Lance Armstrong and friends may have finished their epic bike journey through France, but our friends at La Dolce Via (4474 Arco Avenue; Web site) plan to prolong the moment under the assumption that eating a well-prepared dinner is much more fun than pedaling a bike uphill through the Vosges Mountains. So this Thursday, August 6, chef Ramon Cuffie will prepare a four-course prix fixe French meal at the Forest Park Southeast cafe.The cost is $40 per person ($50 with three flights of wine), wh
Photo: Nick LucchesiThe entire press conference was filmed to be included in the television series.To hype his upcoming reality show Shaq VS., Shaquille O'Neal, the 17-year NBA icon, mixed friendly smack-talk and humble sentiments at the opportunity to face Albert Pujols in a home run derby Thursday afternoon in O'Fallon, Missouri."St. Louis, Michigan, how are you?" O'Neal joked after sitting down at the conference table, positioned on the shadeless rooftop of the Four Seasons hotel downtown.
tourofmissouri.comThe "Missouri" HostessesIn its three-year existence, the Tour of Missouri has blossomed to become one of the premier bicycle races in the nation. But how do we, the sedentary general public who can't tell the difference between a bike fork and a salad fork, know this? It's not because of all the cyclists and their foreign accents who've descended upon our state this week. Nor that Spandex prices momentarily skyrocket in Missouri this same time every year. No, we know the Tou
twitter.com/PodiumLadiesJen Caudill (left) and Erin HaneyWe were wrong. We admit it. Yesterday Daily RFT published a screed about how the hostesses (the women who stand on the podium and kiss the winning bicyclists) for the Tour of Missouri are not Missourians. The "PodiumLadies" (as they're known) are Jen Caudill and Erin Haney from Atlanta, Georgia. In yesterday's post we stated: You think over in Europe the Tour de France imports its hostesses from
the Republic of Georgia? Hell, no! They u
Lance occasionally enjoys a cocktail.Details are emerging on that endorsement deal we mentioned yesterday between cyclist Lance Armstrong and Michelob Ultra. Armstrong was in St. Louis yesterday to publicly unveil the endorsement at the AB brewery on Pestalozzi Street. According to an article today on BusinessWeek's website, Armstrong inked a three-year deal with AB InBev that will have the seven-time Tour de France champ appearing in two Michelob Ultra commercials as well as lending his name
