I’ve been in Louisville, Ky., the last three days for work; a couple of evenings I’ve been able to explore the downtown area a bit by foot. Here’s some of what I saw....
Not Much Going On At City Garden Today
Temperature right around 32 degrees. Steady snow falling that felt, really, like rain. And a cold, cold wind whipping around between the city buildings. Not a great day for City Garden, and for much of the time that I walked through today, I was the only soul in sight. A perfect day for black...
Graffiti Building Coming Down
If you’ve driven northbound through St. Louis on I-55, you’ve seen this building. It’s nestled in the curve of the exit ramp that leads you onto the Poplar Street Bridge, and it’s been a point of interest for many years. I’m not sure what it was in its original lifetime, but some time ago...
USA Cross Country Championships
The United States Cross Country Championships were held in Forest Park in St. Louis today. In addition to juniors races and a couple of local races, the big events were the men’s and women’s championships. The top six finishers of those races will travel to the World Cross Country Championships later this year in...
Yes, January In St. Louis
January 30, 2012. Various tones of black, white and grey; that’s pretty much it for January here. Taken from the gas station on South Broadway just south of downtown as I pumped just a couple of gallons of their overpriced product....
Tumbling Through The Year
(Update: I dropped this idea not long after I started it. Just didn’t really care for the Tumblr platform) On Christmas day, I began a new blog. It’s a picture-a-day project on Tumblr; I’m going to try taking and posting one picture every single day for a year. You can find it here. I...
Downbound On The Upper
Note: When originally written, this was part of a series of posts about pictures used in the header at the top of this blog. Well, life happens and headers change, and now there are completely different pictures up there. Oh well, I’ll keep these posts, though. Previous posts in the series are here and here...
Out Of The Trees
Your city may have an ocean. It may have mountains. It may have an NBA franchise, or even a Major League Soccer team. It may have real subways. It may have a happily integrated population and a vibrant downtown nightlife. But unless your city is my city, it doesn’t have an Arch. Or at...
About That Statue…
Note: This statue has been moved. You can read a June 2016 update to this post here. Just downriver from Eads Bridge in St. Louis, on the St. Louis riverfront, is a statue called The Captains’ Return. It depicts the return of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, along with their dog, Scout, from their...
I Should Market Deodorant To Statues
These are my current desktop photos. At work: and at home:...