It seems universal—especially in a small community like the CWE—that one conversation leads to another topic, and before you know it you find connections you never expected. That’s what happened in early May when Kate Haher and I were visiting New City School in advance of the 2nd Neighborhood Community Meeting. We were there to…
Snapshots from last Saturday’s Central West End Cocktail Party
The Central West End Cocktail Party, which came roaring back in 2022 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, is (in my opinion) one of the best events the CWE North Community Improvement District produces. (To refresh your memories, the event commemorates what is believed to be the first-ever cocktail party on record, which…
Dressel’s Public House is open at last!
After an extensive renovation, Dressel’s Public House, 419 N. Euclid, has finally re-opened for business. Proprietor Ben Dressel’s father, Jon, a poet and former professor at Webster University (here’s Dwight Bitikofer’s entertaining Poems, Poets & Prose article from 2011 in the West End Word), opened the Welsh pub in 1980. Ben paused operations in 2020…