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St. Louis Food Bloggers' Meetup

On August 12, Stephanie from Off the Eaten Path St. Louis and I will be hosting an informal food bloggers’ dinner at Bridge Tap House and Wine Bar on Locust Street in downtown St. Louis.
This event is open to any St. Louis area food bloggers or social media friends who’d like to join us, but [...]

Lou Holtz Speaks in St. Louis

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a day-long event in St. Louis where I was able to see, among others, Lou Holtz, speak. Holtz is the former football coach at Notre Dame, so being neither Catholic nor a big college football fan, I was sure how much of what he had to say [...]

Ted Drewes Frozen Custard

It’s Missouri and it’s mid-April, and you’re used to cool, rainy days after a long gray winter. You’ve just run 13.1 miles, and it’s 90 degrees outside. What do you want to do next? Where do you want to go? If your answer doesn’t involved eating Ted Drewes’ Frozen Custard, you may not be a [...]

St. Louis Cardinals Baseball and a Tornado

On Friday night April 22, I sat beside my dad in Busch Stadium as we waited for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds to take the field. Spring in Missouri often means thunderstorms, and the radar predicted an 80-100% chance of rain between 6 p.m. and midnight. We were excited for a Dad/Daughter date night, [...]

St. Louis Sprout & About

St. Louis Sprout & About is a young but quickly growing online publication for St. Louis-area families. From summer camp listings to feature articles about upcoming events in the area, Sprout & About is a great resource for families.
Thank you so much to Beckie and Jessica at Sprout for sponsoring me in the 2011 Go! [...]

Go! St. Louis Half Marathon

30,000 people will make their way through the Go! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend Expo this weekend, and I’ll be among the masses as I pick up my race packet for the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon. I may not be the fastest runner in the pack this weekend, but I’ve become dedicated to [...]

Great Customer Service: Big River Running Company

Can you tell what’s wrong with these running shoes?

Look closer…
Both shoes have a slight rightward lean, and the right shoe is roughly 1/8th of an inch taller than the left.
Still don’t believe me?

Look closely at the silver-colored plastic on the back of the shoe. You can see an indentation in the right shoe that doesn’t [...]

#GreenWineTweetUP

What: A St. Patrick’s Day Parade Run Post-Race Tweetup
Where: Robust Wine Bar
When: Saturday, March 12th from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Drink Specials:
“Green” wine specials (one red wine and one white wine)*
$2 domestic bottles
$1 off Guinness
*These green wines won’t be green in color, but green in spirit. These will be Robust’s featured eco-friendly selections, especially [...]

St. Louis St. Patrick’s Day Parade Run

Although I’ve not been writing much in the last two weeks, a lot has been happening behind the scenes of A Small Town Girl’s Guide. Today I’m excited to announce that Robust Wine Bar and Cafe is my official race sponsor for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Run, a five-mile race that begins and ends [...]

Grace in Small Things (GiST): 2/9/2011

This week’s GiST is dedicated to some of the little things I love about St. Louis, Missouri:
1. Red Bricks.
Lots and lots of red bricks all over the city. Red bricks that are stacked to make fantastic older homes and red bricks that are exposed in the walls of coffee shops and loft apartments all over [...]