January 8, 2016

midwest-inspired fashion

THE NORMAL BRAND

10 tips for feeling your best

HEALTHY NEW YEAR

bespoke rugs at centro

CUSTOM CARPETS

Style. Society. Success. | January 8, 2016

Treasures in Paradise EvEry Child is a TrEasurE Friday, January 22, 2016

921 Stonecastle Drive | St. Paul | $1,750,000

The LUXURY COLLECTION of

507 Neighborhood Road New Haven | $2,995,000

1333 Wildhorse Meadows

Alliance Real Estate

28 Ladue Manor

16962 Riverdale Drive

Ladue | $1,799,000

Chesterfield | $1,175,000

Chesterfield | $1,149,000

Defiance | $925,000

4129 Highway D

17 Chesterfield Lakes Road

10 Forest Hills Ridge Court

2762 Wynncrest Manor Drive

17740 Greystone Terrace Drive

Clarkson Valley | $895,000

Wildwood | $839,900

Chesterfield | $899,000

Wildwood | $749,900

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES To view our complete Luxury Collection visit

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Alliance Luxury Specialists successfully represent significant properties and their clientele throughout the St Louis Metro region, across seven counties. Here is a selection of a few of the residences we currently offer, or have successfully represented. Our Luxury Division is effective because we leverage the excellence that comes from a tradition of representing St Louis’ premier properties and their clientele for over half a century with the integrity, financial stability, and networking strength of the world’s most respected and admired global powerhouse…

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

Wondering if your dream home is open this weekend? View a complete list of area open houses at

www.stlopens.com or call one of our luxury specialists to set up a personal home tour.

Featured LUXURY SPECIALISTS of

Alliance Real Estate

Roberta Rollins

Washington 314-541-5166 www.robertarollins.com 80 acre country estate originally built for prominent judge, A. F. Brinkman 1874-1889. This fully renovated 5 bed, 4 bath 2.5 story limestone home reflects quality throughout. The home is completely updated, providing modern conveniences for today’s lifestyle. Stone barn/carriage shed, new wood corral fencing and perimiter fencing is all in place for livestock. Wonderful full time residence or weekend getaway!

2664 Brinkman Road | Owensville | $598,000

The Christian Team

Wentzville 314-346-6906 www.christianteamsellshomes.com One of a kind home on 3 gorgeous acres backing to woods. Private lake access to gated 160 acre lake with sand beach and covered dock. Country living at its finest, while only minutes away from city life.

17 White River | Defiance | $489,000

The Gorris Girls

Clayton/Ladue Diane Gorris - 314-422-1414 Andrea Gorris - 314-422-2665 www.thegorrisgirls.com Exceptional Maryland Walk condo in the heart of Clayton! Large 2 bedrooms, each with new carpet and private baths. In unit laundry. State of the art kitchen, stainless steel appliances.

8025 Maryland Avenue #4E | Clayton | $699,000

Jenny Hill 314-606-1326 www.realestatejenny.com Exciting New Construction located within Estates at August Tavern Creek in Wildwood.

The 3 acre wooded lots featuring open meadows & rolling hills are an idyllic setting for a country estate of your dreams! 7 Lots available offering Rockwood Schools.

3615 Gustave Hollow Wildwood | SOLD!

August Tavern Creek Lot 24 Wildwood | $944,900

August Tavern Creek Lot 23 Wildwood | $889,900

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DESIGN SPEAK

Malaika Tolford with Craft Alliance Center raves about clay and the pleasures of pottery like the pitcher shown here.

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Fleur de Lis Delta Gamma Center Conway Elementary School St. Louis’ Entrepreneurial Spirit Friends of Kids with Cancer and Steelcase

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The Trio: Vive la France Design Destination Design Speak: Craft Alliance Center Feature: Centro Modern Furnishings

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CENTRO MODERN FURNISHINGS

St. Louis native and longtime designer Kurt Meinecke discusses his latest stunning bespoke collection – of Tibetan hand-knotted rugs.

LN restaurant reviewer Matt Sorrell sings the praises of the cuisine at Sapore Italian Cafe, dubbing it “a hidden gem.”

midwest-inspired fashion

THE NORMAL BRAND

Closet Confidential Style Speak: The Collar Doc Feature: The Normal Brand

EvEry Child is a TrEasurE Friday, January 22, 2016

Connect the Dots Hyken’s Homework Happily Ever After Feature: Top 10 Health Tips

bespoke rugs at centro

CUSTOM CARPETS

Style. Society. Success. | January 8, 2016

Treasures in Paradise

LadueNews.com | JANUARY 8, 2016

10 tips for feeling your best

HEALTHY NEW YEAR

World Pediatric Project provides lifesaving surgical care for children in St. Louis and around the globe. Join the organization for Treasures in Paradise on Jan. 22 at the Old Warson Country Club to help heal children in need. To purchase gala tickets or make a donation, visit worldpediatricproject.org or contact Cindy Frank at 314-317-8809 or cfrank@worldpediatricproject.org. Pictured on the cover: Dr. Earl Gage, a plastic surgeon at Mercy Children’s Hospital, treats 2-year-old Justin Felipe from Guatemala. Justin underwent craniofacial surgery for Crouzon syndrome. Cover photo by Tim Parker Photography. The preview begins on page 9.

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Dinner & A Show Arts Speak: Jill Downen Around Town Feature: St. Louis in 1875

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10062 Springwood Drive | Ladue | $899,900 OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3! Today's living style at its BEST!! This totally renovated 1.5-story home is perfect for a family. Open, bright and airy with youthful appointments such as 9-foot ceilings, a coffee bar, butlers pantry, mud room & laundry on both the main and second floor! Almost everything is new and up-to-date.

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9754 Old Warson | Ladue | $850,000 NEW PRICE! OPEN SUNDAY 12 - 2! Presiding over 1.55 acres, this well-maintained home exudes an attractive charm and curb appeal.

Intelligent attention to detail and sophisticated design has resulted in remarkable spaces! It is THE home to enjoy for years to come.

300 Babler Road | Town & Country | $785,000 OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3! This all-brick colonial is located on a storybook lane. Trees surround this gorgeous, 1+ acre lot. Inside, you’ll notice the extensive renovations and numerous updates made throughout. You won’t want to miss this great family home in Parkway Central Schools!

208 Ambridge Court, #201 | Chesterfield | $209,500 OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3! With this unit you receive gracious living at its best, along with the numerous amenities of sought-after Baywood!

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1. 110 Plantation Drive • Creve Coeur $515,000 OPEN SUNDAY 1 - 3! Come see this beautiful Tudor-style executive home in a prime location on a magnificent lot! Wonderful large, family home with loads of room for everyone in the well thought-out spaces including the expansive sunroom, lower level playroom/recreation room and four bedrooms.

2. 7009 Stanford Avenue • University City $295,000 English cottage that is desirable and centrally located with easy access to restaurants, shops and parks. Loads of major updates! The cute kitchen has new stainless steel appliances and breakfast room. Charming stain glass windows in the living room, dining room and first floor bath add a cozy cottage touch.

3. 202 N. Brentwood Boulevard, #3B • Clayton $669,000 Elegant condo in sought after Clayton location. The lovely unit boasts high ceilings, lovely millwork, 2 fireplaces and floor to ceiling windows! Enjoy the formal living room and dining room, kitchen with breakfast room, spacious master bedroom with walk in closets, private laundry room, card room and den - this condo really has it all.

