Two Cents’ Worth
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Changes to Facebook
In response to some people who were uncomfortable seeing Joe's face appearing on Fb with a blog post, I'm getting ready to switch things to my newly-created Facebook account. All postings will appear there as well as on St. Louis Eats and Drinks. I acknowledge that I haven't taken his name off the blog.
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Joe Pollack
By now many of you gentle readers will have heard our sad news. My dear Joe has left us, far more quietly than was his usual style. I am stunned by the sheer volume of condolence messages, kind words and compliments this has caused in the community of people interested in food, wine, theater, film,
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An Unfortunate Episode
Watch those credit cards. While most errors are innocent, they can still lead you into a trail of confusion and irritation. This is from the St. Louis Magazine blog Relish.
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The Best and Worst of 2100
Well, here we are again — the final week of another year. No movies opening to provide fodder for this space. What to do? Sigh! I know. I'll write about the movies I saw during 2011. I'll make a list of the best — no, even my ego won't allow "best." Besides, what is
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Restaurant Art
Marilynne Bradley, a local artist is having a showing of her paintings of St. Louis restaurants, both past and present. She's even included the Del Taco flying saucer building. Joe wrote about them for Relish, St. Louis Magazine's food blog, and you can read that, including the location and dates here.
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Another Piece of St. Louis History Gone
This summer, we were in London and attended the funeral for Fran Landesman, one of the proprietors of Gaslight Square's legendary Crystal Palace, poet and songwriter. (Barbra Streisand, for one, gives her big props.) She was quite a woman, and the funeral was…quite an experience. You can read the whole tale here in St. Louis
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The Death of Klinghoffer
Trying to discuss politics in the midst of an opera is an interesting idea, but it's well-nigh impossible to make it work. Opera Theatre of St. Louis takes its best shot with "The Death of Klinghoffer," which opened the other night at the Loretto-Hilton Center. John Adams' music and Alice Goodman's libretto, however, offered a
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With The Holidays Upon Us…
With the holidays upon us, so are the movies. Six openings today. The reviews, in order, are: The Fighter I Love You, Phillip Morris Tamara Drewe Leaving Marwencol Tron: Legacy
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Ruby
Every now and then, one brushes against the flow of history. It isn’t a meeting, or any sort of real contact, but more like getting out of someone’s way at the supermarket, or holding a door in a movie theater. I’ve had several, and the Webster Film Series’ showing of “Ruby,” a film of “speculative
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Yummy Architecture
To kick off the holiday season, we'd like to share a little architecture we recently inspected. We haven't been traveling; this is local. And it's different. We encourage the departments of architecture at the local universities to check out these houses and consider the possibilities. Lydia's House, a St. Louis group that provides transitional housing