April « 2010 « A Small Town Girl's Guide

I-55 Raceway

Two weekends ago, my boyfriend invited me to join him and his friends in the pits of the I-55 Raceway near Pevely, Missouri. I could imagine few things I’d enjoy less than spending my Saturday night in the middle of a dusty, nasty, loud circle of dirt on which overly-testosteroned rednecks would be driving at [...]

#SoFresh #StL

I’m a bit of a dork. I wear thick glasses. I’m more than a little bit social. I’m a marketer. I’m volunteering today at Social Fresh marketing conference at the St. Louis Millennium Hotel. I attend a lot of social media and marketing conferences and events, and this is one of the better events I’ve attended since [...]

Robust Wine Bar in Historic Webster Groves

Last night some very fun St. Louis twitter ladies gathered at Robust Wine Bar in Historic Webster Groves, Missouri, and I can’t rave enough about the restaurant, the wine or the service.
Robust is only one of two restaurants I’ve found in St. Louis that transported me back to New York City with its style, its [...]

Small Town Bathrooms, #2...I mean, Part II

I’ve been completely surprised that two very close friends have come through the rural Midwest recently! One of those friends and I spent an afternoon in Cape Girardeau, MIssouri, where we had lunch at a Cajun restaurant called Broussard’s.
If you’ll look back several posts, you’ll see the ghetto bathroom at the dive bar in St. Francois County, [...]

The Eternal Question

“Why on earth did you move from New York City to rural Missouri?”
I’ve been reading some C.S. Lewis lately, and he summarized very eloquently a part of my reason for moving “home” that I’d not yet been able to put into words:
…This is, I think, one little part of what Christ meant by saying that [...]

Local Harvest St. Louis...and Beets

One of the best parts of my job is that I get to work with coworkers ranging in age from teenagers through retirees (who’ve come back to work in retirement). Last week at work, two coworkers were discussing beets, which it seems have a reputation as an “old person’s food”.
It should be noted that both [...]

Brooklyn

The strangest thing just happened:
I came across a photo of the Brooklyn Bridge by accident, and suddenly I could smell the air in DUMBO (down under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Overpasses) and hear the noises of New York City. As if I were standing at the edge of a high cliff, vertigo swept over me [...]

Race to the Rocker Recap

March 27th was the “Race to the Rocker”, a four-mile roadrace from downtown Cuba to Fanning, Missouri, home of the World’s Tallest Rocking Chair. My Mom was there to watch and take pictures, so this race was a particularly well-documented one.
As a case in point, here I am lacing my running shoes:

The morning brought 40 [...]

Sunny Sunday in Southeast Missouri

Easter Sunday was a beautiful, sunny day in the far reaches of Southeast Missouri. I sat in a riverside park in New Madrid, Missouri watching barges move down the Mississippi by tug boat, feeling the wind against my skin and the quiet calm my soul.

When’s the last time you took a picnic? If you can’t [...]

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