4. 809 Rampart Drive • Webster Groves $385,000 Located in the desirable neighborhood of Warson Woods, this ranch has a revised floor plan and is just waiting for drywall and your finishing touches! The architectural plans include 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings in the family and dining room, main floor laundry, office, full basement and 2-car rear entry garage. Don’t miss this chance!

2660 South Warson Road (Ladue).

By Request

1606 Tradd Court (Chesterfield).

$424,900

8 Huntleigh Woods (Huntleigh).

$2,750,000

1077 Glenway Drive (Glendale).

$399,000

4 Barclay Woods (Ladue).

$1,850,000

809 Rampart Drive (Webster Groves).

$385,000

18 Brookwood Road (Town & Country).

$1,495,000

7009 Stanford Avenue (U. City).

$295,000

13049 Fairfield Oaks Road (T&C).

$1,299,000

5401 Lindenwood Avenue (St. Louis). u $239,000

30 Vouga Lane (Frontenac).

$1,149,000

3438 Mckean Avenue (St. Louis).

$204,900

7200 Creveling Drive (University City).

$914,900

1309 Turtle Cove (Ballwin).

$204,000

10062 Springwood Drive (Ladue).l

$899,900

2148 McCausland Avenue (St. Louis).

$138,500

9754 Old Warson Road (Ladue). u

$850,000

727 Reed Avenue (St. Louis).

$109,500

44 Clermont Lane (Ladue). l

$799,000

Condos, Villas, Town Homes

11101 Hermitage Hill Road (Frontenac).

$799,000

2603 Wild Plum Valley (Catawissa).

$789,000

202 N. Brentwood, #3B (Clayton).

300 Babler Road. (Town & Country). l

$785,000

14417 Rue De Gascony Ct. (Chesterfield). $574,900

3 Kahlia Way (Sunset Hills).

$739,000

200 South Brentwood #5D (Clayton).

$429,500 $339,000

$669,000

1801 Cheswick Place (Kirkwood). l

$729,900

6232 Northwood Ave #2E (St. Louis).

1810 Thursby Avenue (Kirkwood).

$649,000

208 Ambridge Court #201 (Chesterfield). l $209,500

665 Wyndham Crossings (Des Peres).

$574,900

1467 Willow Brook Cove (Unincorporated). $164,900

44 Ladue Estates Drive (Creve Coeur). n $555,000

Lots & Acreage

13468 Cedar Bridge Road (Chesterfield).

$554,900

1323 Mallet Hill (Ellisville).

$550,000

18 Brookwood Road (Town & Country).

$1,495,000

110 Plantation Drive (Creve Coeur). l

$515,000

45 Trent Drive (Ladue.).

$1,095,000

12703 Hezel Lane (Creve Coeur).

$455,000

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MEET OUR • Nancy Gulick •

What about the latest holiday season did you most cherish?

ROBYN DEXTER Getting to spend extended quality time with my family, friends and boyfriend. With all the hustle and bustle the holidays bring, it’s refreshing to kick back and just spend quality time with the people you care about most.

BRITTANY NAY

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he media is reporting 2016 will be a banner year for St. Louis housing. If you are considering listing your home you need a skilled practitioner like Nancy Gulick to guide your journey. Use her vast experience to get your home showing ready and properly priced so that it sells quickly and at a great price.

Time with family and friends is always priceless – and it felt even more special seeing loved ones visiting from out-of-state this past holiday season.

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Call Nancy today for professional representation and a complimentary consultation.

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EDITOR IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE IT’S BEEN ALMOST FIVE MONTHS SINCE we celebrated the relaunch of Ladue News.

As senior editor, my role at the magazine since last summer has included developing and managing feature stories and overseeing content for the weekly magazine. Each day I work closely with our talented editorial staff and dedicated group of freelance contributors to tell inspiring and impactful stories about what makes our community great. In that time, I’ve very much enjoyed working with managing editor Lisa de los Reyes, and we wish her and her husband all the best as they relocate to California for his new work opportunity.

I’ve learned so much since joining the Ladue News team, and I’m excited for all that’s to come as we evolve and enrich editorial content in 2016. In this issue, we catch up with Kurt Meinecke to learn about his new line of custom hand-knotted rugs at Centro Modern Furnishings in the Central West End and profile the work of St. Louis-based The Normal Brand, inspired by life in the Midwest. We also visit the Missouri History Museum to take a stroll through St. Louis in 1875, and talk to local doctors to share 10 health tips for feeling your best in the New Year.

As we work to continually improve the magazine, please reach out to me with story ideas, community news, questions or feedback at lmiller@laduenews.com. Our loyal and passionate readership is the heart of Ladue News, and it’s a privilege to share your stories in these pages each week.

All the best,

Liz Miller, Senior Editor

Editor’s Corner The word around town The Saint Louis Zoo

Congrats to Sai Pinni, senior at Parkway South High School, for scoring the highest

rang in the New Year

possible score – 36 – on the ACT college admissions and placement exam. Less than one-

with the hatching of

tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT achieve a perfect score; Pinni is one of

three new babies: two

only 1,598 out of more than 1.92 million students to earn a 36 this year. In addition to

Edward’s pheasants and

her academic success, Pinni is in her school’s advanced chamber choir, takes classic Indian

a king penguin chick.

singing lessons and runs cross country.

We’re sorry: In the Dec. 18 edition, we incorrectly identified Kurtis Hall Photographer as the photography credit on p. 53. The photography credit should have listed Bliss Eleven Studio. We apologize for the error.

Edward’s pheasants, also known as Vietnamese pheasants, are critically

Five Acres Animal Shelter recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a new feline

endangered, and the

building, the Katy Favre Feline House. When it opens for business, the new building

chicks are the first of

will allow Five Acres Animal Shelter, the only no-kill shelter in St. Charles County, to

their species to be born

rescue twice as many homeless and unwanted cats and kittens. Features include larger

at the zoo.

spaces for the free-roaming cats to play and live, as well as meet-and-greet rooms for potential adopters to visit with cats, adequate storage space and an entire second floor for cats with feline leukemia and FIV, as Five Acres is the only shelter in the region that accepts and adopts out cats living with these diseases.

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ON THE

Cover

World Pediatric Project

Heal a CHild, Pictured are treasures in Paradise gala co-chairs and young patients.

Front row: Genesis, age 7 from el Salvador, julie Keeley, laurie Wielansky, luis david, age 8 from Guatemala, Kim Koenig. Back row: rusty Keeley, lee Wielansky, joe Koenig.

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even-year-old Genesis was born with vitamin D-resistant rickets. Her legs were critically bowed when she finally connected to World Pediatric Project, making it painfully difficult to walk. Luis’ lungs were being slowly crushed by his curving spine. “Providing access to critical care for kids like Luis and Genesis is the common thread to World Pediatric Project’s vital mission,” says executive director Cindy Frank.

Kids are suffering and dying around the world with conditions routinely treated here in the U.S. World Pediatric Project and its volunteer surgeons, nurses and partner hospitals open their arms to these children by providing lifesaving surgical treatment, in addition to building health care capacity around the world through their training programs. The nonprofit partners with St. Louis Children’s Hospital, SSM Health Cardinal

Treasures in Paradise

Every Child is a Treasure

Change the World

By Brittany Nay

World Pediatric Project saves lives locally and globally Glennon Children’s Medical Center, Mercy Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children to deliver the city’s cutting-edge medical treatment to kids in developing countries without access to critical care. The organization also teams with the Ronald McDonald House to provide housing for families as their children undergo treatment locally. “Through the generosity of many donors, doctors and hospitals, families who had nowhere to turn now have their precious treasures healed,” Laurie Wielansky, event co-chair, says.

