Health + Wellness

Let's Talk Turkey Neck.

Let's Talk Turkey. Neck, That Is.What causes those telltale neck bands, and why a treatment named after an Egyptian queen is getting attention.Thanksgiving brings plenty of talk about turkey. But there's one kind most of us would rather leave off the menu. We're talking about turkey neck. It's not the most flattering phrase, but it's certainly familiar. As we age, the skin beneath our chin can begin to look looser, vertical bands may become more noticeable, and the once-defined line between our...

Life + Culture

Giving Thanks

Article and Photography by A Helping Hand  Dear Mrs. Pam, There are special people who make a neighborhood feel like a community, and you are one of those for us. Every morning, you walk our elementary-school-aged children to school, but what you give them along the way is so much more than a safe walk. You listen - really listen - to their stories, ideas, and silly jokes. You laugh with them, remember what matters to them, and impart your wisdom and worldly perspective. I am struck by...

Life + Culture

The City That Makes Room

Birmingham’s community of supporters for autistic children Article by Alexis Blaydoe | Photography by Jennifer Alsabrook-Turner / Bang Images At Red Mountain Theatre's annual sensory show, my younger son, Ronin, took off all his clothes in the audience. This was, I decided later, a bold interpretation of the phrase come as you are . I had brought him to a performance designed to welcome children whose bodies and brains experience the world differently. Ronin apparently wanted to know...

Life + Culture

Special Delivery

Byndel’s Madison Banegas has a gift for curating boxes that express thanks Article by Blair Moore | Photography by Kelsey Justice Madison Banegas tucks her 1-year-old daughter into her crib for an afternoon nap, then tiptoes downstairs to a wonderland of crinkle paper, beautiful gift boxes, and treasures from Birmingham’s independent shops and artisans. At her worktable, she carefully nestles a ceramic wineglass by Civil Stoneware, two sea salt caramel chocolate truffles from Christo’s...