Check Out Meg Summers’ Picks for the Best of 2016
2016, generally speaking, was garbage. Scratch that--it was worse than garbage. It was the murky, muddled, hot garbage water that seeps out of an extinguished dumpster fire and down into a sewage drain... but there were plenty of silver linings in this year of B.S., so indulge your girl here and allow me to present to you my favorite things of 2016.
- Biggest Makeover: Us--we changed our name to Star 1017 in September, and I've been loving it ever since! It's been so much fun playing the best mix of the 90's, 2000's, and today for y'all along with the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show and more!
- Best Thing That Happened All Year: I GOT A NEW CAR!
- Best Thing That Happened All Year (which benefits more people than just me): WE FINALLY GOT A LUSH, Y'ALL!
- Best Visit: The Rasberry Road Trip
- Best New Restaurant: Holler & Dash Biscuit House
- Most Real-Talk Post: 10 Reasons Why 20/59 is literally the WORST
- Most Embarrassing Moment: Giving myself bangs as a last resort after I got my hair caught in a fly trap--YES, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND IT WAS TERRIBLE.
- Hardest Story to Write Without Doubling Over in Laughter: Tuscaloosa Police Bust Drug Dealer for Selling Weed Candies on The Strip
- Coolest Surprise: Being Featured in a Movie
- Best New Show: 90's at Noon
- Proudest Mom Moment: We took my daughter to see Disney on Ice, and she wanted to dress like Rey from The Force Awakens because, "Rey's a Jedi princess, Mommy."
- Best Thing I Ate: Candied Jalapeno Bacon Bombs from Anthony's Italian Kitchen
- Most WTF Moment: Cheddar's closed for no real reason
- Coolest Thing I Did: Zombie Paintball Hunting at SplatZone
- Best Place Someone Caught a Pikachu (Remember when EVERYONE was playing Pokemon Go for a hot minute?): Nick Saban's Office
- Most Awesome New Addition to Tuscaloosa: Gateway Technology Center
- Realest Mom Post: 50 Things I'd Rather Do Than Watch 'Caillou'
- Weirdest Beauty Obsession: BabyFoot Peels
- Best New TV Show: Westworld
- Best Album: Your Woman/ Angel Olsen
- Best New Beauty Product: Hourglass Vanish Seamless Finish Foundation Stick
- Best Movie: ??? (I never have time to watch an entire movie because my life is a deteriorating Styrofoam raft on a river of garbage)
- Most-Read Article I Wrote: You Have to Eat at These 25 Tuscaloosa Restaurants Before You Die
- Best Local Burn on a National News Program: John Oliver Slams Robert Bentley
- Biggest Harbinger of the Apocalypse: I-22 FINALLY Opened
- Biggest "Really, Dude?" Moment: This Craigslist Ad
- Best Drink: Sweet Tea
- Best Smile: Jalen Hurts
- Greatest Smirk: Nick Saban Post-pooch kick in the National Championship Game
- Best Team (any sport): Alabama (obvs)
- Best Activity: Napping
- Second Best Activity: Netflix Bingeing