Each year, more than 80 kids travel to the U.S. from Central America and the Caribbean for medical care, and 2,000 more patients receive treatment via the nonprofit’s 48 international mission trips which include several surgical specialties. Plus over 300 St. Louis children receive dental care through its local program.

“Whether it is providing care during medical-mission

trips or bringing children to the U.S. for more critical care, World Pediatric Project facilitates miracles,” Julie Keeley, event co-chair, says.

To support this life-changing mission, World Pediatric Project will hold its annual fundraiser, Treasures in Paradise, on Jan. 22 at Old Warson Country Club. The Caribbean cocktail party will include a one-of-a-kind auction featuring luxury vacations to locations where the organization heals children, as well as fine wine. “With funds received, we are healing children, saving lives and making a huge impact every day,” Kim Koenig, event co-chair, says.

World Pediatric Project, 755 S. New Ballas Road #140, St. Louis, 314-317-8809, worldpediatricproject.org

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 OLD WARSON COUNTRY CLUB Join World Pediatric Project for an evening in paradise to help children needing lifesaving surgical care.

To purchase tickets or make a donation visit worldpediatricproject.org or contact Cindy Frank at 314-317-8809 or cfrank@world pediatricproject.org.

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2 Log Cabin Drive in Ladue Open 1/10, 1-3 pm $1,695,000 5 Bedrooms, 5 Full & 2 Half Baths 6,121 Square Feet Exquisite property on 1.8 acres of manicured grounds. Classic brick Colonial. Entry hall leads to spacious living room, built-in bookshelves, custom millwork, high ceilings. Living room French doors open to a sunroom with picture windows and access to rear yard. Spacious formal dining room with hardwood floors. Cozy library with builtin bookshelves, wood-burning fireplace, wetbar, and French doors opening to rear terrace. Kitchen has custom cabinetry, center-island, separate Thermador refrigerator and freezer, dining area with bay windows. Family room with fireplace, custom cabinets and bookshelves. Master bedroom has built-in bookshelves, his & her dressing areas and baths. Partially finished lower level work out area, game room, wet bar, half bath & sitting room. Stunning private pool setting with a waterfall, sunbathing areas, and pool house.

Steve Johnston Listing Agent 314.498.1767

Open 1/10, 1-3 PM

Price: $395,000 I Bedrooms: 2 I Baths: 2.5 I Square Feet: 2,500

Open 1/10, 1-3 PM

Price: $549,000 I Bedrooms: 3 I Baths: 3.5 I Square Feet: 2,328

410 North Newstead, Unit 9S in the CWE

4 Foxboro Road in Ladue

Large historic CWE condo, has just had the kitchen expanded and updated with new granite island, added an eat-in kitchen area, new floor throughout the kitchen, laundry room, and pantry. This 2,500 square foot unit is freshly painted, has two bedrooms, with the master bath totally redone with wonderful walk-in shower and all new fixtures and floor. The den has built-in bookcases, a flat screen TV that stays with the unit. The building has a unique floor plan as each unit has three sides of windows, providing great light and fabulous views of the city all the way to Clayton. Private laundry is off the kitchen with a private elevator to the garage.

A charming, updated traditional brick Colonial in sought-after lane offering 3+ bedrooms with 3.5 baths. Wide kitchen with gourmet (Wolf, Subzero) appliances and stretches of granite countertops bathed in natural light. The adjacent family room is open and likewise overlooks a broad rear yard with a grassy knoll leading to trees. Step down to the generous library towards gas fireplace flanked by built-in cabinetry. The living room also offers a gas fireplace with side shelving. Both dining room and living room have floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a gracious front terrace. Hardwood floors run throughout most of home and every bedroom has its outfitted walk-in closet.

Gary Boyson Listing Agent 314.374.5764

Kathy Driscoll Listing Agent 314.704.1474

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neW lISTIng clayTOn $279,000 710 South Hanley road, Unit 4D

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neighborhood. updated kitchen and master bath. Partially finished lower level and great lot. $725,000. Open 1/10, 1-3 PM

2 lOg caBIn DrIVe, Ladue. $1,695,000.

6 Berkley lane, Ladue. $725,000.

4 FOXBOrO rOaD, Ladue. $549,000.

410 n. neWSTeaD, UnIT 9S, Cwe. $395,000.

710 SOUTH Hanley, UnIT 10a, Clayton. spacious light-filled condo in well managed whitehall located in the center of Clayton in walking distance to shops and restaurants. $464,900

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LuxuryCollection 9847 lITzSInger rOaD, Ladue.

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1041 lay rOaD, Ladue.

$1,965,000

108 clUB creek cOUrT, st. Albans.

$850,000

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7512 BalSOn aVenUe, university City.

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1171 OSage rIDge rOaD, Augusta.

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Fleur de Lis charity ball

Photos by Sarah Conard

‌The 57th Annual Fleur de Lis Ball took place Dec. 29 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. This year, His Excellency, Most Reverend Edward M. Rice, received 19 honorees. The proceeds from the ball benefit SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. To date, the Fleur de Lis has contributed a total of $2,847,000 to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.

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Fleur de Lis charity ball

The Most Reverend Edward M. Rice, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis

Miss Paula Marie Capps with her father, Mr. Thomas Howard Capps

Miss Katherine Ann Funkhouser with her father, Mr. Chad Ian Funkhouser

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Miss Sarah Louise Weaver with her father, Mr. Earle Linwood Weaver

Miss Caroline Benson Guyol with her father, Mr. Mark Joseph Guyol Sr.

A Ladue News Special Promotion

Miss Catherine Sedgebrook Dankmyer with her father, Mr. David Sedgebrook Dankmyer

Miss Katherine Kelly Hennesey with her father, Mr. John Gerard Hennesey

Elizabeth Wilmsen, Maggie Vatterott, Jennifer Wright, The Most Reverend Edward M. Rice, Doey Boldt, Beth Van Horn, Janet Schwarze

Miss Sophia Genovese Gatewood with her father, Mr. John Gaspar Gatewood

Miss Claire Nicole Carani with her father, Mr. Steven Gerard Carani

Miss Kathleen Rose Shaughnessy with her father, Mr. Paul Joseph Shaughnessy

Miss Claire Prescott Lord with her father, Mr. John Prentiss Lord III

Miss Krista Jean Burk with her father, Dr. Paul Edward Burk

Miss Claire Virginia Hibbard with her father, Mr. David Glasgow Hibbard

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Fleur de Lis charity ball

Miss Maria Hawes Brennan with her father, Mr. William James Brennan Jr.

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A Ladue News Special Promotion

Miss Sophia Elise Besancenez with her father, Mr. Robert Russell Besancenez

Miss Maria Rose Sansone with her father, Mr. Douglas Gerard Sansone

Miss Sophia Maritz Chappuis with her uncle, Mr. Thomas Martin

Miss Mary Hope Alexander with her father, Mr. Charles Clardy Alexander

Miss Meritt Elizabeth Stahle with her father, Dr. Steven Dale Stahle

Miss Kathryn Brigid McDaniel with her father, Mr. Dennis Michael McDaniel

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Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments

THE 2015 HOLIDAY HOUSE

Photos and story by David Anderson

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he 2015 Holiday House benefiting the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments was hosted by Ron Kruszewski, chairman of the board and CEO, on Dec. 9. This year, 200 guests were welcomed to the exquisite home of Ron Kruszewski in Huntleigh Village. This fundraising event included tours of the home, a dinner buffet, wine and beer, a silent auction and more. All funds raised benefit the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments.

