Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
In the ongoing search for more last-minute holiday gift suggestions to send your way, here is what I found when I visited Holliday Home & Gift Shop, which is always a treat. Holliday’s proprietor,Katherine McPheeters, has a great eye and stocks her beautiful shop with items that would make wonderful presents. Here are just a…
There’s no use pretending that the time for this annual gift guide snuck up on me once again. I’ve been ignoring the reality for weeks, and now that it’s December 19 I’m scrambling to deliver these gift ideas to your inbox. Hopefully, the procrastinators among you will be relieved to find something here in the…
In March 2020, a week before stay-at-home orders were instituted by the City of St. Louis due to Covid19, St. Louis Art Supply’s co-owners Xena Colby and Carson Monetti saw the handwriting on the wall and closed the shop and adjoining Cornflower Cafe to the public. What’s happened since then defies expectations. Almost two years…