Horse shoe laid in the pavement in front of a garage.
The stone wall isn't original to the building but it matches the foundation stones.
How to prevent perching on the wall:
Monday, July 20, 2009
A lucky day
I dropped my car at Carl's today and strolled along Roger Place.
Horse shoe laid in the pavement in front of a garage.
The stone wall isn't original to the building but it matches the foundation stones.
How to prevent perching on the wall:
Horse shoe laid in the pavement in front of a garage.
The stone wall isn't original to the building but it matches the foundation stones.
How to prevent perching on the wall:
Friday, July 17, 2009
Ruth's Brickyard
My neighbor Ruth bought a house in TGS two years ago. She tells a great story about weeding her yard and discovering the whole yard was full of historic bricks.
I've had dreams like this.
The original owner of her house owned a barrel tile company on Fyler and has a series of small houses made to rent to his employees. Perhaps one of the workers purchased the house and paved his yard, brick by brick.
Laclede King
Evens and Howard St. Louis Dr
AP Green Empire
90
Pittsburgh VP & B Brick Co
RP Green Ozark
Christy Gem
I've had dreams like this.
The original owner of her house owned a barrel tile company on Fyler and has a series of small houses made to rent to his employees. Perhaps one of the workers purchased the house and paved his yard, brick by brick.
Laclede King
Evens and Howard St. Louis Dr
AP Green Empire
90
Pittsburgh VP & B Brick Co
RP Green Ozark
Christy Gem
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Oak Tree across the Alley
The massive Oak tree across the alley lost a branch yesterday.
See all that greenery that looks like its on top of the fence? That's part of the branch.
It's a startling sight because of the length of the branch which I estimate at 50 feet. It took out two fences, some power lines, and is resting on top of two cars.
I love this tree and have had a long relationship with it. Years ago crows (remember crows?) would gather at the very top of the branches to roost at sunset and it has housed dozens of nests. The canopy spans three lots and it dwarfs the three story houses. It has to be over 100 years old and existed before the house was built.
I admire it from my back porch daily and have photographed it over the years.
When I was in cancer treatment I had a fey relationship with the tree, making a point to pause and gaze at it before I left every morning. Being an atheist I just couldn't get behind the whole pray your way out of cancer notion so I developed a superstitious relationship with the tree.*
I called Paul Klauber who owns Round Oak Woodworking thinking he may want some of the branch. He didn't (the expense of kiln drying) but we did discuss the tree and his analysis is that the tree is 'over mature' and the weight of the healthy branch is what took it down.
The branch is about 2.5 feet in diameter while the trunk is almost four feet. I'm worried about the fate of the tree since that bottom branch was well integrated into the trunk. I don't want it to die while I'm alive because I've made it a part of my family.
Sidebar: There are many quarter sawn oak front doors in TGS (I've see them mostly in TGH) and I covet them. Quarter sawn oak is of the Arts/Crafts era and rarely used today because of the cost and waste. Clicking on the title of this post will jettison you to the best QS article on the web.
Pop Quiz: There's hundreds and hundred of Oak Trees. Which is this? See the photo below for one of the smaller leaves next to my foot which is The Clue.
The prize is a rare copy of Ways of the Woods: A Guide to the Skills and Spirit of the Woodland Experience
* Please curb your god and don't send me comments about my disinterest. Thanks.
See all that greenery that looks like its on top of the fence? That's part of the branch.
It's a startling sight because of the length of the branch which I estimate at 50 feet. It took out two fences, some power lines, and is resting on top of two cars.
I love this tree and have had a long relationship with it. Years ago crows (remember crows?) would gather at the very top of the branches to roost at sunset and it has housed dozens of nests. The canopy spans three lots and it dwarfs the three story houses. It has to be over 100 years old and existed before the house was built.
I admire it from my back porch daily and have photographed it over the years.
