Followup to Sportsman’s Park Post and Blackie Schwamb

Tough matchup for the Cards in Game 4 of the World Series tonight as hard throwing lefty Derek Holland goes 8 1/3 and shuts them out. Followup to my previous post about Sportsman’s Park last week before Game 1 Found a great...

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World Series Starts Tonight — Reflection on Sportsman’s Park

With the Cardinals advancing to the World Series for the 3rd time in 7 years and the 18th time overall in 2011 my interest in Cardinal history has been reawakened.  Something I’ve long thought about was the previous home...

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2720 Cherokee Live Music Venue

I went to a concert at 2720 Cherokee Friday night and thought I would post about it since it is a relatively new edition to both the STL live music scene and the Cherokee streetscape.  The venue is located 2 blocks west of...

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City Museum Founder Bob Cassilly Passes Away Suddenly

I read the news late last night that Bob Cassilly had died suddenly in an accident at his Cementland project in the Baden/Riverview area on the far north side of St. Louis City.  I wanted post about it because there are few...

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Downtown STL Was Alive All Weekend (Taste of St. Louis and Peabody Opera House)

Lots of events going on this fall weekend in St. Louis! I made it Downtown both Saturday and Sunday for the Taste of St. Louis and then the Cardinal game Sunday afternoon. The weather was absolutely beautiful and thousands of...

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Stopped By The Balloon Glow In Forest Park Friday

I stopped by the balloon glow in Forest Park on Friday.  This is the warm up to the balloon race that takes places each fall in Forest Park.  All the participants of the race set up their balloons in central field in Forest...

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