you are innumerable, and I want to know you!
So I created this site. It will have a LONG way to grow, but you have to start somewhere, right?
Here are some of the things that I hope to accomplish at Alabama Bloggers:
- First and foremost, I see this as a place for Alabama bloggers to convene, meet like-minded bloggers, find blogging friends, be entertained, and ultimately be a centralized meeting place for all of us.
- There will be local interest posts, reviews of events, and opportunities to link up your blog posts on events and places around Alabama.
- You will have the opportunity to have your blog posts featured here, or even be a recurring contributor.
- There will be local contests and giveaways. Which, of course, means that if you have a local (or non-local) product, you can donate items to be featured and given away and benefit from the amazing the win/win/win of blog advertising!
- There is "The List", which groups all Alabama Bloggers that have joined the site by cities and regions in Alabama.
- And there will definitely be blogger meet-ups and parties!
You know, one of those uncomfortable, cheesy, "go around the room and introduce yourself" moments.
I'm going to put a Mister Linky on here to link up your blog to make visiting easy, but also be sure and leave a comment on this post and tell us about who you are .
I'll start us off:
As I said, I'm Rachel of Grasping for Objectivity in my Subjective Life. I post there at least once a day, but I also put my "seconds" on a blog called B-Sides. I also have a weekly column at 5 Minutes for Parenting called A Dose of Humor.
My main goal in blogging is to document our lives (and anything else that pops into my head) in the most entertaining, and hopefully even humorous, way possible.
Besides my blogging, I am 27 years old, a wife to my wonderful husband, and mother to a precious two year old daughter, Ali. I stay at home with her, but during her naptimes, work at home for two companies - doing accounting and human resources.
So now, please introduce yourself!! Also, please feel free to share any ideas you have for this site, any participation you would like to offer, or pretty much anything else!! I will need all of your help in turning this into the community that it has potential to be!
As you add your comments and linkies, I will add you to the "The List", which is grouped by area and available on the sidebar.
Also, PLEASE spread the word! Tweet, Blog, Facebook, Digg, Stumble, Kirtsy, whatever you use, let's get the word out that there's a new place for Alabama Bloggers to hang out!!
Be sure to visit the other bloggers who have introduced themselves - there's no better way to network than to reach out!
Also, please be sure to follow by clicking the button on the left, and subscribe if you use a reader. There will be much more going on here soon!
I look forward to visiting your blogs!
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