WEB EXCLUSIVES THIS MONTH
- June-issue podcast [listen at right or subscribe via iTunes]
- Two supplemental pieces from “The SLM Pet Guide”:
+ The Pet Parade
+ The Lucky Ones - An extended interview with “The Code Breakers”
- An exclusive Culture interview with international arts figure Yoyo Maeght
- An extended Kitchen Q&A
BEHIND THE SCENES
- Risk Management
- Burgeoning Talent
- Dog Daze
- Roots Squared
FROM THE EDITOR
By Stephen Schenkenberg
FEEDBACK
CURRENT
- First Shot: O Brother
By Bryan A. Hollerbach - The Buzz: What's Cookin'?
By Dan Michel - The Buzz: A Mini Club Goes Big
By Dan Michel - Last Great Trip
- The Buzz: Lost and Not-So-Profound
By Jarrett Medlin - Snapshot
- The Trash Bin
- The Buzz: The Brew Ha Ha
By Jarrett Medlin - Wishbone
- Phishing for Numbers
- What It's Like...to Be a Circus Flora Performer
By Jarrett Medlin - Agenda: Our Five Picks for the Month
GLITTERATI
- Moonrise Hotel Grand Opening
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ 5th Anniversary Gala
- “Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts, and Beyond” Premiere
- Companion Animal Alliance’s Cats & Dogs Disco Ball
- Thompson Foundation For Autism’s It’s in the Cards Dinner Gala
- Gilda’s Club St. Louis’ Gild-a-Lily
- See even more Party Pics
STYLE
- Things We Love: Travelin' Clan
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton; Photographs by Mark Gilliland and Sara Summers - Shop Talk: If the Shoe Fits...
By Jarrett Medlin - Smart Shopper: Splurge vs. Steal
By Nicole Benoist Edgerton
SOCIOLOGY
Sex and This City
A new book peeks under the covers of Masters and Johnson’s St. Louis years.
By Jeannette Cooperman
+ Cooperman’s review of the book “Masters of Sex”
MEDIA
The Daily Battles
With the future of newspapers in jeopardy, we take a look at the health of our own Post-Dispatch.
By Malcolm Gay
THINK AGAIN
In Our Mind, We've Gone to Carolina
Missouri’s strange case of tobacco envy
By Ray Hartmann
COVER STORY
Cheap Eats ’09
How to eat like a king on the pay of a pauper? Simple: Get to know these 35 people, places, items, and trends that make St. Louis a bargain-dining dynamo.
By Bill Burge, Dave Lowry, and George Mahe
FEATURES
Cycles
Creve Coeur Lake and the changing of the seasons
By Dave Lowry
The SLM Pet Guide
From boutiques to boarding, parks to pampering, here's how St. Louis cares for its pets.
Edited by Jarrett Medlin
- Pet Listings
By Dan Michel - The Nanny Diaries
By Byron Kerman - Fully Vetted
By Stephen Schenkenberg - The Lucky Ones
By Jeannette Cooperman - Owner in Training
By Margaret Bauer - The Case for the Cat
By Jarrett Medlin - The Price of a Pet
- Neuter Your Expenses
By Dan Michel - Off-the-Chain Pets
By Dan Michel
Plus an online-only exclusives look at our readers' pets:
+ The Pet Parade
Compiled by Jarrett Medlin
The World Is Just Barely Enough
John Wall—cliff-scaler, car-racer, skydiver—is convinced we're all extremophiles. (Perhaps he's projecting.)
By Jeannette Cooperman
HEALTHY LIVING SERIES
Food for Thought
Fad diets and fanatical workout gurus? Fuggedaboutit. Here’s what St. Louis dietitians know really works.
By Rick Skwiot
The Code Breakers
A team of St. Louis scientists explores the genetic origins of cancer.
By Jarrett Medlin
Q&A
A Conversation With Beth Fitzgerald, Director of The Magic House
By Jeannette Cooperman
FOOD & DRINK
- First Look: Jade
By George Mahe - Review: Triumph Grill
By Dave Lowry - Frugal Foodie: Vegadeli
By Rose Martelli - Kitchen Q&A: Greg Maggi
By George Mahe - Liquid Assets: Wine Essentials 2.0
By Chris Hoel - The SLM Restaurant Guide, with "Ins, Outs, and Almosts" and “The Insider”
CULTURE & EVENTS
- First Stop: Innsbrook Institute Music Festival
By Stefene Russell - Cameo: Sax-Crazy
By Jeannette Cooperman - Out & About: Sounds of Summer
By Stefene Russell - The SLM Calendar, with “Critic’s Picks”
- A Conversation With Yoyo Maeght
By Stefene Russell
FLASHBACK
By Stefene Russell