When I was in cancer treatment I had a fey relationship with the tree, making a point to pause and gaze at it before I left every morning. Being an atheist I just couldn't get behind the whole pray your way out of cancer notion so I developed a superstitious relationship with the tree.*
I called Paul Klauber who owns Round Oak Woodworking thinking he may want some of the branch. He didn't (the expense of kiln drying) but we did discuss the tree and his analysis is that the tree is 'over mature' and the weight of the healthy branch is what took it down.
The branch is about 2.5 feet in diameter while the trunk is almost four feet. I'm worried about the fate of the tree since that bottom branch was well integrated into the trunk. I don't want it to die while I'm alive because I've made it a part of my family.
Sidebar: There are many quarter sawn oak front doors in TGS (I've see them mostly in TGH) and I covet them. Quarter sawn oak is of the Arts/Crafts era and rarely used today because of the cost and waste. Clicking on the title of this post will jettison you to the best QS article on the web.
Pop Quiz: There's hundreds and hundred of Oak Trees. Which is this? See the photo below for one of the smaller leaves next to my foot which is The Clue.
The prize is a rare copy of Ways of the Woods: A Guide to the Skills and Spirit of the Woodland Experience
* Please curb your god and don't send me comments about my disinterest. Thanks.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Morgan Ford is the New South Grand
Seriously.
Morgan Ford (MGF) is the new S. Grand. Both TFA and the Vintage Haberdashery have moved west.
The first new businesses started a few years ago: Grove Furnishings and the Tin Can. Three Monkeys followed along with Local Harvest Market and Local Harvest Cafe. The New Amsterdam Bar opened last year. A great blend of retail and restaurants and a 7-11. Coming soon, a bakery, and a new restaurant on MGF and Connecticut.
Local Harvest Cafe has an appetizer that's divine. It's a sampler cheese plate. Get it to go, let it sit covered for a day, and allow the cheese to reach room temperature. It's the best way to experience the favors.
These metal sculpture appeared on MGF yesterday.
Rocket in front of TFA:
Best of Show! Bubbles in front of the car wash:
The Tower Pub has an almost empty beer mug:
The Tin Can Bar and Grille with a pull top:
Stella Blues (currently closed):
Not on MGF but in North City. I've coveted that red Sputnik light for decades.
Morgan Ford (MGF) is the new S. Grand. Both TFA and the Vintage Haberdashery have moved west.
The first new businesses started a few years ago: Grove Furnishings and the Tin Can. Three Monkeys followed along with Local Harvest Market and Local Harvest Cafe. The New Amsterdam Bar opened last year. A great blend of retail and restaurants and a 7-11. Coming soon, a bakery, and a new restaurant on MGF and Connecticut.
Local Harvest Cafe has an appetizer that's divine. It's a sampler cheese plate. Get it to go, let it sit covered for a day, and allow the cheese to reach room temperature. It's the best way to experience the favors.
These metal sculpture appeared on MGF yesterday.
Rocket in front of TFA:
Best of Show! Bubbles in front of the car wash:
The Tower Pub has an almost empty beer mug:
The Tin Can Bar and Grille with a pull top:
Stella Blues (currently closed):
Not on MGF but in North City. I've coveted that red Sputnik light for decades.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Bogus Brick
Last week Bad Tim and I were working at Marti's garden which is across from the former International Trucking building (above and below). We walked across the street to take a look at the brick course popping and discovered it's brick veneer. It's not even an inch thick. Bogus!
I keep forgetting to send this in to CSB.
It's an exceptional building and would make great condos.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Doctor, Doctor, is it true?
Cause I have a bad case of worry for you.
About two weeks ago I heard that my former dermatologist, Dr Jerome Aronberg had been arrested for felony sodomy. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/8A2971326A5AF08D862575B5000BFFFB?OpenDocument
I was shocked.
I'd been seeing him for a few years for various biopsies and switched doctors last fall only because I needed something done he couldn't do and was referred elsewhere.
I thought he was cool. He had a massive display of political pins in one room that he had collected. They were mounted on the walls and went back for decades. We once had a conversation about Nixon.
Nixon was a great politician, he told me.
I grimaced.
I didn't say he was a great president, only a great politician.
I grinned.
