When I ran into Judy Matthews at a recent neighborhood event, she suggested that I might want to come photograph the vegetable garden she and her husband, Wistar Holt, have created in their CWE backyard. I jumped at the chance because I have been so interested in the current gardening trend of growing vegetables wherever…
Category: Food and Drink
It’s Dog Pizza on Weekends!
I did a double-take Saturday morning when I noticed a sign advertising "Dog Pizza on Weekends" next door to The Wine Press, on Olive east of Taylor. I have enjoyed watching the renovation of numerous buildings in the 4400 block of Olive over the past five years or so, including several successful condominium buildings developed…
Dining Underground in Forest Park
Follow the path around the statue of German-American Civil War General Franz Sigel at the Union Avenue entrance to Forest Park, past the cat tails, and you may come across Marie Jary and her husband, architect Sandy Talley (above), putting the final touches on a pop-up dining pavilion that has finally come to fruition after…