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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. [...] When: Tonight What Time:5 PM Where: Casa Gallardo at Westport (462 Westport Plaza Dr.) Who: Any St. Louis tweeps who want to get together for chips, salsa, drinks or dinner. We chose this location since it’s kid-friendly. tweet me @milligfunk if you have questions. I hope to see you there! *** Small Town Girl Note: For a post-tweet-up recap, click here. 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 [...] Last Friday, my friend Josh and I went to the Maplewood Arts Walk, where we had the pleasure of watching a very unique trio of women perform a dance that involved large wooden sticks, jingle bells sewn to their knees, and funny hats. They frolicked through the performance space to live violin, wooden flute, accordion and guitar music, clanking their [...] It’s my personal policy not to get onto my back for any man within the first three minutes that I’ve known him. Sunday, November 22, 2009, however, was a rare exception. Mattress Shopping, photo by smalltowngirl Vintage Vinyl, photo by smalltowngirl In the days before the internet, when a small town girl was forced to drive 70 miles to buy any album that wasn’t mainstream, Vintage Vinyl was where I went. In 2009, when a small town girl who’s heart is a Brooklynite is aching for a sense of connection to St. Louis [...] Bee Tree Park 1, photo by smalltowngirl I spent my Sunday tooling around South County St. Louis in a convertible, taking in the sunshine and enjoying good company. After a great omelet and coffee and First Watch, we headed to Bee Tree Park to get some exercise. The park sits along the Mississippi River and has concrete and gravel [...] For those of you who don’t already know this, I’m a classically trained musician. Despite my classical training and despite having lived an hour from St. Louis for eighteen years of my life, I had never seen the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra perform in Powell Symphony Hall. There’s a first for everything, and this weekend I [...] |
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