Birmingham

Pros: Much better options available in Birmingham
Cons: Extremely overpriced for what is offered

Do not let anyone trick you into believing the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama is a four star hotel. A recent weekend there proved otherwise. For starters, there is no assigned parking to hotel guests. You only have the choice of high priced...

Pros: Nice city Definitely visit the civil rights museum
Cons: Don't stay at the Marriott Birmingham

I was in Birmingham for a conference and I had the chance to visit the Civil Rights museum. It was a great experience. I have visited many civil right museums over the years and this was one of the best. Quiet interactive there was art, things you...

Pros: Good places to go, just look!
Cons: Crowds form quickly

Despite the rumors, you can find a nightlife in Birmingham if you try and try HARD. Five Points South offers some of the best cuisine of our state, we just need more people to appreciate it.

For instance, Highlands Bar & Grill features a...

Pros: An exceptional sensory experience
Cons: Might be costly for a large family

Only if you are into intense, mind-altering visual and audio experiences, should you visit McWane Center's IMAX Dome Theatre located in downtown Birmingham. What differs this IMAX theatre from the rest is its shape. Instead of a large, flat square...

Pros: Boaz outlet stores
Cons: Very hot and required a lot of driving.

We spent a week long vacation at a condo called The Pines at Alpine Bay. This resort is located near the Logan Martin Lake, which is right outside
the city of Birmingham. One of the resort's main activity was golf and this did not fit into...

Pros: For the most part its all inexpensive
Cons: Not as well maintained as could be

Hi, I am writing about Birmingham because I grew up there and am quite familiar with it. I wouldn't say its a place to take your vacation, but if you're there then you can find interesting things to do. There's history in Birmingham, as most eastern...

Pros: Cool independent shops & restaurants
Cons: You have to know where to look

I doubt many people go to Birmingham on vacation per se, but more than a few wind up there for some reason or another, not knowing what to do for fun. The truth is that Birmingham has a lot to do, mostly just little afternoon activities, but plenty to...

Pros: Good lunch spots without a long wait
Cons: Location, depending on where you work

As a hard-working corporate gal, I have come to love and appreciate my lunch hour. I want 1. good service, 2. good food and 3. still have some money in my wallet for happy hour later in the afternoon.

Here are some of my favorite lunch spots...

Pros: Great food, reasonably priced, Popular take out
Cons: Limited seating area in which to wait for your food.

My husband and I often order out from the Chop Suey Inn on Greensprings Highway in Birmingham. It is a small hole in the wall Chinese take out with many, many selections to chose from, friendly wait staff, and fast delivery of foods. You know what your...

Pros: Satan hunters won't have to look hard to find the Adversary here.
Cons: Die-hard skeptics, though, won't have a snowball's chance in Alabama of spotting him.

If you wanted to find the Devil, you probably wouldn't think to look in Alabama. Sure, it's hot there. But it's also part of the Bible Belt, and a large majority of the people spend a great deal of their time thinking about the condition of their...

Pros: Good location, good food, reasonable prices
Cons: Does not take checks.

This is a great place to go for a variety of Chinese food specialties. They have a buffet with multiple choices of foods ranging from soups and won tons to Sesame chicken, sweet and sour pork etc.. also a wonderful little desert bar. There is something...

Pros: fun, variety, sporty
Cons: sometimes crowded

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Birmingham Alabama was a great place to spend a day of our vacation! There is something for everyone to do in Birmingham! We stopped by a great museum of all kinds of interesting scientific marvels and...

Pros: Open late, Close together(less driving is good) Ton's of fun
Cons: Late night patrols, crazy drivers, confusing roads

So your young, your bored, your looking for late night weekend fun, and your in Birmingham, Alabama? Well, most people would say that your probably going to stay bored, but that is why I'm here to let you know the clubbing scene of the Magic City.
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Pros: great hotel rates, Southern Hospitality
Cons: none at all

Birmingham, Alabama is one of the greatest cities in the U.S. It has so much history behind it that you can never get enough. There are lots of fun things to do like going to the McWain Center downtown and seeing all of the historic sites. I have been...

Pros: Good, God-fearing Christians. A city built on LOVE.
Cons: Not enough bingo locales.

Well, a number of you seem to be wondering just where the heck ol' Jane got herself to these past couple of months. I can say for a fact that Jane Cook is now a changed gal. I just spent this time on a mission for Christ in Birmingham, Alabama, and so...