Last Sunday I snapped pictures through the windows of Crossfit-CWE, which is scheduled to open Monday, January 16, at 393 N. Euclid between Mary Jane's and Left Bank Books. Inside I could see owner Mel Marten and general manager & head trainer, Mike Libbie, setting up equipment and putting the finishing touches on the new…
Category: Shop News
Meeting on closure of Field Station P. O. Thursday
My friend Kate Donnelly seems to hear the buzz as it happens. She emailed that the clerk at the Field Station Post Office mentioned that there is a meeting Thursday at the Schlafly Library on the proposed closing of that post office (see earlier post here), which is located at 625 N. Euclid. I walked…
What a year at Left Bank Books!
Last March I interviewed Kris Kleindienst, co-owner of Left Bank Books, and wrote a post about how the venerable neighborhood bookstore was adapting to the new realities in the bookselling business. That was then. Jim reported recently that he had run into Kris at Straub's and asked how things were this holiday season. Her response…