The Birmingham Weekly once again settles the question whether anyone can be a master or slave to fashion. Shlomi Dadon even transformed our publisher from a picture of doggerel verse to eglantine refinement, and everyone remembers that picture of shirtless savagery from the last makeover.

But one of the contenders running to be the Republican presidential nominee did just that in a recent GOP debate on January 16th.

I'm starting to wonder if it's ever going to stop raining. Every week there is a new deluge. Every week I get pushed further and further back from the start of the guide season. But then I remember that we really need the rain to bring the water table up.

So how can a column on food memories not honor that importance... for the commercials, the half-time show, the tail gate parties, and especially the parties all over the country? And a lot of them will be serving chili in some form or another so I figured I might as well weigh in with my version.

Ok, ok I'm full of crap. I vehemently stated a couple of issues ago that I don't make resolutions and now I seem to be making them involuntarily. I'm not a hypocrite. I'm just an impressionable young fella who can't resist the magnetic draw of resolutions.

We hope you have been getting the feel of this space from Haley Castille’s pieces in this section--that is meant to be a place to explore spiritual, metaphysical, and dare I say religious issues in a maybe what can we do about it in this life context.

When you find yourself in the middle of publishing a newspaper and you are out trying to showcase--be it the sunny or the seamy side of Birmingham--you have to rely on model citizens to cooperate. That takes both management skills and constant education when dealing with amateurs and professionals alike.

One essential component of artist survival is the gallery. German-Belgian transplant Guido Maas made a gradual transition to Birmingham starting seven years ago.

I love this place. It’s off the beaten path and so pristine it hurts. Now the place I’m talking about is the Kathy Stiles Freeland, Bibb County Glades Preserve.

Welcome to the neighborhood. We still have people asking where to find us since we moved into new digs in Avondale.