We’ve seen Brick & Tin around and on Yelp in recent searches but we had not visited. A new one recently opened in Cahaba Heights so we decided to give it a try. Unfortunatly it was not a good experience. We thought that it was a sit down type restaurant, but it is not. You…
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Highlights from Our First Greek Festival and a visit to the Butterbean Festival
I’ve thought about going to the Greek festival for the last few years and the timing just hasn’t worked out. This year we planned ahead and enjoyed the festival. We met Jeff’s brother Michael and his wife Chere there. They have been going for years, so they knew what to do. We got there right…
Sweet Caroline’s and Primo Grill: Leeds’ New Italian Gems
We had a weekend of Italian food at a couple of new restaurants in Leeds, AL. We started on Saturday with pizza and ice cream at Sweet Caroline’s Pizzeria and Creamery in downtown Leeds. This was their opening weekend. They were busy and we had a wait for food which was understandable. They serve Ice…
2025: A Year of Memorable Travels
2025 has been a great year for traveling! We started in January with a trip to Guntersville, AL. We went to look for the bald eagles. I had seen lots of people talking about them on social media. We thought we found one, but after doing more research it was a crane hunkered down from…
Memories – Guntersville, AL
In January we had a long weekend and we looked for somewhere to visit. We talked about going to Chattanooga, a place we love and have visited often. Then we started looking at new places. We finally decided to stay close to home and visit Guntersville, Alabama. It’s about an hour and a half from…
Cullman Christkindlmarkt
We had been seeing posts about the Cullman Christkindlmarkt and knew we wanted to go, but we had to find time. We decided to go today and of course we hear that last weekend they had their biggest crowd. There was rain in the forecast last night when we went to bed, but we got…
Curry Corner
There is a new restaurant in English Village in Mountain Brook called Curry Corner. I pass by this restaurant every day on my way to and from work. It’s been open for a short time. We finally decided to give them a try one night on our way home from work. They brought us some…
Trampled By Tacos
Have you heard about a new restaurant in the Inverness area of Birmingham called Trampled by Tacos?? No, me either!! This was another Yelp find. It’s only been open a few weeks. We knew we wanted to go to dinner on a Saturday night so while we were watching the game I started scrolling on…
Little Betty Steak Bar
This year for my birthday, Jeff made reservations several weeks in advance on my actual birthday at Little Betty Steak Bar, which is a new steak and Italian fusion restaurant open in the Lane Park area of Birmingham. They use local farm fresh ingredients. It is named after the owners dog and originally started in…