In another room he had two Alcoa aluminum chairs from the 50's that made me swoon. Those chairs are incredible, I once told him. He said they had won Chair of the Year in the 50s (I forget which year).
Once he was sporting a wedding ring and he beamed when I congratulated him.
What is felony sodomy?
I believe the definition has been updated since old testament times so I asked Tim and he said "in some states it's anything other than the missionary position."
My Right Hand said it was anal penetration.
* * *
About twelve years ago I did some volunteer work with juvenile offenders. I was working with a 15 year old boy when one day while visiting the apartment where he lived with his mother and brothers, a baby was missing. It was perplexing since the week prior his mother had been flashing photos of her new baby at a party for the kids. I asked him, where's you baby brother and was told he was sick and staying with relatives.
But where's the baby's bed, I had asked.
I casually relayed this conversation to the director of the program. Long story short, I had inadvertently stumbled onto something the mother was trying to hide and was immediately yanked from working with the kid.
What the hell?
I was told I could be accused of sexual misconduct (by the mother) if I didn't resign immediately. I was flabbergasted and angry. I had a good working relationship with the kid but after several people with the program talked to me, I finally grasped the implications. All because I saw (actually, didn't see) something I shouldn't have witnessed.
And there's this too: When I was a teenager in the late 60's the director of the school I attended was a over caffeinated guy who was always hugging the female students. He creeped me out and knew I didn't like him. He was married to an extraordinary woman and was banging the wife of another teacher. Seriously, very creepy guy.
All of the students knew about the affair.
We also knew he had a 'relationship' with a student who eventually became pregnant and was flown to CA to have an abortion since they weren't legal in the early 70's.
I passed him riding his bike today today while driving through the neighborhood and started thinking about Aronberg again.
About two weeks ago I heard that my former dermatologist, Dr Jerome Aronberg had been arrested for felony sodomy. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/8A2971326A5AF08D862575B5000BFFFB?OpenDocument
I was shocked.
I'd been seeing him for a few years for various biopsies and switched doctors last fall only because I needed something done he couldn't do and was referred elsewhere.
I thought he was cool. He had a massive display of political pins in one room that he had collected. They were mounted on the walls and went back for decades. We once had a conversation about Nixon.
Nixon was a great politician, he told me.
I grimaced.
I didn't say he was a great president, only a great politician.
I grinned.
In another room he had two Alcoa aluminum chairs from the 50's that made me swoon. Those chairs are incredible, I once told him. He said they had won Chair of the Year in the 50s (I forget which year).
Once he was sporting a wedding ring and he beamed when I congratulated him.
What is felony sodomy?
I believe the definition has been updated since old testament times so I asked Tim and he said "in some states it's anything other than the missionary position."
My Right Hand said it was anal penetration.
* * *
About twelve years ago I did some volunteer work with juvenile offenders. I was working with a 15 year old boy when one day while visiting the apartment where he lived with his mother and brothers, a baby was missing. It was perplexing since the week prior his mother had been flashing photos of her new baby at a party for the kids. I asked him, where's you baby brother and was told he was sick and staying with relatives.
But where's the baby's bed, I had asked.
I casually relayed this conversation to the director of the program. Long story short, I had inadvertently stumbled onto something the mother was trying to hide and was immediately yanked from working with the kid.
What the hell?
I was told I could be accused of sexual misconduct (by the mother) if I didn't resign immediately. I was flabbergasted and angry. I had a good working relationship with the kid but after several people with the program talked to me, I finally grasped the implications. All because I saw (actually, didn't see) something I shouldn't have witnessed.
And there's this too: When I was a teenager in the late 60's the director of the school I attended was a over caffeinated guy who was always hugging the female students. He creeped me out and knew I didn't like him. He was married to an extraordinary woman and was banging the wife of another teacher. Seriously, very creepy guy.
All of the students knew about the affair.
We also knew he had a 'relationship' with a student who eventually became pregnant and was flown to CA to have an abortion since they weren't legal in the early 70's.
I passed him riding his bike today today while driving through the neighborhood and started thinking about Aronberg again.
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