The Travel Season: Part 3
I was recently in Boston, and this week will see me flying to, of all places, Birmingham, Alabama. Next week, I'll be in Houston.
I never thought I'd end up voluntarily going to Alabama, but I intend to do it in full-on southern style: first class flights, on-call limousine service, black tie dinners at various mansions just outside the city limits, ballroom dancing, attendance in the first row of a famous Baptist church on Sunday, and so forth. Well, not really... at least not the part about attending the church service.
Actually, the Journal of Southern History is having a shindig in Birmingham this weekend, and I've decided to join my traveling companion and lady friend Amy there for a few days.
Do any of you have any insight into anything interesting a metropolitan person such as myself might do while in Birmingham? And, another pressing issue... when is last call in Alabama? :)
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I've been to Birmingham, Alabama. Don't have a real big desire to go back. I arrived in the city about 6AM one morning a few years ago, went to a local McDonalds, and was greeted by a group of men carrying guns...hunting rifles, to be more specific. They were stopping off at McDonald's to get some coffee before going out hunting. Needless to say, it was a interesting way to see the city for the first time. As far as cosmopolitan things to do there, I couldn't find any. I'm sure Birmingham has some redeeming value...I just couldn't locate it during my few days in the city.
Posted by: arc | November 13, 2006 07:25 PM
You could check out Highlands, Frank Stitt's restaurant. I've never been but judging from the cookbook he's written it must be a pretty wonderful place. http://www.bhamdining.com/Reviews/review_highlands.html
Sorry, no help at all on the last call issue.
Posted by: Julie | November 13, 2006 11:38 PM
I started going to Birmingham, Alabama once a month about a year ago and while it is one of the largest cities in the South, it is not a very worldly or international city like New Orleans, Dallas, or Atlanta. I am dating a girl from Birmingham (you can see her website for tourists at http://www.birminghambykim.com/ ) and she said that last call is at 2:00 AM but to not quote her on that.
Posted by: esgiv | March 9, 2007 01:51 AM