For South County’s Patty Renschen, Uncle Lou was that gentleman relative she’d see at holidays growing up, the one who dressed well and had a bit of worldliness about him.
Since we’ve been abuzz lately about random acts of kindness, here’s one more, in the hopes it might lead to another ...
As any good journalist, Jaime Mowers never sought to be the subject of a story, never thought she’d be on the opposite side of the notebook. But on June 29, 2014, Mowers’ father, Gary Baranyai…
Does anyone else feel as if we were on a two-month amusement park ride with the St. Louis Blues?
Well that was fun, these past two spring months of total immersion in a winter sport. We are going to press and I don’t yet know the outcome of Game 7; regardless, I’m going to miss the boys i…
On Jan. 3, 1991, the St. Louis Blues beat the Quebec Nordiques in a wild, 8-7 affair that was memorable for three reasons: I was on a date with some guy I had met at a wedding the weekend befo…
For Ted Drewes’ 90th birthday, a Ted Drewes story. This one starts in 1954, when a DuBourg student named Barbara Bradburn got a summer job as a carhop at the Chippewa location just a few block…
The last time the Blues played for the Stanley Cup, Larry Wigge was in his first season of covering the NHL for The Sporting News, the venerable old baseball magazine. Wigge was tasked with co…
There was the time, during a spring not so long ago, where he wore a tiny, paper mortarboard in a tiny, Presbyterian pre-school gym, grinning from ear-to-ear. I have pictures.
“How any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension.”
This week marks the 100th celebration of Children’s Book Week, the nation’s longest-running literacy initiative.
If all went well last night, the St. Louis Blues’ first game of the second round of the NHL playoffs ended with a 1980s dance tune reverberating throughout the Enterprise Center.
Tom Krauska would like you to spend some time outside this weekend.
National Library Week is the annual celebration that highlights the role libraries play in our lives and our communities. It’s not just books; it’s lifelong learning. Libraries are community c…
A bread-sliced cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera (or as you and I know it, “BreadCo”) yields 10-11 slices. That’s 10-11 chances for crunchy, cinnamon-y goodness made easy to enjoy on any given…
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As any good journalist, Jaime Mowers never sought to be the subject of a story, never thought she’d be on the opposite side of the notebook. But on June 29, 2014, Mowers’ father, Gary Baranyai, was shot and killed in the most tragic of circumstances: in an unexplicable, violent attack by a f…
Does anyone else feel as if we were on a two-month amusement park ride with the St. Louis Blues?
Well that was fun, these past two spring months of total immersion in a winter sport. We are going to press and I don’t yet know the outcome of Game 7; regardless, I’m going to miss the boys in the Blues jerseys.
On Jan. 3, 1991, the St. Louis Blues beat the Quebec Nordiques in a wild, 8-7 affair that was memorable for three reasons: I was on a date with some guy I had met at a wedding the weekend before; Brett Hull, in the midst of an astonishing 86-goal season, scored the game-winner; and an avalan…
For Ted Drewes’ 90th birthday, a Ted Drewes story. This one starts in 1954, when a DuBourg student named Barbara Bradburn got a summer job as a carhop at the Chippewa location just a few blocks from her St. Louis Hills home. That’s right. A carhop. Our favorite frozen custard stand didn’t al…
The last time the Blues played for the Stanley Cup, Larry Wigge was in his first season of covering the NHL for The Sporting News, the venerable old baseball magazine. Wigge was tasked with covering an entire league from one expansion-city outpost.
There was the time, during a spring not so long ago, where he wore a tiny, paper mortarboard in a tiny, Presbyterian pre-school gym, grinning from ear-to-ear. I have pictures.
This week marks the 100th celebration of Children’s Book Week, the nation’s longest-running literacy initiative.
If all went well last night, the St. Louis Blues’ first game of the second round of the NHL playoffs ended with a 1980s dance tune reverberating throughout the Enterprise Center.
Tom Krauska would like you to spend some time outside this weekend.
National Library Week is the annual celebration that highlights the role libraries play in our lives and our communities. It’s not just books; it’s lifelong learning. Libraries are community centers that provide meeting spaces and media of all kinds, and we are lucky to have them.
A bread-sliced cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera (or as you and I know it, “BreadCo”) yields 10-11 slices. That’s 10-11 chances for crunchy, cinnamon-y goodness made easy to enjoy on any given morning.
One of the more delightful storylines of the week was watching the Saint Louis University Billikens win their way to the NCAA Tournament.
There are 347 colleges who play Division I men’s basketball, and only 64 get to play in the NCAA Tournament. Only one March basketball tournament boasts a capital “T,” and it’s not the one down the road at Holy Redeemer.
“A golden hearted woman with a sharp tongue and a keen wit.” That’s how Lula Naff was described in the Nashville Tennessean in the 1960 obituary for “America’s most picturesque theater manager.”
Affton High School may be one of the most underestimated public high schools in the region. There’s a Hollywood connection: John Goodman is among its alumni, and the building itself made an appearance in a major motion picture, 2009’s “Up in the Air,” with Affton playing the role of fictiona…
Last Sunday morning, when I woke up to freezing rain glazing the neighborhood, my first thought was of gratitude: Thankful I was able to squeeze into the last pew at St. Elizabeth’s 4:30 p.m. mass the night before and didn’t have to go anywhere.
