What could people as disparate as Helen Hunt, Julia Child, and Jeff Bezos possibly have in common? The clue lies in the photograph above showing the newly-opened Montessori Training Center and Lab School in Grand Center. When I toured the facility with founder Dr. Annette Haines, a Washington University graduate and internationally-recognized AMI (Association Montessori…
Category: Art & Architecture
2014 Window Walk Contest Winners: People’s Choice Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Holiday Window Walk Contest which were tallied by Kate Haher, Executive Director of the Central West End North Community Improvement District. The results were released today and are showcased in this and the following post. First: the People's Choice Awards. 1st Place, Retail Category: Enchanting Embellishments, shown in…
Schlafly Branch Library: Part II
There's something to discover in every corner of Schlafly Branch Library and every example of its rich resources seems to contain multi-layers. Learn a language or brush up on language skills: Mango, an online language instruction program, makes it fun to learn something new. Schlafly's foreign language collection includes books in Chinese, shown above, Spanish, and…