Aug

There Ismostly There’s Asubstantial Section Devoted To St: Nicki’s Central West End Guide

admin

controlled chaos, evening attire, fashion season, strappy heels, world of fashion

Tofirst words Junko Eccles used totalk abouther studio corner wereto describetolightin this studio up in totreetops it floods toroom from tonorth and west.

When she painted in a little gallery on Euclid until recently, sheused watercolorsand would exhibit withfriends from St Watercolor Society, she iscurrently working in oil. Louis. If you wanted to get house out Wednesday evening and find something different to do in toneighborhood, you could have learned which fruit trees are tobest to grow in Missouri at Bowood Farms on Olive Street, and how to combine antiques with modern furniture at Design Within Reach on Maryland Plaza.

At Bowood Farms, Alan Branhagan was tosecond speaker in tostore’s Garden Guru series. He’s Heartland horticulture director Harvest Garden at Powell Gardens in Kansas City. There isthere’s asubstantial section devoted to St. Essentially, louis mystery authors, of which there arelook, there’re about twenty. Ed said it’s probably John Lutz, when asked whois tomost popular among them. A well-known fact that is. There arethere’re occasional book signings at tostore which I will put in my what’s happening column as Ilearn about them.

dress stores

TheVino Gallery recyclesglass and wine corks, to further toorganic theme.

That was music to my ears as we have a collection of corks around here, and nowthey can be recycled forshoe soles, or whatever elsecork recyclers dream up. Remember, about sixty people came to hear Mr. Branhagan’s suggestions for tobest fruit trees and shrubs for our climate, and companion plantings to keep pests frommunching ontoriches. Trees Two he mentioned, Carolina Bell, a peach tree with fruit that tastes like a peach should, and Arkansas Black, a great apple tree for our hot summers, are among tomany available at Bowood. Pachysandra, there was some uneasy shifting in toseats by toaudience, when he talked about using mint as a groundcover instead of for instance. Basically, branhagan countered.

Orinto construction, be sure and see Articles of Dress at toCraft Alliancein UCity, So in case you are at all into fashion. Now look, the exhibition opened on Friday night and continues until May As I wandered about I couldn’t help but wonder what magic mushroom toartists consumed to come up with their concepts tomaterials used are extremely clever. Anyway, marjorie, a fiber artist, utilizes necktieswhich she cuts apartas fabricfor her pieced art. There arethere’re baskets and baskets of ties in tostudio arranged in accordance with color. Besides, she is working in this medium since to70’s, and over these many years has developed many friendships in toSt. Louis art community. At one timeMarjorie had a studio on Compton Avenuewithfiber artist and former CWEnder Jane Sauer,whose art basket is on permanent display at toAmerican Craft Museum in NY. Painter Mary Sprague, and nationallyknown printmaker Peter Marcus were also in that building on Compton. She maintains a great friendship withher mentor,artist Leslie Laskey,another CWE resident.

From there over to Design Within Reach to meet interior designers Retta Leritz DiFate Zachary Cramberg, whoare part of tostore’s Elements of Design series.

Toduo, who form Schoen Wahl designlab, was featured in Saint Louis At Home magazine. Certainly, that is certainly tocase with Big Sleep. Besides, saturday looking for tolateScandinavian author Steig Larsson’s latest book, The Girl Who Played with Fire. Ed King, amid to owners whohandles toweekend shift, said that Scandinavian authors are really hot at the moment, and that their style reminds him of what toBrits did in toearly days oftomystery genre.

Amongst to pleasures of shopping at Straub’s is getting to know tofriendly people who work there. One recent evening, Joan Millett held up a can of cocoa powder and a jar of chili powder and said, By the way I have this great recipe for pork tenderloin with a cocoa rub, would you wish a copy, this is the case right? It turns out that torecipe is from Cook’s Illustrated, a magazine whose staff is known for testing and retesting recipes until theyget it right. Of course, topork is served with a deliciousmangorelish. Seriously. You could substitute pineapple quite successfully, So if you can’t find a ripe mango. Thanks to Joan and Cook’s Illustrated for this great recipe. The porkwould alsobe fabulous cooked on togrill, when toweather perks up again.

Drummond mentioned aboutique in LA, Jane Doe John Doe, and astore that will opensoon in NY, Parker Page, when asked wherehis clothing can be found.

You can track him down in his downtown studio via phone or website, Alas, there was not a boutique that carries his line locally. I’m sure that the shop at239 Euclidhas a core followingfrom toneighborhood and beyond.

Now pay attention please. As a matter of fact, beingaround tocorner from toChase ParkPlaza had been a double pleasure. Eventually, european hotel guests as they explore toneighborhood, andbasically consequently to be able to discuss with them mystery authors from their respectivecountries. Big Sleep’s website. You should take it into account. Friends from their days at St since King and Peter Simpn. Louis University High School, and later partners in Big Sleep,at to1988 ribbon cutting with Cardinal players Willie McGee, Terry Pendleton and Ozzie Smith. Chris King was an actor who performed in Gaslight heyday Square, and Peter Simpson a poet who taught at SIUE. Helen Simpson, Peter’s widow, and Ed King, Chris’s son, carry on totradition. Now, a NY Times Notable title, to a customer since King aboverecommending The Good Thief. His words were, This one will make your socks roll up and down.

tothird artist included in toexhibition is MassachusettsbasedSusan Freda, whose sculpted slippersCinderella would not have left behind. Chattanooga artist John Petreysculpted this skirt child’s dress out of roof shingles, of all things, andtobodice has copper wire woven through it. However, tomaterials are attached directly totodressforms inthis and all tofollowing pieces. Nonetheless, with playing cards for toskirt. Has an aluminum bodice and a skirt made of plastic spoons, ohn Petrey formed this bodice dress with dark red bottle caps and dicebuttons. John Petrey’sLalita is made from dark blue bottle caps and vintage shoe tags. Finally,toshow stopper Petrey’s Gwyethis made entirely of hammered silver bottle caps with a ‘bottlecap’ ribbon thatwinds around todress.