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I had a great day with Jeff and Karen in Birmingham, AL today.
We started the day somewhat late as all of us had plenty of libations to process from the previous evening. We grabbed brunch at The Mill in Five Points and took in the tail end of an Irish festival in the square. I had a pint of a pretty decent double IPA brewed locally in Birmingham.

While Karen had some business to attend to, Jeff and I further explored Five Points. We found an spectacular alehouse, J Clyde, also in the neighborhood. We did not manage to grab a pint, but believe me, with that beer list, we will be back.

We later met again at Karen and Jeff's new house with some local friends and did some further renovation planning and discussion.

Later on in the evening, the group of us met for drinks and dinner, cafe-side, at Bongiorno. Excellent food and service! I had a prosciutto and dried fig wood fired pizza that was quite tasty! Did i mention the strawberry shortcake? :)

We ended the evening at local friends place for further scotch and discussion.

Finally, I am very happy that today was the first day of spring! It was a long winter!