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St. Louis Brews, 3rd Edition

St. Louis Brews, 3rd Edition
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  • My second time at this podium. Knowing the Missouri History Museum seems to like what I do brightens my day. I also turned in book #3 yesterday. To celebrate it all, here’s a Barn Swallow in Forest Park (finally got a decent shot of one of these guys) and a baby Cardinal portrait taken in the back yard. Name suggestions are welcome. #stlbeer #stlbirds #birdnerd #stlhistory
  • 54 down, 54 to go. Today, St. Louis Place Park marks the half-way point of this fun plan of mine to visit and walk around each and every one of St. Louis’s 108 parks (again, thanks Mark Groth). it’s kinda hard to believe I still have fifty-four left to visit. I feel like I’m running out of them, but it must be because I’ve hit all of the big ones (Forest, Tower Grove, O’Fallon, Carondelet, etc.). Anyway, the long and narrow St. Louis Place Park (which I have visited often, actually) was created in 1850 when John O’Fallon and others platted out the St. Louis Place subdivision. It was primarily a German neighborhood and was a fashionable place to live in its heyday (late 1800’s). When I walk around it, I can just sense all the good history. One of my favorite buildings, the old Columbia Brewery (later known as Falstaff Plant #5) sits near the park’s southern end. And brewer Charles Stifel’s old mansion sits nearby on St. Louis Avenue (pic 3). Anyway, St. Louis Place Park is 14 acres in size and has all of the standard park stuff. Found plenty of birds as well, but decided to give them the day off. Time for a half-way drink tonight 🍸 #stlparks #stl #stlhistory #itsalldownhillfromhere
  • Join me on Thursday night at the @mohistorymuseum for a fun look back at the history of brewing in St. Louis. Free local beer samples and books available for purchase. I promise... no birds in this presentation! 🍺 #stl #stlbeer #stlhistory #beer
  • A couple more #STL park visits. First up is Fox Park, located in the neighborhood of the same name. Put into ordinance in 1917, it’s 2.69 acres in size. I know this park well. I once held a streak of biking to work for 365 days in a row, and this park was on my route since taking Shenandoah (and then getting on Russell) is a nice way to get downtown from south city (for the record, that streak ended when the company I worked for went bankrupt). Fox Park has one of the Cardinal Care ballparks (named after Darryl Kile) and the park is in the process of getting some really nice improvements (go read about these and much more about Fox Park on Mark Groth’s St. Louis City Talk website). Notably, a unique splash fountain (pic 2) has been installed, and it’s unlike anything else I’ve seen during my #STL park journeys. The second park is Francis R. Slay Park, located on McCausland in the Ellendale neighborhood (pic 3). This park used to called Ellendale Park until it was renamed in 2009 to honor the restaurateur, 23rd Ward committeeman, and father of our former mayor. I live not far from this park, and I’ve always thought it looked a bit drab, and walking around it doesn’t provide the greatest views (River Des Peres), but I don’t think I’ve seen better looking ball fields in any other park in the city (well, maybe except those fancy ones in Forest Park). Surprisingly, I found plenty of birds in both parks. Along with the usual grackles, robins, and doves, in Fox park I spotted cardinals, house sparrows, and I think I even saw a Eurasian Tree Sparrow. What’s fun about this time of year is all the bird babies are started to leave their nests, so there are little guys all over the place. Here’s a young European Starling celebrating our city’s recent success. You had to see this one coming, right? #STL #letsgoblues #stlparks #stlbirds #birdnerd
  • Happy Father’s Day 😊 #nofilter #missyadad
  • The shoe fits 😊
  • What a day. My Stanley Cup hangover began at an 11am book presentation followed by a long walk around Busch Conservation Area. I only landed one good shot of a Black-capped Chickadee (pic 2). But maybe I was off my birding game due to the disturbing note a woman discreetly handed me after the book talk (pic 3). Why disturbing? I was at a RETIREMENT HOME. 😬
  • The best thing I saw tonight was as people filed out of Busch Stadium, this guy was hugging every single person that walked by him. He insisted that every. person. hug. him. I am so happy for this city I love with every bit of my heart. #playgloria
  • Scooter hair! Let’s go Blues! #stanleycup #stlblues #playgloria
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