Tip Top Grill Featured
The site MyFoxAL had a featured post on Bluff Park’s Tip Top Grill. The food and view both get the notice they deserve. What’s also cool about this feature is that it was done by a local Bluff Park resident and blogger. How cool is that!? So swing by Grass Stains and check in on more happenings in Bluff Park life.
Hoover By the Numbers
So the Census data is out. It’s always fun to see if the numbers match up with real-world experience. That’s something we’re going to watch the first half of 2011. I do know that when we bought our house in mid-2010, there were 6 homes for sale on the street (including ours). Today there are none. They all have new families in them. So where are all of us new Bluff Park-ers coming from?
We came from Birmingham-proper. So we certainly support the new Census data, of Birmingham losing folks and surrounding areas showing big gains. Not sure about every one else.
Here are the Hoover Highlights of the Census:
- Hoover was the 2nd fastest growing city (by sheer bodies)
- Hoover added 18,877 new Hoover-ites
- Hoover readched a population of 81,619
- That’s a 30% growth trend over the last ten years.
Pretty interesting stuff. Now I’m going to dig around on the interwebs and see if I can boil the numbers down to just Bluff Park. If not, we may just do or own Bluff Park census. So if someone with a clip board going door to door, it’s just us wanting to do a nerdy blog post.
Have a good weekend!
A Sign of True Love
Bluff Park’s Bob and Barbara have busted up into the blogosphere! Bob’s strategic sign placement around the neighborhood caught the eye of BirminghamMom.com.
*Note: post edited to correct the site name above to Birminghammom.com.
Snowing in Bluff Park… again…
It sure is pretty when it snows a lot at night like this. I just wish pretty didn’t have to equal cold.
Lights on the Bluff
Tis the season to be busy! No doubt your holiday calendars are as filled as ours, but I wanted to mention one upcoming event that we always enjoy. The Bluff Park Baptist Church is having its annual Lights on the Bluff event this Saturday, December 11th 5p-7:30p.
Basically, it’s a giant hayride around a couple of Bluff Park neighborhoods! It’s pretty cool, er, I mean pretty cold, but well worth the couple of hours. There are free eats and drinks, of course. And lots of people waiting to cruise around taking in some of the decorated homes in the area. You can get more info on the Lights on the Bluff hayride tour from the church’s site and their Facebook page.
What else is going on this Advent Season that’s worth attending. Remember, we’re the newbies in Bluff Park and can always use a heads-up. Happy Holidays!
Happy Thanksgiving and Safe Travels!
I guess the holiday season has officially started. I have not been in the stores yet, but there are a few homes I pass, on my way home from work each day, that already have Christmas trees up! We also spent last evening flitting between stores and CostCo, gatherting what we need for visiting family this weekend.
It is kind of a relief that we don’t have to be on the road this week. Of course, the down side is that everyone else has to. So if you are having to travel. . . be careful!
And have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Pushing the Button
Ok. So just bear with us please. We are relaunching the site and building it out over the next few days. We will be running some test posts. So sorry, in advance, for the higher levels of gibberish you are used to getting from us. We had a blast with the last iteration of our little blog and want to grow beyond the ‘baby blog’ that BryantsofBham.com had once been. It was a good run and maybe we’ll dust off some of the old posts, but we all have to grow up some time.
If you are a beta-junkie you’re welcome to start following us now (RSS), but we wouldn’t blame you one bit, if you waited until the paint dried a little bit around here. If you have any ideas or prayers to offer, please send them along… especially if any part of the site breaks while you’re looking at it!
Talk with y’all soon!