Garage Sale of the Future

I just got this alert from Frippy:

The House of the Future (6931 Garner Ave, St Louis, 63139) is having a garage sale Saturday, April 26th from 8:30 am until we get sick of it (in the afternoon).

We have a lot of unique items to sell, including a lot of clothing in both junior and plus sizes, DVD players and other electronics, housewares, books, craft supplies, and original art (made by me).

Thanks!

The House of the Future gals have funky, colorful taste, and they could definitely use the cash, so stop on by. It’s worth it just to pick up a print of one of Frippy’s ever-delightful bunnies, if you ask me.

P.S. And later in the day you should, of course, hit up the 52nd City Sexy Issue release party! Because we’ve all got sexy issues, uh, right? (I give up, here’s the link): http://www.52ndcity.com/events.htm

Love your city? Drink to your city. D&M is this Thursday.

Hey y’all,

Drinks & Mortar, the monthly happy hour for anyone interested in architecture, cities, local politics, planning, & the like, is this Thursday, April 24.

We’ll gather starting at 7pm at The Royale, 3132 S. Kingshighway. The Royale has a drink named for each of the city’s 28 wards, not to mention all kindsa food in case you’re hungry. And they just went smoke free indoors as of April first, which is happy news for those of us who prefer to get our lung damage from asbestos and plaster dust at wrecking sites. Yyyyyaaaa(cough)aaaay wooo (hack) hooo!

Any questions, feel free to drop me a line: clairelovesthecity [AT] gmail.com.

Reporting from the North Side,
Claire Nowak-Boyd
myspace.com/drinksandmortar

Is that a poem in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Alert reader Mr. Baby informed me that today is the first ever Poem in Your Pocket Day.

So, print or write down or whatever some copies of a poem, and carry them with you to share. (Gotta say, I love the idea.)

Need a starting point? St. Louisans with urban inclinations might enjoy this sweet piece by local poet Andrea Avery: Love Letter to New York

O, the travails of a transit rider!

I felt like this Monday morning: I fink dat wuz my bus.

….and I feel like this most mornings: Bus

(Thanks to Frippy and Citizen Pioneer for sending those to me, respectively.)

Because listening to poetry might be the opposite of filling out your 1040: StL Poetry Slam tonight

Tonight, Wednesday, April 16, is the St. Louis Poetry Slam.

It’s at the Focal Point, 2720 Sutton at Manchester in Maplewood (accessible via the #30 Soulard bus). Doors at 8pm, poetry at 9.

If you are a poet, bring poetry to perform. If you are, like me, just a plain ol’ civilian, that’s alright–just bring yourself. It’s $5 at the door, and the best poet (audience judged) gets a $50 cash prize as a result.

If ya can’t make it tonight, don’t despair: It’s every third Wednesday. Woohoo!

Bookslingers, pews, and booze (Dewey Drinks tonite)

DEWEY DECIMAL DRINKS is this evenin’ at 6 (yes, six) pm. We’ll meet at the Church Key, 4127 Manchester in Forest Park Southeast. Booze is half price and a 9″ single topping pizza is $4 before 7pm, and there are other specials after that if you arrive later. The Church Key is full of artifacts from the (pointlessly) demolished historic St. Aloysius Gonzaga church, which makes for an interesting setting–pews and stained glass! Yum yum glug glug!

I am moving quite soon to a place that has teh internet, so you’ll be hearing more on this blog soon (Yes, you’ll be hearing a moron on this blog, but if you’re a regular reader you already know that. Ba-dum-chh.).

Yours bookishly,
Claire-ian the Librarian
myspace.com/deweydecimaldrinks