.Another shot from the Park Pacific of a notable downtown building, this time City Hall. Unfortunately, it was taken through a window, not from the rooftop terrace. The building has considerable architectural interest. Its inspiration was Paris' Hôtel de Ville,...
This week on the STL Hops Twitter
Be on the lookout for @GooseIsland Bourbon County Coffee Stout hitting the St. Louis area today. Very limited quantities. about 2 minutes ago
RT @iTAPbeer: Hopslam tapping at 1pm this Friday, both stores. That should be a good enough...
Read it here first: here's the complete list of Fiery Food Challenge winners from ZestFest 2012! Big thanks go to FFC coordinator Judy Fuhrhop for providing the information.
Here are the winners...
Hot Sauce: Chipotle - Consumer Ready
1st CaJohn's Fiery Foods Company -...
Today, from 4PM to 6:30PM the Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton will hold its weekly Friday beer tasting. Here’s some of the beers they’ll be sampling: New Belgium Dig Pale Ale with Sorachi Ace Hops, Great Divide Nomad, Abita...
One of the most depressing stories of of the past several years downtown was the rise and fall of Crepes in the City.
Starting out as a couple operating a side business within the Washington Avenue Post, then growing over...
Everyone is starting their mock drafts here at Fansided this week, so I figured it would be a good time to get mine going as well. I haven’t had a chance to really get into draft research heavily just yet,...
Come downtown tomorrow morning for a parade to honor Iraq War veterans:
ABOVE: A family walks through St. Louis' Court of Honor, June 2010
The parade will step off at noon Saturday from Kiener Plaza and travel west on Market Street to...
A NEW POSTING, over on my photography blog: Composition, Part 1 - the Frame.There, I am attempting to discover a solid foundation for composition of photos:“I am not so naïve to believe that all I need to do is to learn...
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES ORATORYEMAIL NEWSLETTER2653 Ohio AvenueSaint Louis, Missouri 63118www.institute-christ-king.orgwww.TraditionForTomorrow.com314-771-3100January 26, 2012VISIT OF CARDINAL BURKE - CONFIRMATION 2012FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALESPARISH HISTORY - SHOP WITH SCRIP - UPCOMING LITURGICAL EVENTSMYSTERY PHOTODear Faithful and Friends of St. Francis de Sales Oratory,VISIT OF...
The theater is an excellent place to look at what is real and what is false, and whether what is occurring on stage actually happened, and why, or if the playwright is taking us along on a leap of fantasy...
With Glenn Close and Janet McTeer providing dazzling performances, the sad, intimate, always-reaching-but-never-touching story that is "Albert Nobbs," falls short of excellence, a conclusion I intensely disliked having to reach. But the movie, which opens here today, fails to strike...
We're not very far into "Man on a Ledge," when we realize that Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) is no more going to jump off the Roosevelt Hotel window ledge than you and I. But what's he doing out there?
That comes...
Well, now that the excitement and freshness of the New Year has worn off a little, reality sinks in...we're still in the middle of winter. With daily temperatures in the 20's and 30's, just a quick walk outside will remind...
Several weeks ago I went with my brother’s family to St. Louis Union Station and his sorrow at seeing its decline was rather pronounced. I had seen it several times in the past few years and so was not as...
A few months ago, the alumni coordinators of my high school senior class came up with the idea of compiling life updates from a few Class of ’99ers every few months and sending them out to the whole class so...
.Another view from the rooftop terrace at the Park Pacific apartments. These are places lawyers hang out so beware. Center-left is the Egypto-Babbylonio-Neoclassic confection known as the Civil Courts Building. It contains Missouri state courts. On the right is the...
I don’t know if you’ll believe it, but today is the 1st anniversary for Urban Chestnut Brewing Company (it’s also head brewer Florian Kuplent’s birthday!) If there is a reason I can’t believe it, it’s because it’s felt like they’ve...
Since the season is over and the coaching carousel has come to a stop, and since I decided I’m done with the Rams to LA rumors, I thought it’s time to start to look ahead at the draft. I know...
It’s still unknown if the St. Louis Rams NFL franchise will agree to the final ten years of the existing thirty year lease but we do know they will play one home game each of the next three years in...
So, I wanted to take a moment here to shill for my friends at The Wife’s church, Valley View Baptist Church. I’m know I’m not much for religion, but these are good folks. When our family was going through all...
Disclaimer: This entry is about beliefs and belief systems. If your beliefs are different than mine, I completely respect that and I’m not trying to convince you otherwise. Let’s just talk.
I’ve heard the phrase “everything happens for a reason” thousands...
.Well, it's Thursday and I needed something with the Arch at least in it. Plus I want to run with the Park Pacific shots for a bit. The top photo is a view from the 23rd floor rooftop of the...
When I began taking photos of Schlafly‘s Cabin Fever festival this past Saturday, I quickly had a photo essay in mind: People that grab their beer and walk away and the people that don’t. You see, Schlafly made an amazing...
Yup. More soup/stew. It is January, after all! This actually started out as a soup recipe, but the addition of potatoes thickened it up enough to count as a stew! Like last week's Thai coconut soup, this comes together relatively...
While it’s fun to be on the hunt to try and find that special or fun beer, it can be pretty tiring. Well, you can stop running all around town and visit Llywelyn’s Pub in Webster Groves to see something...
recent comments: