Talk

Cherri Ellis

Cherri Ellis speaks her mind about topics great and small, downright sad and laugh out loud funny.

Todd Coder has 15 years experience in the music business as a promoter,  booking agent and musician. Once the live music talent buyer at WorkPlay, he now works for the ticketing company TicketBiscuit, and brings you the best local music news for B-Metro.

Glamour

Lee Ann Brown corrects a misconception about what glamour is and what it is not.. First, it’s not about age, or looks, or money, or your address. Glamour, is  a state of mind. Follow the steps to a glamorous life in the city, courtesy of Lee Ann.

Foodimentary

John-Bryan Hopkins checks in each month from the world of food. The Foodimentary Guy recently won a second consecutive Shorty Award, a recognition of the best in short (140 characters or less) real-time content via Twitter, in the Food category. For B-Metro, Hopkins focuses on the best new cookbooks.

Digital City

Andre Natta explores the city’s digital road map. Andre Natta is the creator of an exciting weekday web publication The Terminal that acts as a hub of information about all things Birmingham.

Style

Tracy Robinson knows style. For a fresh approach to traditional fashion consulting that caters to style conscious, budget-savvy, time constrained individuals, hope on over to chicmadesimple!

B Yourself

Birmingham Bombshells creator Angela Karen spends most of her time celebrating people of all ages by exposing their celebrity side through photography. Angela is also an ovarian cancer awareness advocate and host of the annual “A Picture of Health” event to benefit ovarian cancer research

B-jing A Birminghamian in Beijing

Trevor Hale is B-Metro’s Asian correspondent reporting from his position working the auto industry in China. a Cullman native and  self-described “ignoramus abroad,” he has lived and worked in Beijing,  Stuttgart, New York, Detroit and Birmingham. He can be  reached at trevorcookhale@yahoo.com.

Ask Micah

Micah Cargo has been handing out common-sense advice to the senseless for most of his life. Being brought up by a single mom and three wise old southern grandparents equipped Micah with the tools needed to get through life with a little humor, a little intelligence, and not a small amount of bitterness.

Hush Amanda

Amanda Oliver-Zaremba, a Birmingham native, learned quickly from several sleepless nights, zombie-esque mornings, wrestling matches with car seats in the sweltering Alabama August, and marathon diaper changes, that motherhood was a job that’d take more stamina than skill.

Sound Links

After decades of unabashed New Tunes fandom, Francis Hare is now convinced that pop music is on a lemming-like march to creative bankruptcy. This column allows you decide for yourself. Click on the link beneath each entry to automatically launch a free Rhapsody Playlist featuring the records reviewed.

Connections

Paget Pizitz had been working in New York as an executive recruiter in the fashion industry, when a chance meeting with a professional matchmaker in Manhattan led her to realize her calling. She launched Connections, a boutique matchmaking firm specializing in long term, committed relationships

In The Garden

Southern Living’s Charlie Thigpen took a deep breath and jumped, making a mid-career leap into The Gardener’s Gallery, a shop that is more than a garden center or art gallery. Here he brings advice and suggestions to B-Metro readers.

Hot Dish

Dan Monroe is a principal of Cayenne Creative, an advertising and branding agency located in downtown Birmingham. The Hot Dish is Cayenne Creative’s blog which offers a healhy serving of work, play and the pursuit of that which has fire.

Bailey’s Best Bets

Inspired by magazine publishing and fashion, Amy Bailey created the online magazine, My Scoop. For B-Metro, she finds Bailey’s Best Bets for our readers each month.

B Movie

Bill Caton is the author of several books, including Fighting Words: Words on Writing from 21 of the Heart of Dixie’s Best Contemporary Authors and Josh and the Flat Cows. Of course, none of this qualifies him to review movies. But he does it anyway in the B-Movie metroplex at b-metro.com

Magic City Made

Laura Kate Whitney (@MagicCity_Mama) is a transplant who fell head over heels in love with the Magic City. This mother of two scribes about what the “Magic” is all about, where it came from, where it can be found, and who’s making it happen. For more of her musings, visit MagicCityMade.com. You can also follow her adventures on Twitter.

Hare Brains

Marketer Francis Hare brings an oh-so-individual view to the world of music, culture, social interactions and business derring-do. You can participate in this hare-brained notion here at b-metro.com and at harebrains.com/blog/