Any drive down Arsenal on Sunday afternoon might result in spotting a group of grown-ups taking advantage of Tower Grove Park's many baseball diamonds, but the players on the field aren't throwing around a baseball or softball, or even using the dirt infield for game of soccer. Nope, it's kickball. Thanks to a sharp-witted reader, someone noticed this and sent it to folks at The Onion. Full article here.
This Saturday St. John's Episcopal Church (3664 Arsenal Street) hosts the second St. Louis Community Farmers' Market of the season. The market runs from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The market's Web site includes a list of confirmed and likely vendors.The St. Louis Community Farmers' Market meets on the first Saturday of each month through April.- Ian Froeb
Recently, I put together some of my very favorite coaching meltdowns of all time. I was pretty happy with the list, even though there were a few that I simply couldn't include; I wanted to keep it to five, and I am a man of my word. So overall, I thought it was a pretty good list. In the comments section of that post, though, a man by the name of Steve opened my eyes to something I knew absolutely nothing about. International coaching meltdowns. Now, don't get me wrong here, I'm perfectly well a
flickr.com/photos/hernanvalenciasSolo goaltending for the U.S. Olympic team.And that is a good thing, writes Jason Zengerle in a brief profile in The Atlantic of St. Louis Athletica goalie Hope Solo.Solo's polarizing persona is what makes her so crucial to the new
league's fortunes. The last professional women's soccer league in the
U.S., the Women's United Soccer Association, lasted only three
seasons -- largely because it lacked edge. "The WUSA sort of had a focus
on preteen, ponytailed gir
Unreal was cruising past Tower Grove Park yesterday when, at Gustine Avenue and Arsenal Street, what should we spy but a large poem along the roadside!A stray poem at Arsenal and GustinePoem for South City The birds chirp serenity and every third step I smell her on my breathThe park rangers hate usWe love what we hate so muchWe kill for itCAPITALISM WILL BURNTerrorize PoeticallyI LOVE YOU
