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St. Louis Cellars

Wines, photo by MilliGFunk

Angela Ortmann of @StLWineGirl was kind enough to take me as her guest to a St. Louis Cellars Wine Club event in February, and I had a great time.

photo by MilliGFunk

St. Louis Cellars only carries wines that are

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:

Picasso's Coffee House in Old St. Charles, Missouri

Picasso's Coffee House, photo by MilliGFunk

Work required me to travel to St. Charles yesterday, so I took advantage of the opportunity to have a quick cup of coffee in Historic Downtown St. Charles with my friend Elizabeth (@ekcutshall) and two of her three kiddos.

I went to college in a very old Louisiana river town, [...]

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. [...]

Casa Gallardo Tweetup

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!

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Small Town Girl Note: For a post-tweet-up recap, click here.

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 [...]

Recap: #stlchristmaslighttweetup

The latest St. Louis-area twitter meet-up took place on Tuesday night in O’Fallon, Missouri. A small group of hard core tweeps bundled up for the cool air and fought St. Louis rainy day traffic to walk through the Celebration of Lights.

@meghoulihan gave us the VIP walk-through, complete with behind-the-scenes stories about the display. The total tweet-up [...]

Maplewood Arts Walk I: Joining a Dance Troupe

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 [...]

The Glass Olive

G is for Glass Olive, photo by smalltowngirl

One thing I’ve learned about St. Louisans is that a clear hierarchy exists between city, county, and small town Missouri. The majority of the St. Louis City residents I’ve met look down on St. Louis County. And the majority of the St. Louis County residents I’ve met have made jokes [...]

Smalltowngirl Gets Horizontal

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