The mission of the Delta Gamma Center is to help children who are blind or visually impaired reach their full potentials through family-centered, specialized services and support. Services begin when parents are told that their infant is blind or visually impaired and continue through high school graduation.

Chairs of the event were Ron Kruszewski, Debbie Naucke, Jill Miller and Kevin Glazer.

Visit LADUENEWS.COM

to see more fabulous photos from this event!

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To see what this charity does for little children, how we touch their lives and change their lives – it’s amazing!

BARBARA BELL, SUPPORTER (LEFT, SHOWN WITH RENEE JOHNSON)

Jennifer LaPresta, Katie Schenk, Joan Duggan, Kelly Bougren

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Patrick Duggan, Michael Bowgren

Ron Kruszewski, Debbie Naucke, Jill Miller, Kevin Glazer

Conway Elementary School

CONWAY ELEMENTARY’S CHEERS FOR CONWAY

Photos and story by David Anderson

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onway Elementary School held their annual “Cheers for Conway” auction on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Cardwell’s in Clayton. The event raised over $20,000 through ticket sales, silent auction and raffle tickets. Event chairs Terri Grillo and Emily Haas were thrilled by the evening’s success.

The money raised is used for technology, special assemblies, library and PE supplies, as well as other items and services for the children. Conway proudly boasts a 1:1 student ratio for technology with kindergarteners and first-graders using iPads, and second-to-fourth-graders using laptop computers.

Popular auction items this year were “Ice Cream Arrest,” where a Ladue police officer “arrests” a child and a few friends and they ride in a patrol car to eat ice cream, and teacher experiences such as the third grade teachers having lunch in the butterfly garden with the winners.

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to see more fabulous photos from this event!

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This annual event is very important to our school in that the money we raise every year goes to ensure that our students have one-on-one technology and other educational needs. We are very grateful for the generosity of all of our donors and those who supported the auction.

TERRI GRILLO, EVENT CO-CHAIR (RIGHT, SHOWN WITH EMILY HAAS)

Audra Harrold, Tracy Rittenbaum, Andre and Pamela Audi

Ranjani and Binu Mathew

Brad and Anne Kosen

Jim and Erin Hayes

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St. Louis’ Entrepreneurial Spirit

ARCH GRANTS GALA

Photos and story by Diane Anderson

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uests were invited to help celebrate St. Louis’ Entrepreneurial Spirit and attended the Arch Grants Gala. The Arch Grants Gala blended the playfulness of the entrepreneurial experience with the esteem of a traditional philanthropic event. Each year it is a tribute to the creative forces that are changing the local landscape and are building the St. Louis of tomorrow. Each winner receives a $50,000 equity-free grant and pro bono support services. 2015 Arch Grants recipients are Babyation, Chrona Sleep, GWR US LLC, Hemadvance, Hummingbird Technologies, The Normal Brand, Olio City, Scopio, Swizzle and Taptl. The evening included networking, a seated dinner, award presentation and a showcase of Arch Grants recipients. Gala chairs were Ward and Carol Klein; honorary chairs were David and Lelia Farr.

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to see more fabulous photos from this event!

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We were thrilled to be a part of the third annual Arch Grants Gala, which reflected the amazing momentum that continues to build around this very special program in our community. With 800-plus guests, the gala captured the excitement about St. Louis’ thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem and celebrated all 21 of the 2015 Arch Grants recipients!

WARD AND CAROL KLEIN, CO-CHAIRS

Kate Frankeo, Chris Chorlins, Christy Conners, Mike Philips, Trish Schlafly

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Carole and Tony Basile, Pat Whitaker, Dick Miles

Kathryn and James Sansone

Friends of Kids with Cancer and Steelcase

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Photos and story by David Anderson

riends of Kids with Cancer and Steelcase celebrated the ninth annual Wreath, Menorah and Ornament event at HOK’s beautiful new architecture studio located in downtown St. Louis. St. Louis designers and architects come together to create wreaths, menorahs and ornaments for a design competition and silent auction. The kids, who are also patients, share artwork they have created from their art therapy programs for silent auction, and the kids are the special guests of the event. Friends of Kids with Cancer provides children undergoing treatment for and survivors of cancer and blood-related diseases with the education, emotional and recreational support they need to get through hours of chemotherapy, illness and isolation. Co-chairs of this year’s event were Trisha Nelson, Joane Bogenshultz, Anne Gallagher and Matthew Hutchison.

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It brings the art and design community together to benefit Friends of Kids with Cancer. It is truly a celebration with a cause.

SUE HARKEN-HOUSER, STEELCASE REPRESENTATIVE ( MIDDLE)

Mike Basler, Judy Ciapciak, Liz Baster

Paige Solomon, Scott and Laura Kemp

Matt, Sam and Julie Biffignani

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Caleres and Saint Louis Fashion Fund

SAINT LOUIS FASHION FUND GALA

Story and photos by Diane Anderson

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uests were invited to St. Louis Union Station with a cocktail reception followed by the gala dinner and presentation of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund Awards.

The 2015 honorees were international fashion icon Iris Apfel, Levi Strauss’s Paul Dillinger and the late Jeigh Singleton. The runway show followed with five of America’s most talented emerging designers, who presented their spring 2016 collections and competed for the $25,000 award presented by Caleres and Saint Louis Fashion Fund. The panel of jurors included founder of New York Fashion Week Fern Mallis; New York designer Lisa Perry; fashion financier and gala honorary chair Gary Wassner; LaForce and Stevens CEO James LaForce; senior fashion director of Barneys New York Tomoko Ogura; and fashion editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Debra Bass. Saint Louis Fashion Fund is dedicated to supporting emerging designers and promoting fashion education and outreach. Houghton by Katharine Polk was awarded the $25,000 Caleres Emerging Designer Award presented by Saint Louis Fashion Fund. Houghton and four other national designer finalists, Haus Alkire, Eckhaus Latta, Azede Jean-Pierre and Novis, presented their spring 2016 collections to a crowd of over 1,200!

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The Fashion Fund Gala clearly showed that there is a huge appetite for fashion and design in St. Louis. Over 1,200 attended the Caleres Emerging Designer runway presentation – on a Wednesday night! We then honored international fashion icon Iris Apfel and kicked off our $2 million Campaign for Fashion, which will fund the new St. Louis Fashion Incubator and help bring “the business of fashion” back to Downtown St. Louis.

SHEREEN FISCHER, SAINT LOUIS FASHION FUND GALA CO-CHAIR (WITH HUSBAND, MICHAEL)

Phyllis Langsdorf, MaryAnn Srenco, Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg

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Tina Epstein, Mary Ciiapciak

Susan Sherman, Fern Mallis, Mayor Francis Slay, Iris Apfel, Russell Pagliughi, Jan Goldstein

Basic Incorporated

CHARLOTTE MERRITTS-OTTLEY TRANSITIONAL WOMEN’S CENTER 5TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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Photos and story by Diane Anderson

asic Incorporated presented its fifth anniversary celebration titled “A Nation Can Rise No Higher ThanIts Woman” Celebration on Purpose. The event started with a panel discussion followed by a noon lunch and a celebration!

