THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM First dates. You’re trying to impress the person across the table in the most nerve-racking of circumstances. This might include (if you’re like me) attempting not to drop stray red-sauce-coated noodles onto your white blouse while noshing on the spaghetti you...
It was a Thursday when Christina Daud first saw Tyler Vaught. Well, a warm Thursday night in summer to be exact. Their shared love of music brought them both to the musical church camp. Although the room was packed with other young camp-goers, she couldn’t...
The couple in the middle of the room moved as one. Gathered in a scattered and imperfect circle, the crowd watched in awe as they floated across the hardwood, hardly seeming to touch the ground. Her spins were as fluid as the Champagne in the...
“The lesson here is always listen to your mom,” Landon Burke said of his romance with his now-fiancee, Sydnee Stottlemyre. See, his mother fell in love with Sydnee years before Landon did. Growing up, Sydnee had competed in pageants with Landon’s older sister and they had...
I have an unpopular opinion — many businesses are still in the dark ages of human resources. What do I mean by this? I mean that about 95 percent of your employees have your company’s best interests in mind. But, too often companies “protect” themselves...
A St. Louis hotspot, with locations in The Grove and Midtown, Urban Chestnut is known for its dual focus on traditional beer styles and experimental craft styles. If you’re a beer lover into traditional European beers, the Reverence series of tried-and-true brews is for you. If...
A sushi restaurant with a peculiar name is going in at 3043 Olive St., in Midtown. Sushi & ? is slated to open doors across from Pappy’s Smokehouse this Friday, July 10. This is the fourth sushi venture for married co-owners Kang and Hana Na. They also...
For a candidate with the political legacy and household ubiquity of Hillary Clinton, persona is central to her campaign strategy. With endorsements from her famous husband and daughter, Clinton is using the political legacy of her family to her advantage. As former President Bill Clinton mentioned...