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Small Town Missouri & BBQ

Baylee Jo’s BBQ & Grill is quite possibly some of the best food I’ve had since moving home. I had a bbq pork sandwich and curly fries. I expected the sandwich to be pulled pork, but it wasn’t. It was sliced pork, and it was really, really good.
My friends got BBQ beef, baked pototos, stuffed [...]

A Beef with Metromix St. Louis…Literally

I have a beef, in the form of a prime rib buffet, with Metromix St. Louis.
On Saturday I’ll be in Forest Park to run the Go! St. Louis 5K. In hopes of catching a cool arts event or some live music that evening, I just went to metromix.com to look up April 18th events in [...]

Sayersbrook Bison Ranch

On Monday, I was invited to take a personal tour of the Sayersbrook Bison Ranch in Potosi, Missouri.

I’ve recently become aquainted with the ranch owners, and my day on the ranch this week was a moderately absurd, while simultaneously lovely and educational experience.

To get to work, I travel down a US highway, then a state [...]

Milk and Cookies

My friend Factor has kindly shared the following photo with me of another New York City cow. This one lives in Manhattan, not Brooklyn.

Clearly, I was incorrect in my assumption that MO would have one up on New York were cattle are concerned.
New York City has some darn fine cow (butts). I have cow pictures [...]

Exes, cows, and Almondine

Almondine
DUMBO, Brooklyn
Photo by smalltowngirl

Among Brooklyn’s most well-known eateries is Almondine, a patisserie in DUMBO known for it’s baguettes and pastries.
When the ex-boy called to see if I wanted to get together one last time before my move, it seemed like a good opportunity to check out Almondine.
(@andrearosen gets a mini-credit for unintentionally inspiring this trip [...]