Charlotte Merritts-Ottley Transitional Women’s Center focuses on two specific areas: 1. Legitimizing abstinence from all moodaltering chemicals for women and 2. training those who successfully complete the program to craft solutions to the problems facing AfricanAmerican women in the criminal justice system or family court. They all work together to transform their personal experiences into strategies for change.

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For a center to be dedicated in my name is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It means even more to me that it is dedicated to serve women in transition from drug/alcohol abuse. I have dedicated more than 30 years on purpose to bring about change and understanding. Like one of three non-users I have been directly impacted by those addicted with this disease. CMOTWC touches thousands of women who are somebody’s mother, daughter, wife, employee, neighbor or friend. I will never tire in trying to make a difference. I hope others will do so as well.

CHARLOTTE VM OTTLEY

Reverend Claude Johnson, Marcus Miller, Marie-B Miller, Oval Miller, Leroy Grant

Dwight Bosman, Charlotte Ottley, Dwayne Bosman

Connie Wilson, Charlotte Ottley, Lakita Walker

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GATHERINGS

By Robyn Dexter

Matt Coplen, Christine Carr

‌Sat., Jan. 9

VOODOO IN THE LOU MASQUERADE to benefit Young Friends of Kids With Cancer at the Fabulous Fox Theatre (friendsofkids.com )

‌Sat., Jan. 9

The Tennessee Society of St. Louis’ ANNUAL BALL at the Saint Louis Woman’s Club (stlwomansclub.org)

Tue., Jan. 12

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MEMORIAL TRIBUTE at Saint Louis University (slu.edu )

Sat., Jan 16 Ranken Jordan ANNUAL GALA at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis (gala.rankenjordan.org) Girls in the Know presents a conversation with the co-authors of “MOTHERING AND DAUGHTERING: KEEPING YOUR BOND STRONG THROUGH THE TEEN YEARS” to benefit 100 fifth- and sixth-grade female students at Earl Nance Sr. Elementary School (girlsintheknow.org )

Fri., Jan. 22

World Pediatric Project ’s TREASURES IN PARADISE at the Old Warson Country Club (worldpediatricproject.org )

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Ranken Jordan President and CEO Lauri Tanner, Jean Bardwell

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THE TRIO

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Price Upon Request I Bedrooms: 4 I Baths: 3.5 I Square Feet: 3,541

2061 Firethorn Drive in Frontenac

By Nancy Robinson

The Pompidour desk

Kathy assisted the Seller in all aspects of the sale including research, pricing, marketing, contract negotiation and inspections. She served her client with distinction and sold the home in 13 days.

by French Heritage is elaborate in all the right ways: framed drawers, carved rope

If you’re considering listing or purchasing your home, call Kathy today!

trim, delicate detailed hardware and petite carved feet. Available through select designers from Design & Detail.

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MARCH 8, 2016 at THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL 5:30 COCKTAILS | 6:30 DINNER | 8:00 CONCERT

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Massoud’s French settee is upholstered in Brussels Oyster fabric.

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Design DESTINATION BIOLUMINESCENT BEACH IN THE MALDIVES

By Amanda Dahl

A scene unfolds as if from a dream along the coasts of the Maldives, an archipelago residing in the Indian Ocean. The smallest country in Asia features an extraordinary display of underwater lights rushing up to line its shores. Appearing as if stars have fallen from the sky to play along the beaches, this naturally occurring phenomenon is the result of a type of sea life. Believed to be phytoplankton, scientists claim that the marine microbes emit the brilliant blue light as a defense mechanism against predators. Regardless of the reason, it’s undeniable that the coasts of this island paradise are made all the more alluring due to the arresting illumination. Best seen during a new moon when there is low light, you can leave star-studded footprints and drawings in the glowing sand. Capture a bit of this surreal scene in your artist’s studio.

Constructed from drywall, the white bookshelves stand in stark contrast to the aquamarine walls, matching the blazing color of

longue pops with a textured tropical flower design in muted colors. The structural cover comes in fabric or leather, combining polyurethane foam and mesh for cushion over a stainless-steel base. ANTIBODI Chaise by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso in Multicolor, contact for pricing, Centro Modern Furnishings (centro-inc.com)

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The crystal base of the Elena

shores to complete the effect. Customized bookshelves, contact for

Table Lamp features a scalloped

pricing, Denise Fogarty Interiors (denisefogartyinteriors.com)

design that reflects the translucent quality of the ocean waves rolling up on the welltraversed shore. A gold-leafed underside refracts warm tones up the base, imitating the shimmer of the light-flecked sea. Elena Table Lamp, $995, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams (mgbwhome.com)

BOOKSHELVES PHOTO BY ALISE O’BRIEN

This contemporary twist on the chaise

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Q&A with Craft Alliance

By Connie Mitchell

Sometimes the most meaningful items aren’t the perfect, mass-produced ones found in every home and design store or showroom, but are instead the ones that show the individual marks of care and thought that go into true craft. Handmade items are often cherished for generations and can be among the most intriguing décor additions, especially if made by you or someone you know personally. For St. Louisans seeking a place to express themselves through decorative arts and crafts, the Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design offers classes on ceramics, metals, glass, fiber and more. Ladue News recently spoke with Malaika Tolford, a ceramic artist and instructor, to find out what’s new at the Craft Alliance in 2016.

Tell us about your personal area of expertise or interest and how you became an instructor.

I fell in love with clay back in high school and have been working with it off and on ever since. I started teaching wheel throwing to kids at a beloved clay studio in my hometown called The Pot Shop. I studied anthropology and art history as an undergrad, which didn’t leave a lot of time for playing around in a clay studio. So when I graduated and moved to St. Louis, it didn’t take me long to find Craft Alliance, where I started taking classes and then teaching summer camp and later adult classes.

How does craft differ from art?

You could write a thesis on this topic! For many, the difference would be between, for example, a piece of art for art’s sake – maybe a painting – and a crafted object, like a chair or a pitcher. The distinction really only exists in the Western art world, coming about in the Renaissance when artists as individuals gained a notoriety that the journeymen and masters of previous centuries didn’t have.

I’m sure our definitions of these terms will continue to change as the art world does. When people separate craft from art these days, I worry they associate the term with failed Pinterest projects and macaroni glued onto cigar boxes. Craft is the art of making things well.

What are the most popular classes offering craft techniques for decorative or useful items for the home?

Well, I’m completely biased, but I say that pottery is always useful, and it’s really fun to learn. There’s a great satisfaction in being able to make an object that you can use every day. If you wear lots of jewelry every day, you might get the same satisfaction from taking a metal class and making your own. If you sign up for a 3-D printing class, you can make just about anything!

How intensive are these classes?

We teach all ages starting at 4 years old. Some people come to us with zero experience, and some have been working on their craft for their entire lives. Once you start, you’re never done learning, and everyone is capable of learning. I have students say, “Oh, I’m not really good at art,” or “I’m not the most creative,” and they always surprise themselves.

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Most of our classes are six weeks with two- to three-hour sessions each week. (It’s) not a huge commitment, but if you’re worried you might not love what you’re signing up for, come do a one-time evening or afternoon workshop to get your feet wet. Most workshops (look for “Crafternoons” or “Craft Uncorked” in our catalog) are on the weekends, but our classes are all throughout the weekdays, evenings and weekends, fitting into a lot of different kinds of personal schedules.

What are some examples of projects students create and walk away with?

Some examples include a hand-felted dress, wedding bands, a screen-printed porcelain dinnerware set and a memory quilt using imagery from your family photos.

