COVER FEATURE
Best Doctors® 2013
1,350 outstanding medical experts, as chosen by their peers and published in The Best Doctors in America®
FEATURES
Take Care
Medical advances and extraordinary stories
Dining Destinations
Where to chow down when you leave town
Pieces of Mind
Dr. Berit Brogaard studies the weirdest aspects of the brain.
The Fifth Quarter
Football has taken its toll on the men of the Big Red.
City of Art
City Museum’s artists’ studios
Death Delights the Living
Without this St. Louis scientist, there might not be CSI at all.
Q&A: A Conversation With Bob Costas
The voice of American sports
SHORT FEATURES
The Art Next Door
St. Louis has been combining art and activism for years
Toeing the Line
Can the city’s only military academy endure?
Think Again: Democracy Inaction
North County residents vent about West Lake Landfill to a goverment that doesn’t want to hear about it.
DEPARTMENTS
FROM THE EDITOR
Popular Science
CURRENT
First Shot: Bumpy Road
The Penrose Park Velodrome is in need of a face-lift.
In the Fast Lane
Gateway Motorsports Park is ready to race.
After The Voice
A singer returns to St. Louis to launch her career.
Bubble Burst
The Saint Louis Science Center Exploradome deflates.
It Takes a Village
After years of delays, Ballpark Village rises.
What It’s Like to be a Champion BodyBuilder
Alexandra Ellis
STYLE
Things We Love: School Spirit
Support your team in style—wherever your loyalties may lie.
Stylish Subtleties: Dwight Carter
Owner, Rock Uniform PR; co-owner Blue Bird the Boutique
Shop Talk: Retail Revolution
How large-scale shopping has changed over a century
SPACES
First View: Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
Cannon Design modernizes and repurposes
Shopping Spots: A Touch of Everything
Christopher’s has all the things you never knew you needed.
Interior Design: Office Space
After a cardiologist couple added a home office, their kids quickly moved in.
Expert Advice: Let Them Eat Cake
Chouquette is quintessentially Parisian—because it’s not pretending to be Paris.
FOOD & DRINK
First Bite: Table
A “communal table” restaurant in Benton Park
Review: Marcella’s Mia Sorella
A West County encore for Jamie and Steve Komorek
The Well-Seasoned Life: The Original Pancake House
A proper addition to the local breakfast scene.
Kitchen Q&A: Edward Farrow
A restaurant with a panoramic view opens atop Art Hill.
Liquid Assets: Boom or Bust?
An update on flavored vodkas
CULTURE & EVENTS
First Stop: Old Post Office Plaza
Post Performance Series
Music: Keeping Cool
On St. Louis singer-songwriter Sean Coray.
The Arts: A Place to Get Lost In
If Franz Kafka had been Midwestern, he might’ve written something like Eric Lundgren’s astonishing new novel, The Facades.
FLASHBACK
1977
Cop Rock
