Unreal could not help but notice that the number of inaugural parties here last night far exceeded that of National Day of Service work sites on Monday. And who are we to complain? Apologies to our new President, but who would want to celebrate his glorious, glorious inauguration by working?And so we dreamily perused the list of parties until our eye lit upon this: "Join Dance Discovery in celebrating this historic presidential inauguration in grand style with dances from the 1800s: waltzes, qua
The Post-Dispatch story yesterday on the race riot 60 years ago at the old Fairgound Park swimming pool stirred up some horrid memories of St. Louis' not-so distant past. It also left open a question about the city's future. Namely, how come this city with its insufferable summers (the heat index is 102 as I write this) doesn't have a large, swimming hole that could serve as a default beach for the community? We used to have one. It was the massive swimming pool at Fairground Park. Here's a phot
flickr.com/photos/34748725@N00From the Museum of Funeral Customs (RIP). Unreal has long been plotting a brief jaunt up to Springfield, Illinois, not only to satisfy our Lincoln fix, but also to consume horseshoe sandwiches and visit the Museum of Funeral Customs.Alas, while Lincoln's tomb, house and museum all still stand and Jane and Michael Stern's estimable Roadfood website has several horseshoe recommendations, we were disappointed to learn that the Museum of Funeral Customs has closed
Namesake Thomas Jefferson was never fat.​The Jefferson County Health Department recently released an assessment on the health of its residents. The results? Not good. The survey found that...30.3 percent of residents are at risk for stroke due to obesity23.5 percent have high cholesterol42 percent use tobacco and more Jefferson County residents die of lung cancer and other smoking-related deaths each year than the Missouri averageMore Jefferson County residents also die of diabetes each
