St. Louis balloon artist Thad James is one of the balloonatics profiled by the RFT's Aimee Levitt in this week's issue (which hit many news boxes this afternoon.) To accompany the feature story, James, who goes by "Sammy J" during his balloon-twisting gigs around the Metro area, allowed us to document a night at Culver's restaurant in south St. Louis County. James works the room, going from table to table for two hours during dinner. Some patrons left tips, others didn't appear to. James sa
