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Online staff writer Lindsay Toler blogs about news, sports, health, events, and more. A native of Texas, Lindsay first moved to the Show-Me State to study journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Her journalism career has taken her around the world, starting at the Associated Press’ London bureau. Lindsay covered gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for the Olympic News Service and wrote about life in Beijing for The Dallas Morning News. After graduation, Lindsay worked for The Seattle Times before joining the Peace Corps, where she taught health in Moldova. In St. Louis, Lindsay wrote for Patch.com and the Riverfront Times before joining SLM. She lives in Tower Grove South with her longtime boyfriend and her schnoodlehuahua, Persie. Contact Lindsay Toler by an email at [email protected] or on Twitter @StLouisLindsay. For more from St. Louis Magazine, subscribe or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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