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Candy Cane Dog

One of the best parts of living back in Small Town, Missouri is having a dog again. I love New York City, but a 200 square-foot apartment is no place for a dog to live.
Today was my family dog’s monthly grooming appointment. Each time she’s groomed, she comes home in a new bandana with bows in [...]

Kaldi's Coffee

Friends and colleagues of mine know that I’m a coffee drinker, and several of them have recommended Kaldi’s Coffee to me  since I moved back to Missouri. On Friday, I gave it a shot (har, har, har…)
Kaldi’s is one of two coffee companies in St. Louis that I’m aware of that roasts its own beans [...]

Missouriopolis, *ahem*, Jefferson City

I had been to Jefferson City, the state’s capital, a sum total of one single time before moving back to Missouri five (gulp, has it really been that long?) months ago.
For now, behold small town girl, paying homage to her home state’s big, domed building:

Behold, Missouriopolis, photo of smalltowngirl

Side Note to my friends in New [...]

Smalltown Sinclair Dinosaur

Driving to Jefferson City a few weeks ago for work, I passed through a very small Missouri town, the name of which I promptly forgot. On the roof of what appeared to be a normal residential home, however, sat a Sinclair dinosaur.
(Sinclair, for those of you not from the Midwest, is a gas station chain [...]