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48 Hours in St. Louis Part I: Culture

A friend will be visiting me in February for just 48 hours.  I have plenty of ideas for small town Missouri adventures, but I want to show my friend the best St. Louis has to offer culturally, too. Here’s my St. Louis cultural hot spot Top 10 list.
Note: The following list assumes that the Riverfront [...]

Funk Turns 30 Bash

Last night, thirty or so of my St. Louis friends came together to celebrate my 30th year of this wonderful life I’ve been so lucky to live.
Friends from childhood, high school, twitter, work, and professional groups I’m part donned mustaches and shared drinks at the “Dirty Thirty Stache Bash” at HandleBar St. Louis, a locally [...]

RFT Web Awards Party

I haven’t owned a television since 1999, and I’m pretty content that way. Occasionally, however, something will be televised that I really do want to see. Last night’s State of the Union Address was one of those things. As a result, I paid my parents an overnight visit, borrowing their t.v. and enjoying breakfast with them [...]

A Small Town Girl’s Guide in Insider573 Magazine

Tom Smugala, editor of Insider573 Magazine, contacted me in November to ask if I’d be interested in having Insider do a story about me, my return to Missouri, and A Small Town Girl’s Guide.
I jumped at the opportunity to write for Insider again (I’ve written for the last two issues), and I was thrilled at [...]

Grace in Small Things (GiST): 1/24/11

I woke up so low and tired and grouchy yesterday morning that I was convinced I’d struggle with today’s GiST post. As the day went on yesterday, things gradually improved, and by the time the alarm went of this morning – as much as I didn’t want to get out from under the covers – [...]

The KT Caboose

To date, I’ve not made public mention of my Missouri Bucket List; the list of things I’d like to do and places I’d like to see while I’m living in Missouri.
Today’s the day that I admit to you that I do have a small list of must-dos and must-sees, must-eats and must-drinks while I’m calling [...]

Rock N Roll Arizona Half Marathon Recap

On Sunday, January 16th, I ran my second half marathon. This time my race wasn’t in small town Missouri, but rather in big city Arizona. The P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘N Roll Arizona Half Marathon was held in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa – a glorious part of the country to run in in mid-January.

I finished my [...]

Grace in Small Things (GiST): 1/17/11

Wow, do I have a lot to be thankful for this week. Where to start???
1. A Small Town Girl’s Guide is a Finalist in the Riverfront Times “Web Awards”!
Immediately upon my arrival home to St. Louis this evening following my long weekend in Arizona, I discovered that A Small Town Girl’s Guide was selected as one [...]

The Dutzow Deli

On my journey home from Wright City, Missouri last week, I was on the lookout for the kind of local hole-in-the-wall restaurant that would take courage to try out.
I wanted to go somewhere that, if I’d had a travel companion that day, would have said, “Are you SURE about this??”
And I would have said, “Definitely, [...]

Missouri Meetings & Events

With snow falling outside and Greg Brown music playing softly in my cabin, Rosie sleeps on my bed and I click “send” on the email containing my most recent magazine story.
Although I can’t help but miss Brooklyn, mornings like this one are pretty much idyllic.
There thousands of people who daydream about waking up in a [...]