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The man and I have a problem; on weekend mornings he wakes up craving a burger and a diet coke, and I wake up craving eggs and coffee.
One of my favorite things about life in New York City was the tendency of (seemingly) everyone to spend weekend mornings (and sometimes afternoons) at brunch. There’s just nothing better than eggs, fruit, and lots and lots of coffee at 11:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning.
Enter Gordon’s Stoplight Drive In in Crystal City, Missouri: Continue reading Gordon’s Stoplight Drive-In: Crystal City, Missouri
 Wines, photo by MilliGFunk Angela Ortmann of @StLWineGirl was kind enough to take me as her guest to a St. Louis Cellars Wine Club event in February, and I had a great time.
 photo by MilliGFunk St. Louis Cellars only carries wines that are Continue reading St. Louis Cellars
Small town Missouri simply doesn’t stop surprising me. On a recent visit to Washington State Park in DeSoto, Missouri, I learned that Missouri is home to 500-2,000-year-old petroglyphs created by Native Americans. Washington State Park is one of only two parks in Missouri that holds such carvings. The Missouri State Parks website says that the carvings were likely created at around 1,000 A.D.
I’m no expert on rock carvings or Native American history, so my perspective on these petroglyphs is 100% laymen; these things are rockin’. (I’m so clever, hehe). According to mostateparks.org, Washington State Park is home to the largest group of petroglyphs in Missouri, and Continue reading Washington State Park: Petroglyphs
Last Friday was a good day for my site:
1. The St. Charles Community website offered a nice lead-in to my post on Picasso’s Coffee House in St. Charles.
2. The Cuba Mural Project blog wrote an post about me, linking to my post on the Cuba, MO Race to the Rocker, a 4-mile road race culminating at the world’s largest rocking chair.
3. My wonderful mom created this card for me, directing many, many readers from her successful paper crafting blog to smalltowngirlsguide.com.
Thank you St. Charles Community, Cuba Mural Project, and MommaG for making Friday a very good day for smalltowngirlsguide!
Happy Spring Training, St. Louis Cardinals Fans. This picture, taken at a Jack in the Box in Weldon Spring, Missouri, is for you:
Tires screeching, I pulled a U-ey on State Highway C in Belgrade, Missouri this afternoon to get a photo of this sign.
Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but it’s not far from the truth. When I saw this sign, I immediately found a driveway in which to turn around.
This small town landowner knows how to make light of life in rural Missouri…
 Good Place, photo by MilliGFunk
 Picasso's Coffee House, photo by MilliGFunk Work required me to travel to St. Charles yesterday, so I took advantage of the opportunity to have a quick cup of coffee in Historic Downtown St. Charles with my friend Elizabeth (@ekcutshall) and two of her three kiddos.
I went to college in a very old Louisiana river town, so I’m no stranger to rod iron railings and brick streets along a river. My college town’s historic district was three blocks long, though, while St. Charles’ brick streets continue for blocks and blocks, with beautiful buildings lining both sides of the street. Most of the buildings appeared to house shops, bars and restaurants, so I assume that an entire day could be spent window shopping and dining in Old St. Charles.
Apparently the Katy Trail – a 300 mile bicycle path – runs through Old St. Charles, too, so a long bike ride, shopping and eating great food undoubtedly lies in my not-too-distant future.
Elizabeth and I met at Continue reading Picasso’s Coffee House in Old St. Charles, Missouri
Today was my remarkably unremarkable one-year anniversary in my small town Missouri job. Coincidentally, I’m wearing the same Columbia fleece tonight that I’m wearing in this post, written the day I moved from Brooklyn, New York back to rural Missouri last February.
In my first year back in my home state, I’ve learned… Continue reading Small Town Girl’s 1 Year Anniversary
I was a lot more excited to write about The Blue Owl before I became violently ill last week with a stomach bug that made it impossible to sit up at a computer, much less write about food. Seven days later, and finally feeling well again, I’m here to tell you about Kimmswick, Missouri’s infamous restaurant and bakery.
 The Blue Owl, photo by milligfunk The town of Kimmswick is one hundred and one years old. It’s a well-restored and historic Mississippi River town that’s created a brand for itself in the St. Louis Area. Continue reading The Blue Owl (Kimmswick, Missouri)
This is amazing:
Cuba, Missouri, home of the largest rocking chair in the world (which I blogged about last summer), has a 4-mile road race that ends at the giant rocking chair. The race will be held on March 27th, 2010. Continue reading Race to the Rocker – Cuba, Missouri
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