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A Good Day for smalltowngirlsguide.com

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 [...]

St. Louis Cardinals and Jack in the Box

Happy Spring Training, St. Louis Cardinals Fans. This picture, taken at a Jack in the Box in Weldon Spring, Missouri, is for you:

Good Place for a Cell Phone Tower

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 [...]

Recap: Casa Gallardo Tweet-Up

Photo credit: Dave Mills (@versadave)

Since I live and work so far from St. Louis, I try to organize tweet-ups when I know I’ll be in or near the city and will have free time after work. Friday, February 12th was one of those days. Since everal St. Louis-area tweeps live in West County St. [...]

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri Chocolate Walk Pt. I: Hats

While much of the under-30 population of Greater St. Louis imbibed in Soulard today for Mardi Gras, I celebrated my awesome mom by spending the day with her at the Ste. Genevieve, Missouri’s Chocolate Walk.

For the most part, the only thing Mardi Gras-esque about our day today was that Ste. Genevieve – like New Orleans [...]

Maplewood, Missouri

Having had reason to dress myself today in something other than hiking boots, Columbia pants and a fleece, I set out for St. Louis like a true New Yorker; wearing all black (except for my amazing boots). More specifically, I set out for a meeting in Maryland Heights, followed by several hours at Foundation Grounds [...]

MilliGFunk’s Momma

While I was at the Bonne Terre Public Library on Monday, I pulled out a copy of my mom’s North County High School yearbook. Check out the hottie on the upper-right corner of the spread.

MilliGFunk's Momma, photo by MilliGFunk

Turns out my mom was a cheerleader and on the pep squad. I had NO idea! I [...]

Jeepin’

A small town man who drives a great big Jeep has recently made repeat appearances in the life of this small town girl, and there’s little that’s more authentically Small Town Missouri than off-roading in jacked-up trucks.

If small town life were like the Girl Scouts, this small town girl would be boasting a Jeepin’ badge [...]

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: Cranberry Walnut Thumbprints

Cranberry Walnut Thumbprints, photo by smalltowngirl

Let it be state for the record that I am NOT vegan, and that I love cookies. These cookies from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar blew every pre-conceived notion of what a vegan cookie should taste like out of the water.

For those of you who don’t already know [...]

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: Peanut Apple Pretzel Drops

photo by smalltowngirl

Christmas is four days away, and I’m curled up in my pajamas with several inches of show outside. My best friend and I are spending this snowy December day experimenting with vegan cookie recipes at her parent’s home in the Chicago suburbs.

"Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar" Cookbook, photo by smalltowngirl

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