where I talk with my inside voice
We’ve been enjoying our weekends this month – doing things that we haven’t normally done. Today we took a day trip to Hermann (and probably caught the early Oktoberfest crowd) just to have some wine and check out the antique stores. We took the scenic route to get there – along Hwy 94 – but took the quicker route home....
The Schlafly Art Fair in Maplewood has its roots in a conflict that arose twenty years ago with Anheuser-Busch regarding the St. Louis Art Fair. It’s a much smaller affair, but perhaps more intimate (except for the live bands), and caters to local artists exclusively. We saw some really interesting work there today, as Dixie and I took advantage of...
The weather this weekend was supposed to be uncommonly good for August, so I asked Dixie if she wanted to go somewhere to look at birds. We had not decided on a place yet, but then coincidentally, I ran across a garage sale on Craigslist that had Lego listed, and it happened to be right next to Rabbit Run Park...
This show shares a lot of DNA with another show we saw earlier this year at the Fox: Spamalot. What with the winks to other Broadway shows, and the humorous references to life in medieval times, it clearly was influenced by Eric Idle’s creation. But, where that one takes its cues from Monty Python’s greatest movie, this one takes its...
My wonderful partner has been employed by the Atlas Academy for the past 16 years, teaching our two students, and getting them ready to be productive members of society. It was a lot of work, and she did such an excellent job, I couldn’t let the occasion go by without some form of recognition. The kids and I spent the...
Like her brother before her, Team Tappmeyer had a going-away lunch for Josie before her departure for Mizzou. Around the time he left, she started volunteering on Saturday mornings, helping them run the community garden in Millennium Park. They have enjoyed having both of our kids on their crew, and we are grateful for the experience.
This is probably the last year we will have season tickets at the Muny. I hate to lose the great seats, but there are rarely more than two or three shows each season that we want to see, and it’s such a hassle exchanging the tickets. Linda has said she’s done, so in the future I think we’ll just buy...
We took Josie to Mizzou today for Summer Welcome. It has been two years, almost to the day, that we took Noah to his Summer Welcome. This time Dixie and I chose not to stay overnight, and she is driving back tomorrow morning to pick Josie up. But the program was largely the same, and met in the same auditoriums...
We are two for two with Stages St. Louis at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center. Last summer we saw Austen’s Pride, which was really good, and this time it was the Putnam County Spelling Bee, which was very funny and had some talented performers. Stages has also applied for an ECF grant this year, so we may be going back...
We just returned from our Nordic Odyssey to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It was quite a trip, with both highs and lows, but we survived and we had a good time overall. Dixie sprained her ankle, and banged up her knee, when she took a fall at the train station on Day 3 of the trip. And we missed our...
This tradition of organizing movie night excursions for my coworkers goes back 30 years at this point. But, with the exception of a movie night reunion with the old crowd back in 2023 (to see The Marvels), it’s been quite a while since this was a regular occurrence. I’m hoping to revive the tradition now that I’m on MQ-25. Tonight...
Tonight, our ECF chapter was invited to a reception at the St. Louis Zoo to celebrate the WildCare Park donors. ECF has given $150,000 so far towards the upcoming opening of this unique safari attraction in North County. Dixie and I went, along with a few others from the committee. We had some good food and listened to some good...
Last weekend, Dixie and I attended the Blue-Tie Gala for Duo Dogs (photo below), and tonight, we went downtown to the Fete du Feather at the Hyatt. I had already bought tickets for tonight’s event a couple of months ago, and then Boeing offered us two seats at the Duo Dogs event, so we’ve been quite the social butterflies this...
Because of my volunteering, I was rewarded with the Boeing box seats at the Fox for a performance of The Phantom of the Opera. Because Noah wasn’t home, Josie invited her friend Selby to join us. This production has updated the set, but it is still impressive. I couldn’t resist snapping an illegal photo of my favorite number (“Masquerade”).
This year’s video Christmas Card doesn’t feature as much of Noah since he wasn’t around, but it was still a good year and we had a good time as a family when we were together. I am so proud of both of the kids and their accomplishments.
It wasn’t clear to me when I ordered the tickets back in July that Noah wouldn’t be home in time to go see our annual SLSO concert. He got home the day after. But it was okay, because Grandma Linda took his place, and she had never seen the symphony before. It was a such a good show, with just...
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