Wedding Fashion Trends: Frothy
Each day for the next week, we will be showcasing one of our favorite spring/summer 2015 bridal trends. Today's trend: layered, tulle-skirted dresses that pack volume, ideal for a grand wedding entrance.
View ArticleFlying Into the Wind
A guy walks around the corner from Lemp Avenue to Pestalozzi Street, passes the entrance of the Venice Café, then backs up to stare at the little tree out front, its trunk wrapped in a rainbow-striped...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: July 2015
A parked bus in an alley might not seem like A-List material. But as my wife and I discovered at Southwest Diner on a bitterly cold morning in February, it serves as the perfect makeshift waiting room...
View ArticleInside Info: Experimental Aircraft Pilot Dave Doherty
Dave Doherty, president of the local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter, flies funky planes. Doherty and thousands of other experimental aircraft buffs will be in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the...
View ArticleSurround Sound: Robin Sheldon of Soft Surroundings
A conversation with Robin Sheldon, president and founder of Soft Surroundings, which turns 10 this year.
View ArticleThe Dish: Waffle Cone at Ices Plain & Fancy
Since the arrival of Ices Plain & Fancy last summer, the term “brain freeze” has a more literal connotation
View ArticleSnapshot: Earning Her Spots
Dalmatians look like fire dogs—their dotted coats suggestive of fur singed on the job by flame-tips or falling embers...
View ArticleNew Books for July: Read These Now
A collection from poet Devin Johnston, a biography of "young Eliot," and new revelations on women and the blues.
View ArticleNeighborhood Restaurant Recs: Central West End
Editor's Note: The following list also appears in the July 2015 print issue of St. Louis Magazine.
View ArticlePlaying Her Song: Beth Bombara
Beth Bombara’s new self-titled record is her finest yet.
View ArticleBillable Hours: At age 64, chef Bill Cardwell remains at the top of the...
Cardwell owns two local restaurants, Cardwell's at the Plaza and BC's Kitchen near Lake St. Louis
View ArticleNightcap: Water Into Wine
California's prolonged drought could actually produce higher-quality wine.
View ArticleHeat Index: Best Diner Sign, Worst Bus Stop
The 11-foot-wide, 1,800-pound Peacock Loop Diner Sign, which fans out its colorful feathers more than 200 times each hour, won a readers’ choice award from Signs of the Times magazine. The restaurant’s...
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