I noticed something the other day. The amount of recovery time from relatively simple injuries is directly proportional to how old you are. I’ll give you an example: the other day, I was walking down the hall and turned a...
Earlier this week, media outlets in Los Angeles reported on an armed home invasion robbery in an apartment complex near the UCLA campus. One of the buildings within that apartment complex happens to be the one that I’m scheduled to...
March 14 = 3/14 = 3.14 = Pi Day
Happy pi day everyone! Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Like any expression of proportion, size doesn't matter - it stays the same...
.A last stop on Gravois Avenue at St. Francis de Sales Church. It dominates the skyline of the area with its spire almost half as high as the Arch. The bulk of the area's original population was German and the...
Thursday night I had the opportunity to attend the grand opening of the new MAC Pro store in Miami Beach and of course, I took photos as quick as I could snap the shutter button.
The new MAC Pro store in...
.A windmill in the heart of south St. Louis. The Bevo Mill restaurant began serving Dutch and German food at the corner of Gravois and Morganford in 1917. It was built by August A. Busch, Sr., two generations back from...
Yesterday, Gerard Craft announced the return of what is easily the best dining deal in town: The 3 for $35 at Niche.Citing a desire to return back to his roots, the announcement indicated he would be moving away from...
Total Beauty just opened their own version of beauty product awards. They’ve narrowed the field to 59 of the “best” products, now it’s open to readers to vote. Voting ends March 31st, so if you’re feeling sharey head on over...
A week ago Sunday I drove the Northbound detour as all traffic was routed onto surface streets as MoDOT closed I-70 downtown as they removed the Madison Ave overpass.
ABOVE: a closed I-70 as seen from St. Louis Ave
Traffic made its...
CambridgeLady at Just waffling hosts a weekly Mystery Picture competition on her blog each Friday. She posts one or two pictures, and asks her readers to try to guess what they are.Sometimes the mystery picture is an everyday thing...
Everyone says that Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" is one of the world's great novels. But hardly anyone has read the entire book. Well, it's been reduced to a mere 90 minutes, moves at the speed of a NASCAR racer...
Here's a little number that's produced by SouthAfricans.com out of Atlanta, GA. It's called Zulu Zulu Peri Peri Garlic Chile Pepper Sauce. It uses, yep, you guessed it, the ever increasingly-used African Bird's Eye peppers and states on the...
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This week on the STL Hops Twitter
RT: @SixRowBrewCo Come to “St. Patrick’s Weekend Wee-Heavy Unveiling ” Tomorrow from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. This Saturday, March 13th. (13 minutes ago)
RT @bigelosbistro: Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA now on tap at Bigelos...
From Saint Francis de Sales Oratory, in Saint Louis, Missouri:Sunday, March 14 (LAETARE SUNDAY), 10:00am—Solemn High Mass. The Most Rev. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson will assist at Mass and give the sermon. Celebrant: Msgr. Michael R. Schmitz, Vicar General and Provincial....
I was
down with a bit of a bug earlier this week, and as sometimes happens when I'm
laying in bed on a cloudy day and not capable of doing much else, I thought
about culture, and how culture moves.
...
ABOVE: Gateway Mall St. Louis looking West from Tucker, January 2008
Today the St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed a resolution approving Mayor Slay’s nominees to serve on the initial Gateway Mall Advisory Board. The advisory board was formed last year...
Last year when a Realtor gave us ideas for updating our property, we found out that the polished brass light fixtures throughout the house screamed 1980s. She suggested that we change them out for something a little more contemporary,...
I flagged a recipe for these Chinese barbecue pork sandwiches in Sunset magazine months ago. I finally got around to making them and they’re totally delicious.
I especially like the unusual addition of vanilla in the brine for the pork tenderloin...
NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. Know, You KnowMahavishnu OrchestraInner Mounting FlameJazz
2. What Kind Of Girl?Frank ZappaBroadway The Hard WayAlternative & Punk
3. Real...
This week’s Powerful Beauty comes from a women with incredible fortitude and heart. Shirley Cheng is 26 years old, is blind and physically disabled. She’s also an award-winning author (with over twenty-one awards to her credit!), poet, and motivational speaker....
A lot was happening in 1989, it seems. Probably the peak of the local St. Louis underground rock (for lack of a better term) scene. At the time, Ultraman was my favorite local hardcore band. This video features Pat Hercules...
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Are people who live in Los Angeles on time to meetings? Are you looked down upon in L.A. if you’re early to meetings? Is being late considered rude? All of these things I need to know, in addition to...
Today, from 4PM to 6:30PM the Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton will be hosting a tasting featuring these beers: Goose Island Demolition, Jurand Extra, Jurand Premium, Grieskirchner Weisse Pint, Laughing Dog CSB, and Laughing Dog DogZilla. Additional information can...
Whiny spam from Lt. Governor Peter Kinder:
Subject: Barack Obama is in Missouri to resurrect his political fortunes. Help us stop him!
From: “Lt. Governor Peter Kinder” <gopfeedback@mogop.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:28 UT
To: Me
Dear Conservative,
I’m not sure...
The commute to work... I'm going to guess it's the worst part of your day, but that's because I also assume you don't work for the DMV or live with Kathy Griffin. In posts of yore I've mentioned the St...
African daisy, originally uploaded by Missouri Botanical Garden.This has nothing to do about nothing. In fact my household has an uninvited guest this week- the flu virus. I was hoping to go to the Missouri Botanical Gardens this...
As I visit different offices downtown I’m always looking for interesting views. From some of the tallest buildings you get spectacular views across the skyline. But from the fourth floor you get a view I treasure much more.
ABOVE: Old Post...
Finally! Here's my diary from the 22nd Annual Fiery Foods and Barbecue Show which took place between March 5 - 7. I probably should have broken it up into days and slapped together several blog posts out of it; but...
I've often thought it was a little odd that most schools take off for a "spring" break well before it is actually spring. As of today, March 11th, my kids will be enjoying the next 10 days off. ...
We've seen too many self-referential, let's-pat-ourselves-on-the-back productions on local stages since we entered 2010, and another one arrived at the Ivory Theatre last night, to run through March 28. Steve Isom and Ben Nordstrom, with a solid Henry Palkes at...
.This is farther down Gravois Avenue from the disused church I had in Wednesday's post. It's still in business, though. Surprising to find a small neighborhood store of this kind still going in the face of big box competitors...
Stereotypes on parade are front and center as an African-American boy, a would-be doctor from New York, plans to wed a Mexican-American girl from Los Angeles. His father is a popular disc jockey; hers is a successful auto mechanic and...
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