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2003 Stories by Rose Martelli

• Final Fling

  published December 31, 2003

  Must we always wake up on January 1 with the most killer hangover? Barbaric! What sort of way is that to kick off our list of New Year's... More >>

• Three for Tea

  published December 31, 2003

  My newest New Year's resolution is to figure out a way for all of my girlfriends and me to achieve independent wealth very quickly. And then, once... More >>

• Hill-Swallowing

  published December 24, 2003

  The inspiration for the new half-cookbook, half-neighborhood memoir The Hill: Its History -- Its Recipes struck St. Louis book publisher... More >>

• A Curious Grace

  published December 17, 2003

  It's the holiday season, and you know what that means -- the NFL playoffs are right around the corner, which, in turn, means more Miller Light... More >>

• Crossroads

  published December 17, 2003

  When I was growing up in New Jersey, "fancy" meant Saturday-night dinner at the Wedgewood Cafeteria. This was an old, high-ceilinged restaurant a... More >>

• Shootout Freak-Out

  published December 10, 2003

  THUR 12/11 Today's high school basketball stars become tomorrow's NBA legends -- these days, sometimes literally overnight. And when... More >>

• The Toys of Our Lives

  published December 10, 2003

  SUN 12/14 The ultra-rare Japanese mini-Boba-Fett-toy prototype is priceless. It sits atop a table at the Toy Man Toy Show, gleaming... More >>

• Go Get Santa a Bucket, Kid

  published December 3, 2003

  SAT 12/6 Are you one of those folks who cringe at America's month-long conversion into a twinkling, tinsel-wrapped Hallmark-world? Is... More >>

• How Green Was My Refrigerator

  published December 3, 2003

  Nine of us had the time of our lives the other Saturday night at Felix's. We were camped out in the back of the dining room -- where... More >>

• Sweet Science o' Mine

  published November 26, 2003

  WED 11/26 We think boxing is beautiful, baby, and on Thanksgiving eve at Savvis Center (1401 Clark Avenue), you can see nineteen... More >>

• Dora and Her Steam Shovel Are Missing!

  published November 19, 2003

  Immersing kids in the world of live theater has both immediate and long-lasting benefits. In the long term, this immersion will instill in them a... More >>

• Just Passing Through

  published November 19, 2003

  "What brings you to St. Louis?" a gracious hostess asked as she ushered us toward a formally appointed table for two at Capri. My friend... More >>

• What a Difference a Gay Makes

  published November 12, 2003

  Once you get to know writer/singer/performer Jade Esteban Estrada -- the man behind the one-man show Icons: The Lesbian and Gay History of the... More >>

• The Bright Side of Life

  published November 5, 2003

  FRI 11/7 And now for something halfway different. Not three years after Monty Python alum Eric Idle circuited the country with his... More >>

• Red Sox Fans, Take Heart

  published November 5, 2003

  When she answers her phone in Los Angeles, Andrea Marcovicci isn't in a great frame of mind. The Boston Red Sox have just been eliminated from... More >>

• Rock the Boat

  published November 5, 2003

  The Loop owes its boho reincarnation of a couple decades ago to the burgers, beers and darts of Joe Edwards' Blueberry Hill, and Edwards will soon... More >>

• He Who Must Not Be Named

  published October 29, 2003

  Why bother going all the way to Universal Studios in Florida, or renting one of the Harry Potter movies, or even reading a Harry Potter book at... More >>

• Michigan Rag

  published October 22, 2003

  There are almost six million experimental film festivals currently in operation or in the planning stages in America alone. Not really, but it... More >>

• Shackle Up

  published October 22, 2003

  On Sunday, a new restaurant group makes its formal debut here in St. Louis. By "restaurant group" I do not mean a conglomerate like Riese... More >>

• Irony Attracts

  published October 15, 2003

  SAT 10/18 Randy Newman earned his reputation with darkly ironic songs like "Rednecks" and "Sail Away" long before becoming the beloved... More >>

• Golden Shower of Advice

  published October 8, 2003

  Dan Savage loves us -- Midwesterners, that is, and not just because his Chicago upbringing makes him one of us by birth. The renowned love... More >>

• K by Me

  published October 8, 2003

  What made me start to fall in love with Kitchen K was not the look of it (though, housed in the high-ceilinged, ground-floor space of the... More >>

• Maher Where That Came From

  published October 1, 2003

  Bill Maher bears no grudge against us. Even though, two years ago, St. Louis' ABC affiliate was one of the first TV stations in the country to... More >>

• Party Like Grandpa

  published September 24, 2003

  Tired of taking dates for wings and Bud Light at T.G.I. Friday's before catching the new David Spade flick? Burned-out on cover bands at B.J.... More >>

• Good Enough; Smart Enough; Liberals Like Him

  published September 17, 2003

  WED 9/17 Robert Frost's maxim rings all too true these days: "A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel."... More >>