2006 |
Spring |
Ann Arbor, Mi Amor |
All the things I've been seeking in St. Louis progressive politics, writerly camaraderie and more were right here all the time |
Summer |
When "Crisis" Looks Civilized |
Once-barbaric Berlin now provides an evolved societal vantage point St. Louis might do well to emulate |
Fall |
If Not St. Louis, Why Not the Best Place to Live? |
She's gone to Charlottesville, Va., and she's not coming back. Well, except when she does... |
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2005 |
Jan |
Morning in St. Louis |
This month, a twist: we got one! Impressions of a newcomer, an "in-patriate" to the Lou |
Mar |
St. Louis from the Middle Distance |
A hope for the city, from Chicago |
May |
Native Son in a Strange Land |
Ten months out of Wash U and many worlds away |
Sep |
The Reach of Home |
I wasn't a St. Louisan until I hit Japan |
Dec |
T-Ravs in the Basement of My Memory |
From the Land of Humidity to the Valley of the Sun |
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2004 |
Feb |
Eating the Past |
My own history is inextricably linked with Cuban coffee, and toasted ravioli, and the flavors and smells of the 1904 World's Fair |
May |
Museum Man Seeks Southern Heritage |
Going back in time to Florida, B.C. ("before condos") |
Jun |
The Push-Pull Paradox |
Though I fled the States for a freer life in Brazil, a dream of Saint Louis stays with me |
Nov |
Do You Know the Way to San Louie? |
The way you pronounce our city and state, and what it all means, have been on Meg's mind since she left |
Dec |
Big, but Not So Easy |
A homesick St. Louisan looks longingly upriver |
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2003 |
Jan |
A St. Louis Education |
He was lured to our town by the ghost of T.S. Eliot, and found here a host of living literary legends |
Feb |
Left vs. Middle |
MU330's frontman runs down the plusses and minuses of his adopted California city |
Mar |
Clean Sweep |
Egyptian encounters of the grimy kind leave me momentarily longing for the suburbs of St. Louis |
Apr |
Culture Vs. Diversity |
Thinking about St. Louis' deep culture from the San Francisco Bay Area's multicultural playground |
May |
Past, Present and Future |
From the East Side to the Gateway City to Charm City, all threads of one tapestry |
Jun |
Cut and Paste |
St. Louis followed Dan Stolar to Tuscon, and still fills his writing and his life |
Jul |
And You Think Highway 40 Sucks |
The shine is off the Big Apple and she's longing for the 'burbs |
Aug |
Work in Progress |
After a year living the expat life, some days in China are still a Shanghai surprise |
Sep |
Zen and the Art of Not Drinking |
The long journey from St. Louis to Santa Claus begins with a single step |
Oct |
Rediscovering St. Louis |
Having left town in part to escape St. Louis' backwards thinking, the CBS news reporter recently found a second look was in order |
Nov |
St. Louis: The Gateway to the South |
Roger and his wife Jennifer got the blues, hit the road and have never been happier |
Dec |
Christmas in Pottersville |
What if St. Louis holidays had never happened and Tokyo's version of Christmas were all I knew? |
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2002 |
Jan |
Packin' It In |
Peace, quiet and a full-size water heater might be just around the corner in the next apartment of the serial mover |
Feb |
Art Dog #40: The Eclectic Mobster |
Exiled St. Louisan Chris King takes any chance he can get to make like "The Sopranos" at his favorite restaurant a Vietnamese sandwich shop in South City |
Mar |
Out Here |
Author, professor and St. Louis native Susan Perabo polls her students on their knowledge of St. Louis. What she finds surprises her, to say the least. |
Apr |
Pedestrian Times |
The celebrated author and Zen Buddhist remembers St. Louis through the soles of her feet |
May |
St. Louis by the Bay |
Marwan Kanafani found more than music in San Francisco; he found his fellow musicians from back home |
Jun |
Home, Sweet Place-of-Current-Residence |
A hasty move to Washington, D.C., leaves a St Louis transplant searching for a house, a job and fingerling potatoes |
Jul |
St. Louis in the Rearview |
The Gateway City was just a short stop for Joy White, a lark, a place to regroup. So how come now she's homesick for a place that was never home? |
Aug |
St. Louis Can Really Hang You Up the Most |
The sights, sounds, and jazz-and-vodka times of Gaslight Square, as vivid today as 40 years ago for one cool chick who was there for its heyday |
Sep |
The Dial Stays Left |
For Fred McKissack Jr., St. Louis memories come via the public airwaves |
Oct |
Eastern Exposure |
St. Louis snapshots from the memory of a China-based photographer |
Nov |
Leaving "You Guys" for "Y'all" and Back... |
After years of back-and-forth between Texas and the Lou, this frequent expatriate has repatriated...and hopes she'll meet Nelly |
Dec |
Good News, Bad News |
Rock star Kristeen Young became a St. Louisan, paradoxically, after she left St. Louis and the Midwest |
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2001 |
Jan |
You Can Take the Girl Out of St. Louis ... |
Reflections on life in the big city, from two who went away |
Feb |
St. Louis, September 1993 |
Robert Powers looks back on St. Louis from California |
Mar |
Understanding the Desire to Speak |
Poet Mary Jo Bang roams the world for what she needs, and returns to St. Louis to find it |
Apr |
Familiarity, Comfort and Contempt |
On the fantastic dysfunction of Florida and longings for an unpretentious town |
May |
Brushes with Fame |
Mulling over tales of a gay-themed St. Louis wrestling party |
Jun |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow |
A once-reluctant St. Louisan copes with the parched earth and omnipresent slots of Reno, Nevada |
Jul |
Spike's St. Louis |
Acclaimed author Spike Gillespie looks back on the beer bashes, prophetic dreams and lost loves of the Gateway City |
Aug |
Big in Japan |
Getting by in pidgin, explaining America and bringing home the lessons learned |
Sep |
Toxi-City: Has St. Louis Really Changed? |
Police harassment and racial hatred keep one former St. Louisan at arm's length in Houston |
Oct |
Makes Me Wanna Holler |
St. Louis digs its own hole by refusing to validate the experiences of so many of its young people |
Nov |
A St. Louis Thing |
Star jazz trumpeter Jeremy Davenport still carries with him the most valuable life lesson he ever learned in University City |
Dec |
Back from the Front Range |
Heading back from the mountains means less traffic, less spandex and fewer chances for a good Mexican meal |