STL Shop Local 365+: Nick and Elena's Tonight

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Nick and Elena's Tonight

phone: 314-427-6566

The Cabin Fever Band will be playing

at Nick and Elena's Pizzeria tonight (6:30-9:30).

Pizza,

salad,

good music, no smoking

and great company. You should come on down!

It will be a mighty fine time.

2 comments:

RuthSeptember 18, 2011 at 6:48 PM
I love your blog and will be moving to St. Louis soon from Columbia and would like to live in a "community" type situation. There are parts of Webster that I really like but it is short on "affordable" rentals. University City seems to have a lot going on there and is closer to my work (@ 270 and Page) and it seems to have a "walking" community (little shops, coffee shops, etc.)...any ideas?
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Jo-EllenSeptember 22, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Hi Ruth, Thank you for your kind words and an early welcome to St. Louis. I think you will love it here! Though I've never lived in U City we are there often and your impressions match mine. Maplewood is another affordable and community type town that might be worth looking into, but it isn't as close to your work. Generally to find what you describe you should stay within the boundary of I-270. Let me know how it goes.
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A New Year, A New Look

It has been a year... a year of shopping, learning, meeting, and discovering; a year of new people, places, and routines; a year of sheer delight that I could never have anticipated when the adventure began March 1st, 2011. I've found it IS possible to shop economically and conveniently at smaller locally owned shops. What started as curiosity has concluded with deeper understanding and a commitment to a way of life. The independence of self-owned businesses seems to foster happier more creative people,which makes a better world for all of us. So let's continue, I can't think of a single reason to go back to the box stores, boring chains and internet.

About Jo

Hi, my name is Jo-Ellen McDonald. I like small stores, I truly do, though for years I've rarely shopped in them. I don't know why, really. I guess I was thinking it is more convenient and less expensive to shop in the big mega stores, and that someone else supported those little stores I liked so much.

Or was I thinking at all? Probably I was just doing what everyone else does.

This year I'm living differently. For 365 days I'm going to shop for goods and services only at local, independently owned businesses. I just want to try it. Will it be outrageously expensive? Or demand so much time as to be impossible to maintain? I don't know. But I want to try, because a lot of those little stores that I liked so much are gone, and I think that is pretty sad.

Some days there will simply be a quick journal entry, other days will feature a particular small business.

So come along with me and let's see what there is to learn this year. About the joys and struggles of small business owners. About whether or not there is a local place to buy computer ink cartridges or a broom. About how maybe we have saved a little in time and money but have lost too much in humanity and community.

STL Shop Local 365+

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Nick and Elena's Tonight

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A New Year, A New Look

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