When I stopped by to say hello to Debbie Gibbens, the proprietor of Libby's at 4742 McPherson, she said she had just renewed the lease on her CWE location for an additional five years. Libby's opened almost three years ago (see first post here) in the handsome space formerly occupied for many years by Bissinger's,…
Author: Nicki
New City School 4th Graders garden for others
One blustery February afternoon New City School 4th graders and their teachers were introduced to an urban garden they were adopting as part of a curriculum on citizenship. The fruits of the children's farming efforts were to benefit two food pantries in the Central West End, one at Trinity Church and the other at Second…
Meet designer Emily Brady Koplar
Emily Wai Ming Brady (Koplar) was interested in clothing starting at a very young age and would sketch outfits she would like to wear. She was encouraged by her parents with the gift of her first sewing machine at age 11. She wore the free-spirited clothing she made to a Kirkwood grade school, but when…