As someone who was born and raised in Montgomery, I can suggest some things, but sadly, we don't have all that much.
For the Intellectual: Alabama Shakespeare Festival Davis Theatre (they actually had a really good performance of The Drowsy Chaperone last week, but I think it might have been a one-night thing? Still, an option)
For the Drinker: 1048 in Old Cloverdale (Great neighborhood place) Head in the Door on Vaughn (a hole in the wall with live music on Fridays or Saturdays, I forget) La Jolla in Eastchase (for when you want to get drunk but be an artsy snob about it. What? It's fun!) Capitol Oyster Bar and Grill on the Southern Bypass (live music some nights; great seafood and drinks all the time)
For the Art Lover: Montgomery Museum of Fine Art (closed Sundays and Mondays, but you can still go feed the ducks, which have apparently been trained to mug people for bread crumbs) F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum on Felder (After their marriage, the Fitzgeralds lived here for three months. Of course, they hated it and fled the city as soon as they could, but they were still here!) Hank Williams Museum (downtown, across from Union Train Station/Visitor's Center; they've got handwritten songs of his there, as well as other memorabilia) Hank Williams Grave (one of the cemeteries downtown, I forget which. The concrete boots are chained to the grave because people have stolen them on occasion)
For the Tree Hugger: Shakesperian Gardens at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (they're trying to plant each flower/tree/shrub mentioned in Shakespeare's plays) Blount Cultural Park at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (walking trails in a park modeled after Elizabethan England and London's Hyde Park)
For the Food Critic: Vintage Year in Old Cloverdale (Expensive, but well worth it!) Nancy Patterson's Bistro in Old Cloverdale Dirk's / Food & Vine in Old Cloverdale (a combination family grocery (not much there in terms of that), restaurant (down-home cooking), an entire room of wine and two aisles of beer to choose from) Street Cafe on Vaughn (Japanese Fusion Cuisine, so good they're expanding by two more storefronts) Down the Street on Zelda (Confusing after Street Cafe, I know, but this place has down-home cooking and live entertainment every so often.
For the History Buff: The Capitol (yep. I hope this is self-explanatory since I get confused between Capitol and Capital still) Rosa Parks Museum (I've never actually been) The Church where Martin Luther King Jr preached (not actually called that, but I forget the proper name for it; it's the only brick building in spitting distance of the Capitol, though. Spitting distance. God, I'm cultured. Which leads us to...) The Cow Mooseum (I have never even asked, but if you're interested, I know it's downtown, has something to do with cattle, and might be the worst place to eat a hamburger other than a PETA rally) First White House of the Confederacy (downtown, a block and a half from the Capitol. The last widow of the Confederacy always lies in state here. I say always because there have been something like twelve last widows of the Confederacy, and as soon as one dies, there's always another. Maybe a society of old ladies passes a baton or something, I don't know. A way to get fifteen minutes? To laugh at the world? Maybe they're Yankees in disguise trying to undermine the Confederacy? I DON'T KNOW. But I know I've thought about this too much)
There's a bit more, but I'm afraid I can't think of much more right now. Maybe little? It would depend a little on what her husband likes.
Oh! And they're redeveloping the waterfront, so there's that. Old Cloverdale is generally a good place to be for atmosphere, even if one of the girls in Tomatino's (really good pizza place, by the way) is kind of scary. Maybe she just doesn't like me, I don't know.
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Date: 2009-01-22 09:26 pm (UTC)For the Intellectual:
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Davis Theatre (they actually had a really good performance of The Drowsy Chaperone last week, but I think it might have been a one-night thing? Still, an option)
For the Drinker:
1048 in Old Cloverdale (Great neighborhood place)
Head in the Door on Vaughn (a hole in the wall with live music on Fridays or Saturdays, I forget)
La Jolla in Eastchase (for when you want to get drunk but be an artsy snob about it. What? It's fun!)
Capitol Oyster Bar and Grill on the Southern Bypass (live music some nights; great seafood and drinks all the time)
For the Art Lover:
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art (closed Sundays and Mondays, but you can still go feed the ducks, which have apparently been trained to mug people for bread crumbs)
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum on Felder (After their marriage, the Fitzgeralds lived here for three months. Of course, they hated it and fled the city as soon as they could, but they were still here!)
Hank Williams Museum (downtown, across from Union Train Station/Visitor's Center; they've got handwritten songs of his there, as well as other memorabilia)
Hank Williams Grave (one of the cemeteries downtown, I forget which. The concrete boots are chained to the grave because people have stolen them on occasion)
For the Tree Hugger:
Shakesperian Gardens at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (they're trying to plant each flower/tree/shrub mentioned in Shakespeare's plays)
Blount Cultural Park at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (walking trails in a park modeled after Elizabethan England and London's Hyde Park)
For the Food Critic:
Vintage Year in Old Cloverdale (Expensive, but well worth it!)
Nancy Patterson's Bistro in Old Cloverdale
Dirk's / Food & Vine in Old Cloverdale (a combination family grocery (not much there in terms of that), restaurant (down-home cooking), an entire room of wine and two aisles of beer to choose from)
Street Cafe on Vaughn (Japanese Fusion Cuisine, so good they're expanding by two more storefronts)
Down the Street on Zelda (Confusing after Street Cafe, I know, but this place has down-home cooking and live entertainment every so often.
For the History Buff:
The Capitol (yep. I hope this is self-explanatory since I get confused between Capitol and Capital still)
Rosa Parks Museum (I've never actually been)
The Church where Martin Luther King Jr preached (not actually called that, but I forget the proper name for it; it's the only brick building in spitting distance of the Capitol, though. Spitting distance. God, I'm cultured. Which leads us to...)
The Cow Mooseum (I have never even asked, but if you're interested, I know it's downtown, has something to do with cattle, and might be the worst place to eat a hamburger other than a PETA rally)
First White House of the Confederacy (downtown, a block and a half from the Capitol. The last widow of the Confederacy always lies in state here. I say always because there have been something like twelve last widows of the Confederacy, and as soon as one dies, there's always another. Maybe a society of old ladies passes a baton or something, I don't know. A way to get fifteen minutes? To laugh at the world? Maybe they're Yankees in disguise trying to undermine the Confederacy? I DON'T KNOW. But I know I've thought about this too much)
There's a bit more, but I'm afraid I can't think of much more right now. Maybe little? It would depend a little on what her husband likes.
Oh! And they're redeveloping the waterfront, so there's that. Old Cloverdale is generally a good place to be for atmosphere, even if one of the girls in Tomatino's (really good pizza place, by the way) is kind of scary. Maybe she just doesn't like me, I don't know.
Anyway. Yes.
Fin.