Ann Lemons Pollack
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Easter Chocolate
I know. Easter is tomorrow. But we couldn't get this out until late yesterday for technical reasons, and what I found is mouthwatering. Plus, the photos are fun. Look here.
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Cod Squad 2014: Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox
It's a mild challenge to locate Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church. But think of it as an Easter egg hunt and begin at I-44 and Jefferson Avenue. (Further directions at the bottom of this report.) The churchyard – and there is no other word for it than that evocative, old-fashioned one - is lovely and
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New York City: Eisenberg’s
Some kids fantasized about Hollywood. I fantasized about New York. Blame the movies. Forget the palm trees, give me yellow taxicabs and Gershwin's brass as background music. And, being a reader, I read about New York. Voraciously. Somewhere in all those years, with decades between visits, I learned about Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop. When I began
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Cabaret
Baseball teams win pennants when many players have what's termed "career years" – when their abilities peak. And so it is with Stray Dog Theatre's "Cabaret", when a number of actors we've watched for some time give peak performances. The idea of casting a woman as the Emcee is a striking one, but the context
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Flashback: Top Of the Riverfront
It's been a busy year for closings, and here's one that holds lots of memories for certain generations: http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/April-2014/Memory-Lane-Top-of-the-Riverfront/
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Gamlin Whiskey House
It's madness, madness, I tell you, to expect a quiet dinner in a restauant with the word "whiskey" in its name. Coming from the Gamlin brothers (of Sub Zero Vodka Bar, and the same rule of thumb applies there), it's a fair bet that at Gamlin Whiskey House, the meat will be tasty, the cocktails
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Cod Squad, 2014: St. Stephen Protomartyr, St. Louis
St. Stephen Protomartyr, in the heart of south St. Louis, is so proud of its Lenten fish fries they advertise in the newspaper. Red flag to a bull? Sort of. It's a larger menu than average, they serve beer and it's possible to buy a single fish taco or a shrimp, for instance, if you
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Alumni Saint Louis
Mutterings about parking for events at the Peabody Opera House, especially when there's something on at the Scottrade Center now may have a solution, at least if you want dinner, or at least heavy apps and a drink, beforehand. Eric Brenner, whom many of us remember from Moxy in the Central West End, brings us
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Ghost The Musical
Good dancing: Does it outweigh a tear-jerker story? "Ghost" is playing at the Peabody Opera House, a story of Love From Beyond among Gen X. It can't be Gen Y – they make jokes about how unfashionable it is to live in Brooklyn, and how inexpensive, too. Or maybe that's how they establish that this