What’s the most important thing you’d like our readers to know about incorporating craft into their homes?

We try to make handmade accessible at many levels. You can come learn how to make functional and decorative objects with us, but you can also enjoy the work of local and regional artists by doing your holiday shopping in our Gallery Shop. Next time you’re about to run to (a national chain) for a serving bowl or throw rug, think about supporting your local community of makers first. Or take it one step further, and learn how to make these items at Craft Alliance! I promise there’s nothing quite like doing it yourself.

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Design Speak

Absolutely Knot!

By Brittany Nay

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The custom hand-knotted rugs designed by St. Louis native Kurt Meinecke now available at Centro Modern Furnishings offer a new style through a centuries-old art.

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igh in the Himalayas, sheep roam jagged snow-covered peaks in bitter cold temperatures. For protection in their highelevation home – Himalaya is Sanskrit for “abode of snow” – these sheep have large amounts of waterproof lanolin in their wool, producing a gorgeous sheen and beautiful abrash coloration that longtime designer and St. Louis native Kurt Meinecke carefully selected to use in his latest bespoke collection of Tibetan hand-knotted rugs, which recently launched at Centro Modern Furnishings in the Central West End. Amid the world’s highest mountain range, Tibetan master artisans practice a centuries-old tradition to handweave this unique wool with the distinctive “Tibetan knot” – a hallmark of quality workmanship for more than

1,000 years. “Only rugs woven in Nepal and Tibet use this type of wool,” Meinecke says. Each rug is made entirely by hand – hand-sheared, hand-washed in mountain streams, hand-carded, hand-spun, hand-dyed and hand-woven into individual works of art. “It’s a centuries-old craft blended with modern design,” Meinecke says. “The lanolin-rich Tibetan wool accepts dye in varying degrees, producing subtle variations of color. Each rug has its own special luster, coloration and feel – a work of art unlike any other.”

Centro’s back gallery is dedicated to the unique new carpet program, which kicked off in November. Ten 2- by 2-foot samples on a display wall, as well as a book with hundreds of Meinecke’s designs, give customers a glimpse of the showpieces. To show customers what the works of art could look like in their homes, there are five 5- by 7-foot

carpets featured on a display wall, as well as three 8- by 10-foot rugs accenting living spaces on the showroom floor.

The rare rugs come in three compositions: 100-percent Tibetan wool, 60 to 150 knots; a combination of Tibetan wool and Indian silk; or 100-percent Indian silk, retailing from $55 to $150 per square foot. Each carpet is made to order, available in standard and custom sizes, completed in 10 to 16 weeks – depending on size and complexity – and shipped within two weeks.

To create their ideal design, Centro customers would work with showroom manager Steve Schuepfer, with Meinecke always available to provide custom designs and recommendations. Designs – available in a vast range of colors and patterns – span from solids to color-blocking, floral to tribal, and Meinecke notes that customers can

select a design and also can reference a color pom box for a variety of options. Customers are invited to select a design, combine patterns or create their own, Schuepfer says.

A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Fine Art (now called the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts), Meinecke draws the inspiration for his designs from his interest in tribal motifs and the exploration of abstract art – using space, line and color.

“My time at Washington University was the foundation for my work as a multidimensional artist because I was able to explore and study both painting and design in an incredible creative environment,” he says. Meinecke works closely with Schuepfer to create the appropriate design and coloration of each rug for every Centro client. “(Schuepfer’s) design sense and eye for color is a great asset in helping me understand what his clients are looking for,” Meinecke says.

Through the years, Meinecke has worked with Centro

co-owners Todd Lannom and Ginny Stewart on multiple design projects. Centro was the exclusive showroom for Meinecke’s Herman Miller for the Home collection in the ’90s. “I have always had an interest in modern furniture and architectural design, and was influenced by work coming out of the Italian design scene, (which was) featured in magazines like Abitare and Domus,” Meinecke explains. “In the early ’90s, I noticed that there were very few area rugs on the market that were of modern design and thought the art I was creating at the time could be interpreted as area rugs – a new medium, so to speak.”

So, in 1993, Meinecke founded The Meinecke Collection – as a subsidiary of the Chicago design firm he founded 13 years before – to design and manufacture handmade area rugs, fabricated by partner mills in Thailand, Nepal and Mexico. The Herman Miller for the Home Collection has won the prestigious Good Design Award given by the

Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and has been featured in publications around the world including International Design Yearbook, Interiors, Abitare, Interior Design, Wallpaper*, House Beautiful and The New York Times.

The line later inspired Meinecke’s most recent collaboration with Centro, the bespoke Tibetan handknotted carpet program that already is generating buzz.

“People are very interested in being able to choose their own kind of design,” Schuepfer says. After all, it isn’t often that one can set foot on an unbelievably soft and sophisticated handmade rug from halfway around the world right in the comfort of their own St. Louis home.

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CONFIDENTIAL

Susan Barrett

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By Julia Christensen

usan Barrett lives at the intersection of fashion and art.

Barrett, who played an integral role in 2013’s “A Queen Within” fashion exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame, owns local company Barrett Barrera Projects. With one of its focuses – along with Central West End creative venue projects+gallery – representing interdisciplinary artists, the aesthetically pleasing plays a huge role in this St. Louisan’s life, inside and outside of her closet.

“I’m lucky to have my own company, Barrett Barrera Projects, which includes projects+gallery, a gallery that features artists who merge various disciplines including fashion and art – no (wardrobe) pressure there!”

Barrett says. The fashion is inescapable, in the most stylish of ways. projects+gallery is currently hosting Fantich & Young’s “APEX PREDATOR | DARWINIAN VOODOO,” a fashion presentation of sorts with an “alpha” theme showcased through primarily hair and teeth. While Fantich and Young’s dental-soled cowboy boots may be more for staring and less for wearing, Barrett says the work is able to impact her attire. “I have a great excuse to dress up and match outfits to artists’ exhibit openings,” she adds. “A typical day is far less glamorous and could involve unpacking art like today, (which means) jeans and high tops!”

So where does one working in such a creative field shop? Secondhand, of course. “I love the thrill of the hunt: Finding something unusual or vintage or something that no one else will have,” Barrett explains.

“I love shopping vintage, especially the ScholarShop or Rung – their missions are so great, it’s hard to feel guilty! I love flea-market or antique-mall shopping, too – anything where I might find something I never knew I needed.”

Barrett describes her style as eclectic, calling herself a mood dresser. “My favorite thing is to pull together an outfit and run out the door,” she says. “Someone famous and tasteful once said to take the last thing off when putting together an outfit. The less-is-more approach may work for some, but I never understood that editorial process. More is joyfully more!”

Much of Barrett’s wardrobe takes a cue from the art of the screen, with fictional characters Holly Golightly (“especially dressed in those fabulous Givenchys!”),

Carrie Bradshaw and Endora from “Bewitched” as a few of her style icons. Other personal favorites include nonfictional personalities Phyllis Diller, Iris Apfel, Daphne Guinness and Isabella Blow.

A wardrobe is never complete without the triedand-true staples. When it comes to timeless treasures, Barrett’s list – albeit lengthy – has something like a motif: “High tops, jeans, oversized rings, vintage kaftans, vintage dresses and vintage sunglasses from my mom. Did I mention vintage?”

In fact, wardrobe mainstays aren’t the only fashionable topic that keep this fashionista with more than a few answers – accessories draw an equally engaged and detailed response. “I’m a complete shoe fanatic,” Barrett says. “I also love hats, though I don’t wear them as much as I’d like to. Oh, I love jewelry, too.

