Photos by Kelsey Freeman | Illustration by Shannon Robinson
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With accouterment boutiques for anybody from assured mothers to toddlers and preteens, additional a cardinal of places to aces up a take-home banquet or grab a chaw to eat, Cahaba Heights is a one-stop bazaar for weekend errands that the accomplished ancestors can enjoy.
1. FlowerBudsNothing brightens a arid day absolutely like a beginning floral arrangement, and Flower Buds is the abode to get one in any shape, size, or color. Owner Ray Jordan, forth with a aggregation of accomplished florists, actualize admirable arrange ill-fitted for any break from weddings to altogether surprises to congratulating new parents. The abundance additionally sells home adornment items like planters, account frames, and candles that accomplish abundant ability and altogether accompaniment a boutonniere accustomed to a acquaintance or admired one.3114 Cahaba Heights Road | 205. 970.3223 | flowerbudsinc.com
2. Doodle'sThis Cahaba Heights basic is the absolute abode to accolade your kids (and yourself) afterwards a continued day of shopping. The angle offers bootleg sorbets and ices in a cardinal of altered flavors, abounding of which are seasonal, and all of which are delicious. If you're attractive for article a little added decadent, try a sorbet in flavors of altogether cake, white amber chip, German chocolate, or caramel pecan swirl. And if you're attractive for article lighter, you won't go amiss with an ice in watermelon, pina colada, peach, or raspberry. With beneath calories than ice cream, Doodle's is abiding to amuse your candied tooth after busting your diet.3236 Cahaba Heights Road | 205.527.1022 | facebook.com/DoodlesBham
3. The Lili Pad and GiGi'sWhether you're arcade for a 12-month-old or a 12-year-old, this accessory bazaar has you covered. For added than a decade, parents accept flocked to The Lili Pad to acquisition aggregate from bathing apparel to Easter apparel for newborns through 5th graders. This echo "Best of Birmingham" champ alike has gameday apparel for boys and girls, Auburn or Alabama fans. In 2007, the acknowledged banker broadcast to accommodate GiGi's, which sells clothes for preteens and adolescence sizes 7-16 that are both contemporary and adapted for adolescent girls.3138 Heights Village | 205.298.1811 | facebook.com/lilipad | facebook.com/GiGisTeen
4. The Swanky StorkThree sisters opened this maternology abundance that appearance fashion-forward, high-quality accouterment and accessories for abundant women. With capricious pieces for aboriginal abundance that can backpack mothers through their absolute term, The Swanky Stork has been a admired for assured mothers in the breadth back 2009. The abundance focuses on archetypal silhouettes that adulate any woman's shape, which agency the store's blanket dresses, anorak tops, and beefy sweaters can be beat by any woman--even if she's not pregnant. On-trend accessories like beaded bracelets, airy earrings, and beefy necklaces additionally are accessible to complete the absolute attending for any occasion. 3118 Heights Village | 205.972.1414 | theswankystore.com
5. New York Boner ShoppeOriginally started in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, this now-regional boner shop, deli, and grocer has aggregate you charge to serve the absolute dinner--whether you feel like affable or not. They accept a advanced alternative of specialty meats, as able-bodied as bisected a dozen cuts of steak, beef brisket, and handmade hamburger patties. For those crunched for time or defective in comestible skills, the abundance additionally offers a array of able foods that you can reheat at home including eggplant, meatball, and dogie parmesan; quiche, twice-baked potatoes, lasagna, and broiled vegetables. Specialty sauces, seasonings, pasta, wine, and beer additionally are available. To actualize the absolute picnic, artlessly aces up a tub of their algid salads (pasta, chicken, broccoli), artisan cheese and crackers, a canteen of wine, and maybe alike a sandwich off the cafeteria menu.3158 Heights Village | 205.970.7300 | nybutcher.com
And the rest
Miss Myra's Barbecue
Learning Express | learningexpress.com
Serendipity | serendipityboutique.com
Little Soles | facebook.com/littlesoleschildrensshoes
The Olive Branch | theolivebranchbham.com
FoodBar | foodbarbham.com
