Free Wednesday concerts at the Missouri Botanical Garden

June 1 Jeremiah Johnson Band

June 8 Karen Chol

June 15 Old Souls Revival

June 22 Annie and the Fur Trappers

June 29 Arcadia Dance Orchestra

July 6 We Are Root Mod

July 13 Sweetie and the Toothaches

July 20 Mo Egeston All-Stars

July 27 The Soulard Blues Band

August 2 Old Salt Union

New this year ( Read more... )

Since the start of the pandemic in Mach 2020 I've been spending a lot of my time on small projects around the house and improving the back garden since I wasn't traveling or spending money on tickets to things. So I spent a lot of money and energy on plants ( Read more... )

Totally forgot to post this and the season is half over.  It's been much too wet to attend anything this year.  I was mainly interested in 1776 and Paint Your Wagon ( Read more... )

Dream Team ( Read more... )

June 6-30, 2019
Tickets $10-$60

The Caper in Aisle 6
Circus Flora’s 33rd Season - an unbelievable mix of excitement, charm, daring, and comedy - as we assemble a troupe of the best circus acts and storytellers, all in the intimate Big Top setting.

A trip to the grocery store is not usually the most exciting part of our day.  But the market is a ( Read more... )

Jungle Boogie Friday Night Concert Series at the St. Louis Zoo ( Read more... )

Love’s Labors Lost
May 31-June 23 *excluding Mondays
Show begins at 8p and ends approximately at 10:30p

Overview
Belonging to Shakespeare’s “lyrical” period, which also included Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the play tells the story of the Princess of France and her ladies who arrive on a diplomatic mission to Navarre only to be ( Read more... )

Wednesdays, May 29 to July 31
Music begins at 7 p.m.
Last entry at 8:30 p.m.
Free admission after 5 p.m.
The Children’s Garden remains open with free admission from 5 to 7 p.m.May 29 ( Read more... )

May 7 ( Read more... )

This year I decided to start tracking format of the books read: paper, kindle, or audio.  Just another interesting data point.  I read a total of 31 books this year, only 3 of them were paper.  Still a lot of audio books over e-books.  I also spent a lot of time crocheting rather than reading.  There were quite a few jems in this year's list, I ( Read more... )