Is there an accessory I don’t like?”

With a job like hers, why not add another accessory?

She may be the only woman in St. Louis with a place to wear everything.

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Style Speak

Q&A

WITH ANDREW SPITZFADEN OF THE COLLAR DOC

By Denise Kruse ‌Small changes make a huge difference when it comes to personal appearance, and St. Louis native Andrew Spitzfaden, orthopedic surgeon by day, founder of The Collar Doc by night, knows this well. Meeting up with friends after a long day at work, Spitzfaden does what most men do, undoing the top couple of buttons of his button-down shirt for a more casual look. Frustrated with the sloppy, “splayed-open disco look” that often happens as a result, Spitzfaden invented The Collar Doc, an adhesive enclosed wire that attaches to the shirt and creates a crisp, clean look. Spitzfaden currently practices at Woods Mill Orthopedics, where he focuses most of his work on shoulder and knee sports injuries, as well as total joint reconstruction – and now, he can add inventor and entrepreneur to his résumé.

The Collar Doc is such an interesting product.

Where did the idea come from?

The origin goes back about four years. I was becoming increasingly frustrated with the appearance of many of my shirts because of the uncontrollable, splayed collars. I found myself constantly fidgeting with my shirt collars, and sure enough, I had built up quite a collection of shirts I wouldn’t wear anymore. It sort of became my mission to figure out a solution to this annoying problem.

What were your early prototypes like?

In order to solve this problem, I knew I needed something to hold the shirt together, but I still wanted to leave the top two buttons unfastened. I tried doublesided sticky tape, Velcro, and I even had a seamstress sew in snaps. All of these ideas didn’t really work, as the shirt collar continued to splay open. Then, a lightbulb went off, and I finally realized that the problem was not down near the buttons, but rather around the collar ring itself. So I brought home some malleable wire and medical tape from the hospital and created this new solution. I placed the wire underneath the collar ring itself, and it worked beautifully. I showed my wife, and she thought the shirt looked great and couldn’t understand why I’d want to get rid of it. Then I removed the wire and showed her the same shirt, and she said, “What did you do? The shirt looks horrible!” I went

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through 10 or more shirts that night, and I was able to solve the uncontrollable collar problem on each and every one. I think we were up until 3 a.m. that night.

Then I started a quest to see if I could buy something similar to my prototype. It was obviously a problem men were dealing with, as I continued to see strange solutions, and I even purchased a couple of these so-called “solutions,” but none of them worked as well as my prototype. That’s where The Collar Doc was born. I realized that my simple prototype seemed to be the best solution to a very common problem. I gained more confidence in my product and eventually reached out to a friend in the “invention industry.” Next thing I knew, I had a patent pending, and I was discussing sample options with a manufacturing company in China. I created the name “The Collar Doc,” started an LLC and met with a local marketing team (Marketing Lift) about website options. Three months ago, the first shipment from China arrived at my doorstep – I think I was in shock that this whole idea/invention was now a reality.

How do they work, and how are they different from collar stays?

Collar stays obviously go into the flap of the collar itself. Their purpose is to prevent the curling of the collar flap, but they won’t do anything for the splayedopen disco look. The Collar Doc is inserted around the ring of the collar, thus allowing you to better control and mold the collar to your desired position. A collar stay and The Collar Doc are often used together, as they serve different purposes. Perhaps someday The Collar Doc will make it onto guys’ mental traveling checklists: “Do I have my collar stays? Check. The Collar Doc? Check.”

What is The Collar Doc made of, and how many uses can you get out of one pair?

Each Collar Doc is a 6-inch-by-1-inch adhesive strip with a built-in malleable wire. Each wear requires that you use two strips (one for each side of the collar). The adhesive is of extremely high quality and will allow you to get two to three uses (or two to three wears) per strip.

How are you balancing The Collar Doc with your day job?

There’s no doubt that orthopedics is a busy field, and this time of year it’s extremely busy. It’s definitely been a challenge trying to carve out time for The Collar Doc

venture. Things would be different if The Collar Doc was my sole activity right now, but that’s just not the case, so I just remind myself that it might take a while to really see what this thing is capable of. I’m spending time at night after the family goes to bed doing Facebook and Instagram marketing, emailing contacts and businesses, searching for new stores to pitch the product to and so on. I wish there were more hours in the day. Or that I didn’t need any sleep.

From where does The Collar Doc operate?

Amazingly, we are doing all the packaging and shipping out of my house. I have sort of a makeshift assembly line in the basement. Things are well organized so it takes only minutes to get an order processed and ready to ship. Then my wife will take orders to the post office the following day. It’s definitely a family operation at this point. If I need to spend a little extra time each day to keep the overhead low, well, that’s just the way it’s going to have to be.

I keep reminding myself that a lot of new companies start out in their founders’ basements.

What has the response been like so far?

The response to The Collar Doc has been quite strong. Online feedback has been great, which is very encouraging. Obviously, we are very early in the life of this new business and were thus thrilled when Woody’s Mens Shop in Frontenac wanted to stock The Collar Doc. After the holidays, I’m hoping to see us in more retail stores. Right now, the online sales are my main focus, with most of the advertising going through Instagram and Facebook. The response online has been fantastic – we are filling orders all over the country. If I send out a targeted ad on Facebook with before-and-after photos, it’s truly amazing at how many orders come from that targeted city and audience. It’s funny; I’ll get men tagging their wives or girlfriends on Facebook posts with “Want this” or “Christmas, please.” It’s more than obvious that the uncontrollable-collar problem is out there – it’s definitely not just me. People are clearly identifying with it, and they desire a solution. I sure hope The Collar Doc is that solution. Hopefully we’ll continue to see the upward trend in online sales and eventually start seeing more refill orders. The goal is eventually to get into the big retail stores like Nordstrom, Saks or Macy’s, where The Collar Doc becomes a permanent fixture in the men’s accessory department.

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By Julia Christensen | Photos courtesy of The Normal Brand

Simple and straightforward fashion makes up St. Louis-based The Normal Brand, inspired by a Midwestern way of life.

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t isn’t showy or ornate. Not a single stitch is ostentatious, and it couldn’t be further from flashy.

This collection is, plain and simple, normal.

Turns out, there’s a market for that.

Just ask 28-year-old St. Louis native Jimmy Sansone, founder of local fashion company The Normal Brand. “I wanted a shirt that was normal to me and my lifestyle, and the clothes available at the stores I shopped at didn’t resonate with me,” Sansone says. “I wanted something I could wear seamlessly in the city and the country: versatile, durable and really comfortable stuff.

The brand is inspired by a Midwest lifestyle – there’s a duality here where life happens both in the city and the country.”

This local line has been creating quite the buzz, from working with local bloggers to gracing the paparazzi-beloved bod of Jon Hamm. Now a multifaceted collection, The Normal Brand originally started with hats. The company first began selling hats online on March 10, 2014, Sansone explains, and thanks to the power of social media and word-of-mouth, they sold out in two days. “I was working out of my parents’ basement, and my family would help me pack the boxes all night so we could have them ready for Phil, our USPS mailman, to pick up,” he explains.

