Okay. Let's see if I have time to share some information.
StLBOOKS: Owned and operated since 2005, by Robin Theiss. I've known Robin for a few years, but only through e-mails, concerning various happenings with the St. Louis Writers' Guild (SLWG), of which we both belong. Robin and I finally met in person yesterday, April 14th, when we had lunch at Kaldi's Coffee in Kirkwood, Mo. She and I hit it off immediately. Don't you just love it when that happens? I do!
Anyway, you don't have to live in St. Louis to shop at STL Books. It is also an online store, which buys your used books, too. Be sure and check it out. Robin is a multi talented person and I highly recommend her!
ST. LOUIS WALK OF FAME: I've certainly been familiar with this for years, but never realized the extent of famous people that are/were from here! Next time I'm on Delmar Street, in The Loop, I'll have to walk the entire "Walk". Because it's Library Week, I'll mention a few writers, poets, journalists and one cartoonist. Maya Angelou, William S. Burroughs, T.S. Eliot, A.E. Hotchner, William Inge, Marianne Moore, Mike Peters, Joseph Pulitzer, Irma Rombauer, Sara Teasdale, Kay Thompson, Mona Van Duyn, and Tennessee Williams. Impressive, huh?!
That's all I've got time for tonight. I'll be back tomorrow for sure to finish, because I'll be off the internet from early Saturday morning until late Sunday night.
"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." -- Jorge Luis Borges
Sounds like you had a wonderful day in a fun, creative place and cemented a friendship. Way cool, to both!
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! Yeah, it was great, and on top of it all....our weather has been so beautiful and perfect...a lot like The South! :)
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ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks for all the great information. You are a natural researcher.
Donna
I wish I lived closer to you. Not only does the book shop sound fabulous, I'm sure all of the people in the writers' guild are too!
ReplyDeleteTennessee Williams? That surprised me...I love stuff like that. Surprise me again, please. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea there were so many famous people from St. Louis! Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donna! Like I told you earlier, I sure never considered myself a "researcher"! I guess I think if a subject isn't boring, than whatever reading I'm doing about it, is not research! lol
ReplyDeleteAwwwww, thanks, Janel! I wish you lived closer, too! Someday all us blogger gals will have to plan a get-together! Maybe choose an area that's in the middle of us all. Wouldn't that be cool??
ReplyDeleteHey Cathy C! If you want lots more of those surprises, go to the Walk of Fame website! There are TV celebrities, movie stars, etc. on the list. Two of my favorites are Phyllis Diller and Mary Engelbreit!
ReplyDeleteHi Daisy! Like I just told Cathy C, check out that website! Thanks for stopping by, as always!!
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