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Winter Weather

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Projected High Today, 68 Degrees, Is Total Bullshit

    ​The National Weather Service predicts a high temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit today, which would set a new record high for January 30 in St. Louis (the current record is 67 degrees, set in 1884.) This is complete bullshit.All weekend long, people were gushing about the beautiful weather while ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    How Chicago Sees St. Louis: A Nipple On One Gigantic Bosom

    WGN this morning aired a segment on subliminal messages in weather reports. The image below was allegedly used to illustrate an ice storm that hit the Midwest a year or two ago.  ​Groused a reader today at Chicagoist, which also linked to the image, "As usual, all the best [weather] is south ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    St. Louis Sees First Snow of Winter

    ​It's official. December 27 is the fist snowfall of the 2011-2012 winter. St. Louis picked up about an inch of extremely wet, white-stuff overnight. It won't last long. Temperatures are expected to reach the mid-40s today under partly sunny skies and get even warmer later in the week. No more snow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Holiday Cocktail Countdown #4: Milagro's Spicy Chocolate Martini

    Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    Christmas at the Zoo

    Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

    Hot Snow

    Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Drag Your Ass Out Tonight

    Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2011

    The Nice Age

    Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Delta Flight Skids in Snow Saturday; Plane Carried Kit Bond and Adam Wainwright

    The spring storm that dropped more than four inches of snow Saturday at St. Louis Lambert Field is being blamed for a frightful landing that day. A Delta flight from Atlanta carrying 142 passengers touched down around 5:30 p.m. and briefly skidded off the runway before the pilot was able to correct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Tonight's the Night! Acro-Cat Circus Returns!

    Did you put it on your calendar? Is your BlackBerry beeping? Because tonight's the night! Last month's snowpocalypse saw plenty of things snowed out, and the Amazing Acro-Cat Circus was among them. Their performance at 2720 Cherokee, presented by Cranky Yellow, was canceled, but their rescheduled an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Why Your City Street Continues to Resemble a Swiss Glacier

    The intersection of Chouteau and Vandeventer as photographed this morning.​Daily RFT has fielded several inquiries from readers wanting to know why their St. Louis street remains snow-packed and why the city isn't doing anything about it. Yesterday we got on the blower with City Hall. Here's the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Boston Mayor of 1940s Offers Solution to St. Louis' Ice Problem

    Boston's mayor appealed for M.I.T. engineers to develop flame throwers to help save the city from record snowfall.​Francis Slay is back in town. The St. Louis mayor arrived home Wednesday via Amtrak after his flight from California was canceled Monday due to Midwest snow storms.  One of the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Snowed-Out Feline Absurdity Returns to the Lou

    Certainly the most unfortunate casualty of the Giant Storm that Wasn't was Tuesday's scheduled performance of the Amazing Acro-Cat Circus. A troupe of house cats trained by Chicago's Amazing Animals by Samantha, the cats performed amazing feats and rocked out Monday night at 2720 Cherokee, sponsored ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Tonight's Stanley Clarke and Hiromi Show Postponed; Residency to Start Tomorrow

    Although the weather is (very slowly) starting to clear out a bit, the reverberations from the winter storm gripping most of the eastern half of the country continue. Tonight's Stanley Clarke and Hiromi shows at Jazz at the Bistro are cancelled due to "flight cancellations coming into Lambert Airpor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    St. Louis Region Hit with Snow; Some Areas Receive a Foot of White Stuff

    Schools are canceled, and the flakes are still coming down. Here are the most recent snowfall totals from the National Weather Service:​According to the weather service, St. Louis picked up seven inches of snow at Forest Park. In my sliver of south-central St. Louis, I'm seeing about five inches ( ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Delmar Boulevard Freeze Out

    Schools are canceled, and the flakes are still coming down. Here are the most recent snowfall totals from the National Weather Service:​According to the weather service, St. Louis picked up seven inches of snow at Forest Park. In my sliver of south-central St. Louis, I'm seeing about five inches ( ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2010

    Cleanup on the Bulk Aisle: Somebody overindulged at winter's theater buffet

    Schools are canceled, and the flakes are still coming down. Here are the most recent snowfall totals from the National Weather Service:​According to the weather service, St. Louis picked up seven inches of snow at Forest Park. In my sliver of south-central St. Louis, I'm seeing about five inches ( ... More >>

  • Music

    May 5, 2010

    The Nadas

    9 p.m. Thursday, May 6. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

  • Music

    April 14, 2010

    Hurricane Bells

    8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Cold Blood In Kansas City: Snow Plow Driver Shot on the Job

    Image Via​There's a reason Kansas City is nicknamed Killa City: our counterparts on Missouri's west side have almost as many shootings as we do-- and that's saying something. But just when the violence starts to seem routine, someone goes and busts a cap in a snow plow driver. Talk about in cold b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    What a Bunch of Snow-Wimp Crybabies! KSDK Channel 5's Ryan Dean Calls You Out

    Quoth KSDK Channel 5's Ryan Dean this morning: "I don't wanna make people here feel bad of course but...."Whoa stop, Ryan. You're probably about to make people feel bad. On television. His point: three to five inches is nothing. [inches of snow] But Daily RFT understands his point. As a schoolboy gr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2009

    Family Heirlooms

    Grow your own!

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Thursday, 2.5

    In today's news: peanut butter.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Why I'm a Print Journalist...

    This morning I was again reminded why I choose to toil in the lowly field of print media and not broadcast journalism. Sure, television reporters earn much more money than we lowly newspaper scribes. And, yes, I certainly have the chiseled good looks to be a TV anchor man, or even a Hollywood star l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2008

    Pole Position

    Santa's interests are varied

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

    Santa's interests are varied

  • Calendar

    September 5, 2007

    Ready, Willing and Abell

    Santa's interests are varied

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    Timber!

    Chain saws at the ready, AmerenUE confronts the vestiges of the '06 storms.

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    Ron Sexsmith

    Time Being (Ironworks)

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2007

    Little Plants on the Prairie

    Time Being (Ironworks)

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2006
  • Calendar

    December 6, 2006

    'Tis the Season for Tradition

    Time Being (Ironworks)

  • Calendar

    December 21, 2005

    Sidecar

    Drink -- then let these guys drive

  • Music

    September 1, 2004

    M83

    Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Mute)

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Play (Snow) Ball!

    Bring gloves and mittens

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2003

    Omni-potent

    The Science Center's Omnimax Theater offers up four great adventure films (don't forget the Dramamine)

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Frame Shop

    The Framery

  • Film

    January 2, 2002

    Series/Festivals

    Week of January 2, 2002

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000
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