If ever you find yourself in Cape Girardeau, Missouri craving a burrito the size of your head, there’s only one solution to your problem: Burrito Ville. Why? Because, according to Burrito Ville’s sign, “Beans are Good For Your:” (fill in the blank).
I found Burrito Vill via recommendations by twitter friends, and oh. my. goodness. For [...]
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 If you didn’t grow up in a small Midwestern town, it might be tough to understand the relative significance of being the cheerleader who could do backflips or the running back who was interviewed on the local radio station on Saturday mornings after big games. I bought my first digital SLR camera on Camera Street in Hong Kong in November of 2006, and I’ve carried with me through a number of countries, states and cities on countless adventures, large and small. My career may be in nonprofits, but I need reminders like this one of just how important philanthropy is – not just for the recipients of a volunteer’s time and resources, but for the volunteer himself. Through my teens and twenties, I always respected and admired distance runners. When I turned twenty-eight, I started a new job that sometimes requires long hours. It’s not uncommon to see coworkers in the office at all hours of the day or night, on weekends and on holidays. When I picked up my half-marathon training [...] Yesterday was a 5K in Festus, Missouri called the “Partners in Wellness 5K Fun Run/Walk”. Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Twin City Days and the Jefferson County Family YMCA (a branch of the YMCA of Greater St. Louis) worked together to sponsor this run. I book-ended the summer of 2010 with float trips; one on Memorial Day and one on Labor Day. I used Bass River Resort for both floats, the first of which was along the Courtois Creek from Highway 8 to Bass River, and the second of which was from Bass River to Onandaga State Park. Though not an exclusively Missourian past time, I think that float trips are one of Missouri’s most popular summertime recreations. If you’ve never heard of a float trip, it’s exactly what it sounds like – a trip that centers on floating in a river. |
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