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Vaya Con Dos: Two new Mexican-ish restaurants in less-than-likely locales

Slideshow: Photos of Vida Mexican Kitchen y Cantina

Giant Spider Takes Over the Arch!

BREAKING! A gigantic spider has ascended the Gateway Arch and is holding the downtown riverfront district hostage.

Introducing the 2012 RFT Web Awards Finalists

​The good news? The St. Louis online community is alive and well. The bad news? There's so much great content out there, it's extremely difficult to come up with a list of the best of the best. But, hey, this is the Internet. People love them some lists. We'd hate to disappoint. So, then, the ... More >>

November 2011 Openings & Closings

​To begin our monthly roundup of restaurant openings and closings (and closings, with a question mark implied), some final news items from November:- As Gut Check learned when we spoke with co-owner Jennifer Heath a few weeks ago, the new Edwardsville, Illinois, restaurant Cleveland-Heath opened b ... More >>

The Six Creepiest Children In Songs

Happy Halloween! Let's celebrate with a list of the six best cameos from creepy children in song. 6. Michael Jackson - "Little Susie" The inclusion of Michael Jackson on this list has nothing to do with any accusations of inappropriate behavior with children, of which I will always give the man th ... More >>

A Life Told in Dance

Did Senator Claire McCaskill Torpedo St. Louis' Bid for the Democratic Convention?

Image viaU.S. Senator Claire McCaskill​Check out The New York Times this morning on why the Dems chose Charlotte over other contenders for their national convention: St. Louis was widely seen as the next choice to Charlotte...[but] there were broader concerns raised about Missouri....One of the co ... More >>

McCaskill Concerned About St. Louis Nabbing 2012 Democratic Convention

Senator Claire McCaskill hasn't heard that St. Louis will or will not host the 2012 DNC convention. In fact, she hasn't heard a thing and the silence from the White House may not bode well. "I wish I knew. I'm worried that I don't, to tell you the truth," McCaskill told the Post-Dispatch yesterday. ... More >>

Slay Joins Chorus of DNC-Hopeful Mayors Praising Obama's Tax Deal

​Readers of Mayor Francis Slay's blog may have wondered last week why St. Louis' top elected official was so quick to praise President Barack Obama over the contentious tax bill he's working out with Republicans. On Sunday, the New York Times provided an explanation. Slay had to keep up with the m ... More >>

Mother and child reunion in Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture

St. Louis SHOULD Host the 2012 Democratic Convention

flickr.com/photos/local_louisville/​When Democratic officials dropped by St. Louis last week to unofficially check out whether we can handle their next convention, we really showed 'em something. And I'm not talking about Chuck Berry and Nelly (though our native sons did a fine job). What I'm talk ... More >>

Moolah Lounge Bartender Sean McElroy Mixes...An Old-Fashioned!

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This is part one of Alissa Nelson's two-part profile of Moolah Lounge bartender Sean McElroy. Part two, a Q&A with McElroy, will be posted tomorrow. Alissa NelsonIt's an Old-Fashioned -- but that ... More >>

St. Louis Finalist for 2012 Democratic Convention

​The St. Louis bid to host the 2012 Democratic Convention moved one step closer to reality yesterday when the city was named as one of four finalists for the event. Other cities in contention are Charlotte, Cleveland and Minneapolis. The event -- scheduled for the week of September 3, 2012 -- woul ... More >>

Sex and the City struggles to stay forever young

Web of Friendship

Everybody Loves Werther

Whitewash: Some fairy tale! Disney's first black princess can't escape the ghetto.

Drink of the Week: Moët & Chandon White Star

Waldo Jaquith, Wikimedia Commons​Gut Check is thrilled to welcome back one of Riverfront Times' most popular columns, Drink of the Week -- and to introduce its new author, Alicia Lohmar.I had my first cocktail on a trip to Paris with my dad when I was sixteen. We were at a restaurant he called Po ... More >>

Buffaloed

What Do Bess and Stephen Colbert Have in Common?

​RFT staff writer Aimee Levitt and her cat, Bess, continue their culinary adventure.Like every other food blogger in St. Louis and probably the country, I went to see Julie & Julia over the weekend. (It was mandatory. There was a memo and everything.) I enjoyed it. A cat played a minor but alm ... More >>

Still Shakey After All These Years

Breathe Uneasy: St. Louis Ranked Worst City for Asthma

flickr.com/photos/wheatfieldsThe Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America recently came out with its annual ranking of worst cities for asthma. Leading the list is St. Louis. The study, funded by drug company AstraZeneca, took into consideration factors such as a city's air quality, pollen score, po ... More >>

St. Louis: The Sixth Manliest City in the U.S.

Combos Snack Food Ranks St. Louis 6th Manliest City in U.S.

www.combos.comCombos, the pretzel-and-processed-cheese food that comprised an unhealthy proportion of my adolescent snacking, has released a new study revealing the 50 "manliest" cities in the country, and St. Louis ranks sixth! It trails only (in order) Nashville, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Cincinna ... More >>

Combos Snack Food Ranks St. Louis 6th Manliest City in U.S.

www.combos.comCross-posted at Gut Check.Combos, the pretzel-and-processed-cheese food that comprised an unhealthy proportion of my adolescent snacking, has released a new study revealing the 50 "manliest" cities in the country, and St. Louis ranks sixth! It trails only (in order) Nashville, Charlot ... More >>

Anthony Hamilton

8 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Home Sweet Soccer: St. Louis has become part of an international phenomenon

Cheap Sex: Despite the labels and levity, big-screen SATC is a poor-man's knockoff

The Carrie

The Glass Olive
6348 Telegraph Road
314-293-2393

Let’s Talk About Sex

Some drinks should help

D'oh! Red-Light Cameras Come Down

Paris Hilton and Good Charlotte's Benji Madden at Home Nightclub in St. Louis

Charlotte Sometimes

8 p.m. Wednesday, October 24. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

Whip Smart

The new Castlevania lives up to its legacy.

Whatever Happened to Lady Jane?

Fonda's humiliation is only one reason this Monster is such a dog

What's the Most Impulsive Thing You've Ever Done with a Credit Card?

Week of May 26, 2004

Ad-libbing on Tokyo Time

Sofia Coppola and her cast get Lost in Translation

That '60s Show

Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

Stage Fright

Frenchman worries that My Wife Is an Actress

Talk of the Town

More new restaurants to drool over

He Got Game

Bill Laurie has a basketball jones that won't go away. Who cares whether it makes economic sense?

Hoopy Days

NBA-starved St. Louisans get a tantalizing taste of their obsession at an exhibition match

Barbecue

Bandana's Bar-B-Q

Let Them Eat Y2Cake

Dining out at the end of the millennium

Female Transport

By Steve Gooch (Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts)

Almost Famous

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

Smoke Signals

Touring area 'cue joints proves to be a saucy experience

Arachnophilia

Eight-legged beasties take over the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House

Tongue of a Bird

By Ellen McLaughlin (The New Theatre)