Thank you all so much for your well wishes on my new job! I appreciate it SO much. My first week has been a whirlwind & things are going well! I’m really enjoying the job & I think I will really settle in & be very happy there. That breakfast I mentioned was Thursday & OMIGOSH…was it wonderful. The mother of one of the guys in the office wanted to bring breakfast to all of us & she did a fantastic job with it all. I heard she really enjoys baking & did she have a spread….homemade quiche, mini pecan muffins (which we all LOVED & want the recipe), huge fruit tray, roll-up sandwiches, bagels, biscuit & sausage, pound cake, & coconut cake. It was more like brunch & we all thoroughly enjoyed it. I asked them if we were going to get this every week…cause I love to eat! 🙂To celebrate my new job last week, I met up with Tricia & Sandy (2 of my empty nester girlfriends) & they took me to lunch at a great place called Prairie Fire Grill (had fabulous crab cake salads & the most delicious bread pudding for dessert). I should have taken pics! Then we went to Homewood for the afternoon. Homewood is another older part of Birmingham that is very charming, fun to shop, & a great place to hang out with the girls. I now work 5 minutes from here, so will be able to get out at lunch & browse if I want to. 
It’s very charming with old fashioned type shops. You park on the street, like the old days and walk around. Just like we used to shop back when towns were smaller & we had main streets or squares with lots of neat shops…remember that? Yes, before malls were born. Don’t get me started on malls.
These 2 shops are my favorite down here: At Home & Harmony Landing
These are 2 houses we passed in the neighborhood. This is a very desirable neighborhood to live it, because it’s so close to downtown B’ham. Also pricey!
Aren’t these cute Spanish bungalows?
This is inside the At Home store. They have all sorts of furniture, accessories, light fixtures, dishes & glassware…all sorts of things for the home. They are more rustic in feel.
Some pretty pieces of furniture & lamps.
Table settings done very creatively & colorfully.
A bed is all made up for showing.
Basket of pretty turquoise balls. I picked these up, but never figured out what they are made of.
Lamps in a vignette.
Tricia (L) & Sandy (R), two very sweet gals that I’ve met since I moved here. Can you believe that Tricia is 60?! I was in shock when she had her birthday in the spring & told us her age. She looks fantastic. She will probably kill me for telling her age, but I can’t get over it.
Me & Sandy…ooooo, that’s a bad pic of me (my hair is not cooperating this month!). Sandy & I are the same height, but she’s a skinny little thing, about 2 sizes smaller than me. Check out her arms, she does competitive water-skiing & that girl has some strong arms & legs…and a tan all the time. She’s from CA & just moved here last year. I think she’s had to adjust to the South just a little bit. 
Frontdoor of Harmony Landing.
They sell rugs by the foot.
More beautiful vignettes.
Garden accessories & florals. They make custom florals, very pretty.
More florals
Entry table with florals & lamps.
Cupboard.
Another store out on the sidewalk. This is a rustic lodge store.
Three Sheets is a really nice linen/bedding shop.
Lamp repair shop. This store is crammed full of lamps & lamp parts.
Soho Sweets.
So cute inside & they have homemade ice cream. Yummy!
It’s very charming with old fashioned type shops. You park on the street, like the old days and walk around. Just like we used to shop back when towns were smaller & we had main streets or squares with lots of neat shops…remember that? Yes, before malls were born. Don’t get me started on malls.
These 2 shops are my favorite down here: At Home & Harmony Landing
These are 2 houses we passed in the neighborhood. This is a very desirable neighborhood to live it, because it’s so close to downtown B’ham. Also pricey!
Aren’t these cute Spanish bungalows?
This is inside the At Home store. They have all sorts of furniture, accessories, light fixtures, dishes & glassware…all sorts of things for the home. They are more rustic in feel.
Some pretty pieces of furniture & lamps.
Table settings done very creatively & colorfully.
A bed is all made up for showing.
Basket of pretty turquoise balls. I picked these up, but never figured out what they are made of.
Lamps in a vignette.
Tricia (L) & Sandy (R), two very sweet gals that I’ve met since I moved here. Can you believe that Tricia is 60?! I was in shock when she had her birthday in the spring & told us her age. She looks fantastic. She will probably kill me for telling her age, but I can’t get over it.
