The September issue of the CWEA Griffin hit the news stands on Monday—or will be in your mailbox shortly. In the meantime, here’s an article published in June 2022’s issue featuring the renovation of former St. Louisan David McMahon’s ancestral home on Westminster. Finding long-lost relatives on a genealogy website is one thing, finding an ancestral home…
Esther & Mila opens in Central West End
When signage announcing Esther & Mila appeared in the window at 312 N. Euclid earlier this year, speculation swirled around the neighborhood about who was behind the skincare, jewelry and crystal shop. Rumors emerged that two St. Louis friends were involved, so after the shop opened in July, I stopped in to meet them. That’s…
Adventures on the Big Muddy
When Big Muddy Adventure’s Guideshop at 4662 Washington (behind Bowood Farms) opened in 2021, I wrote an enthusiastic welcome post describing the shop and their river adventures. But I had not yet signed up for one of their canoe trips on the Mississippi, until my niece Emily Stoddard and her family came to visit from…