I did a double-take Saturday morning when I noticed a sign advertising "Dog Pizza on Weekends" next door to The Wine Press, on Olive east of Taylor. I have enjoyed watching the renovation of numerous buildings in the 4400 block of Olive over the past five years or so, including several successful condominium buildings developed…
Category: Events, Sightings
Dining Underground in Forest Park
Follow the path around the statue of German-American Civil War General Franz Sigel at the Union Avenue entrance to Forest Park, past the cat tails, and you may come across Marie Jary and her husband, architect Sandy Talley (above), putting the final touches on a pop-up dining pavilion that has finally come to fruition after…
Celebrating Flag Day
Tomorrow, June 14, is Flag Day, the 235th Anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by the Continental Congress in 1777. A google search on Flag Day led to usflag.org maintained by Duane Streufert who has done extensive research on the celebration. To paraphrase Streufert, "after three decades of local celebrations around the…