Me & Sandy…ooooo, that’s a bad pic of me (my hair is not cooperating this month!). Sandy & I are the same height, but she’s a skinny little thing, about 2 sizes smaller than me. Check out her arms, she does competitive water-skiing & that girl has some strong arms & legs…and a tan all the time. She’s from CA & just moved here last year. I think she’s had to adjust to the South just a little bit. 
Frontdoor of Harmony Landing.
They sell rugs by the foot.
More beautiful vignettes.
Garden accessories & florals. They make custom florals, very pretty.
More florals
Entry table with florals & lamps.
Cupboard.
Another store out on the sidewalk. This is a rustic lodge store.
Three Sheets is a really nice linen/bedding shop.
Lamp repair shop. This store is crammed full of lamps & lamp parts.
Soho Sweets.
So cute inside & they have homemade ice cream. Yummy!Hope you enjoyed the tour of Homewood. It’s a fun place to shop too so if you get a chance…GO! This is not the place for bargains, but a great place to look.
We are having a major heatwave this week (over 100 everyday this week). September can’t get here soon enough for me!
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Rhoda – glad your new job has started well and hope it continues to be great for you. Please don’t stop blogging – would really miss your great posts of beautiful things!
Hope Peter enjoyed his B’day – many happy returns.
What a lucky hubby to have you make a cake! Sounds like a wonderful birthday. I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying the new job. What gorgeous photos, I’m so glad you take them and put them up for us. And you, also so gorgeous in your photo!!!
Happy birthday to Peter! Birmingham looks like such a neat place. Love all the little shops you showed.
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Glad you are enjoying your new job. I can relate to the idea of running out of things, and being on the computer to much. I go back to work tomorrow after being off for the summer. School starts back next Monday.
A belated Happy Birthday to Peter!
I love all those shops, Rhoda. These are the kinds of places I like to shop. Those spanish architecture homes are gorgeous!
Pat
Rhoda, Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. I’ve been here a number of times, but without leaving comments. I’m Ceci from Passions or GI.
Your blog is just beautiful. I don’t know how you find time for it along with all the other things you do.
Ceci
Oh, just delightful photographs! I’d linger longer, but it’s my best friend’s birthday today & it’s about time for me to put the finishing touches on the party!
Oh how fun for us that we got to celebrate Peter’s birthday too! Please wish him a Happy Birthday for me – what a wonderful town that you visited… am drooling over the shops! So fun! Great pics of you and your friends too… you are all SO cute!
xo,
Kim
Those shops look fabulous!
What a fun town to walk around in.
Thanks for sharing your photos.
Stay cool!
Fun pictures! Looks like a really fun day. Hope you all had a good birthday celebrating. The cake looked yummy!
Donna
My sweet husband had a birthday last week too! I have friends in Birmingham, but At Home wasn’t open the last time I visited…it looks great. I love Homewood…2 Sheets is fun! Have a great week at your new job!
Karen
Happy Belated Birthday to your DH 🙂
and thanks for all the photos…I keep trying to talk some of my friends or hubby into a Road Trip to B’ham…I reading such great things about it!
anyhoo…one of these days I’ll get someone to go just to check things out & I’ll have to come back & read all of your posts so I can get Points of Shopping Interest 🙂
Happy Birthday to Peter! Such a young man! This coming from me who is almost 51! : )
He is a good lookin’ guy!
The photos were wonderful! The concert looks like fun and the shopping looked amazing! : )
You silly, you looked beautiful in those pictures…bad hair indeed! *smile*
I am so glad you are enjoying work. It sounds great.
Have a sweet week!
Hugs,
Sue
I worked at Southern Progress Corp. next door to Samford U for 23 years. Went into Homewood two or three times a week. Loved to eat at Crape Myrtle’s in Little Professor or at O’Carrs for lunch. Now my quilt guild (Birmingham Quilters Guild) meets at the Homewood Senior Center once a month. I love Homewood. Love your pictures too.
Rhoda~ you are so beautiful! That leopard print top you are wearing is so cute. And I love the picture of rugs by the foot…such eye candy.