🌱 Real & Rosemary Restaurant + Alabama's Low Unemployment Rate

Hello, everybody. It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Mountain Brook Daily — here to explain everything you need to know about what's happening in town.I'll get right to it.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with a stray t-storm. High: 78 Low: 71.

It looks like it could be pretty wet this week. (CBS 42)

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. A new restaurant, Real & Rosemary, just opened its third location in Crestline. The other two locations are in Homewood and Summit. It's centered around the concept of community and is meant to feel like an "extension of your home" according to husband and wife owners Jennifer and Nate Carlson. (Mountain Brook Magazine)
2. Alabama's unemployment rate remains at the low level of 2.6 percent – that's lower than the national average of 3.6 percent. Shelby County south of Mountain Brook has the lowest in the state at 2.1 percent. (WVTM 13)
3. With the Libertarian Party returning to the ballot across the state in Alabama's November elections, some people are hoping for voting reforms that would make it easier for smaller parties in the state to compete. Currently it needs at least 20 percent of the vote share to remain on the ballot. (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Ashtanga Yoga in the Gardens - Birmingham Botanical Gardens (8:30 a.m.)
• Monday Matinees - Levite Jewish Community Center (1:30 p.m.)
• Mountain Brook Junior High School girl's softball evaluations (5 p.m.)
• Football 9th grade and JV Home vs Vestavia Hills - 9th 5:30 p.m., JV 7 p.m. (5:30 p.m.)
• City Council - City of Mountain Brook (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Today is the last day to submit an absentee ballot by hand ahead of tomorrow's municipal elections. (City of Mountain Brook)
• Here's five events to look forward to in and around Mountain Brook in September–from the Samford String Quartet performing at the O'Neal Library, to a gala at the Birmingham Zoo there's lots to look forward to. (Mountain Brook Magazine)
• These five houses are on the market in the Mountain Brook area. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Check out these edited highlights from last week's football game against Vestavia Hills. (Twitter)

Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with a new update!

— Dashiell Allen

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Mountain Brook Daily? Contact me at mountainbrook@patch.com