🌱 Mountain Brook Bartender Cocktail Tips + MB Football Team In Finals

Good morning, Mountain Brook! I'm back in your inbox after taking a few days off over the holidays. I hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving.

• 🍹 A Mountain Brook bartender shares his tips and tricks.
• 🏈 Mountain Brook High School is advancing to the football finals!
• 🎊 The Mountain Brook holiday parade is coming up!

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 68 Low: 60.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Patrick Campbell, the head bartender at Key Circle Commons in Mountain Brook, likes to use what he calls the "potato head" method to make cocktails, by adding and removing ingredients as he mixes and matches. In an interview, he shares his best cocktail-making tips and why in his job "nothing is set in stone." (Yellowhammer News)
2. The Mountain Brook High School football team is advancing to the finals this Friday after defeating Muscle Shoals last week. That's the first time since 1996 the team has gotten this far, and the fourth time in program history. (Village Living)
3. Birmingham kicked off Christmas over the weekend with a tree lighting block party downtown, featuring entertainment and local food vendors. (CBS 42)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• T-Mobile Tuesdays: Get Delighted Every Week (8:30 a.m.)
• Circle of Life Knitters — Levite Jewish Community Center (10 a.m.)
• Boys JV Basketball at Hewitt-Trussville — Hewitt-Trussville High School (5:30 p.m.)
• Girls Varsity Basketball vs Hillcrest — Tuscaloosa -Spartan Arena (6 p.m.)
• Publix Greenwise Trivia — Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's the details to watch the Mountain Brook High School football team play in the season finals at Jordan Hare Stadium this Friday. (Mountain Brook Schools via Facebook)
• The Mountain Brook Holiday Parade is taking place this coming Sunday, Dec. 4 along Cahaba Road starting at 3 p.m. (Mountain Brook Police Department via Facebook)
• Check out the latest pets up for adoption in and around Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Here's five properties for sale in and around Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see you around!

— Dashiell Allen

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