“I remember he couldn’t believe how many boxes there were, and neither could I.” Since its cap-collection debut, The Normal Brand has expanded into men’s and women’s attire and accessories. Henleys, tees, pullovers and the like constitute the clothing options, and some dog products are even available. The line’s henleys are a frequent favorite of Sansone for days at the company’s Washington Avenue office and a perfect example of the company’s simplicity: Offered in just two colors (both neutrals, naturally), the only ornate aspect to the top is a small bear on the back shoulder. “On the weekends, I usually layer the pullover on top of our two-tone button-down, and then the hat I am wearing is usually one we are developing for future sale,” he says. “I always wear our stuff for a few months to figure out what I like and don’t like about it before we start selling it.”

From the purpose to the presentation, The Normal Brand is Midwestern through and through.

Its logo, a bear, even pays homage to the flag of its founding state, Missouri. Items range in formality and price, with caps ringing up in the $20 range, through leather-detailed backpacks nearing $200.

The Normal Brand is sold in 75 stores throughout 20 states, including locally at Fun in the Sun, Outdoors Inc. and Woody’s Mens Shop. Products are also available online.

“I love the idea that I can be Downtown working and, 20 minutes later, (be) in a duck blind hunting with my dad,” Sansone says of St. Louis. “You get a little bit of everything in the Midwest – city and country life – and that versatility is really appealing to me... traditions, family life and community are still really important aspects of life in the Midwest. The Normal Brand designs for and celebrates the kind of life I live here, so St. Louis is the perfect spot.”

Even if his passion for the city weren’t so strong, Sansone would be in St. Louis for a while – that’s one of the stipulations of the Arch Grants funding just awarded to The Normal Brand. As one of 2015’s $50,000 awardees, The Normal Brand is required to operate in the Gateway City for at least one year. “(The) Arch Grant allows for us to broaden our product development, and they offer resources to really help accelerate growth,” Sansone says. “They also give a stamp of approval that enhances our brand and spreads our message. Arch Grants is extremely unique to St. Louis, and we are honored to be a part of it.”

With support like that, it’s easy to expect great things in the next year. Even in year one, The Normal Brand has gone from an idea to a complete collection with men’s and women’s attire. For 2016, Sansone says the company looks to continue expanding retail distribution. “We want to come to your town and let you touch and feel our gear,” he remarks, “because once you do that, you won’t look back.” Other 2016 goals include continuing to grow its college-rep program, as well as its current collections, he says.

“We are trying to get better every day, and we are very proud of our growth thus far.”

The Normal Brand, 314-717-0315, thenormalbrand.com

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By Dr. Benjamin Akande

“‌ It’s the right thing to do.”

For decades, that’s been one of the most cited arguments for inclusiveness in the workplace or at top colleges. Although I have no problem with that argument, I think that too often we overlook the biggest and most persuasive benefit of inclusion: profitability.

As the late author Stephen R. Covey once said, “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”

Indeed, a recent study published in the Harvard Business Review shows that firms with a racially and ethnically diverse group of employees, as well as those with acquired diversity (those that have gone out of their way to immerse themselves in other cultures), were 45 percent more likely to report a growth in market share and 70 percent more likely to report that they had captured a new market.

Nothing better buttresses the argument for a diverse and inclusive workplace than America’s rapidly shifting demographic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2050 the U.S. population will be 50 percent nonwhite.

Having a diverse and inclusive workforce can place a company at a competitive advantage by helping drive innovation and tapping into new, fertile markets both here and abroad.

But are we delivering a diverse and educated workforce?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, while 28 percent of whites over the age of 25 had bachelor’s degrees, only 17 percent of African-Americans and 13 percent of Latinos had four-year degrees. The bureau projects that by 2050, one out of two people in the workforce will be people of color – up from 36 percent today. A diverse workforce is critical to our nation’s competitiveness. Yet the data shows that the number of people of color in fields like law, medicine, accounting, finance and the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields is disproportionately low.

Today’s best colleges and universities are aggressively working to reach out to people of color, particularly in the U.S., to address the issue. Their efforts have a true impact, as they create more inclusive classrooms. These classrooms foster academic excellence and build community.

Many studies on inclusion have focused on the benefits to minority students. But several studies also show that inclusiveness in the classroom benefits white students, as well. A research paper by the National Coalition on School Diversity shows that white students in diverse learning environments were more likely to strengthen their cognitive thinking skills and develop better critical thinking and problem-solving skills peers in “racially homogenous” colleges.

The academic benefits of a diverse classroom environment trickle down to the elementary school level, too. The coalition’s research review of 59 social-science articles showed that students from

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all racial and economic backgrounds who attended integrated schools performed better in math at each grade level.

An inclusive academic environment also boosts awareness. Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University and the paper’s author, said white students in diverse learning environments are more likely to have a heightened understanding of social-justice issues and less likely to hold racial prejudices.

In other words, a diverse learning environment is a critically important tool for building a harmonious and racially inclusive society.

An inclusive student body also creates opportunities for all members of the college community to grow personally and professionally inside and outside of the classroom. Through classroom instruction, campus activities, residential life, college-organization membership and extracurricular activities, students can broaden their horizons and learn from others with vastly different perspectives, including fellow students, professional staff and faculty members.

A college graduate who understands differences and who is comfortable outside of his or her cultural environment is destined to succeed in our increasingly globalized world. When these young graduates succeed, we all succeed and the U.S. will retain its spot as the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nation.

Benjamin Ola. Akande is the 21st president of 164-year-old Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He has a Ph.D. in economics and previously served as dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University.

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Hyken’s HOMEWORK Class Clown ‌W hen I was an English teacher, I always appreciated the student who could make a funny comment.

In fact, I still believe that a welltimed, on-topic one-liner actually enhances the classroom environment. On the other hand, the nonstop, over-the-top jokester was never a welcome addition to my class. This student not only distracted from the teaching environment, but also frustrated the other kids with poorly timed remarks.

There is a comedian in most every classroom. If you are the parent of this student, you have, most likely, received a note from school highlighting your child’s antics. It’s hard to discern, though, if your child is simply being silly or if his or her “clowning around” is a problematic behavior.

To investigate that behavior, first determine why your child would rather entertain the class than do the expected work. Some kids are overly social and

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Clowning has its time and place, and a good classroom comedian knows when it is appropriate to tell a joke. If, however, your son or daughter engages in excessive comedic behavior, it might be time to meet with his or her teacher and get to the core cause of the concern. With guidance, most students are able to channel their foolish performances into positive energy. tell a joke. If, however, your son or daughter engages in excessive comedic behavior, it might be time to meet with his or her teacher and get to the core cause of the concern. With guidance, most students are able to channel their foolish performances into positive energy.

crave additional activity. Their behavior is often an attempt to liven things up, rather than to distract from academic tasks. With appropriate encouragement, these exuberant children can be easily directed to productive pursuits.

Other students, however, clown around because they are trying to mask a problem. A child with a learning difficulty may find it easier to make a joke than focus on schoolwork, and a student with social struggles may use humor to earn the attention of neglectful peers.

Clowning has its time and place, and a good classroom comedian knows when it is appropriate to

Prior to going into private practice as a psychotherapist and learning-disabilities specialist, Russell Hyken, Ph.D., Ed.S., M.A., LPC, NCC, worked for more than 15 years as an English teacher, school counselor and school administrator. Visit him online at ed-psy.com.

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Happily Ever After

Billy, Bob

AND THE KRUSIES

By Robyn Dexter

went into PetSmart for a gecko and came out with a dog.

About 12 years ago, Krusie left the store with Billy, a tiny 8-pound puppy that she “just couldn’t leave without.”

She was able to adopt Billy through PetSmart because Open Door Animal Sanctuary sometimes hosts adoption events through the chain pet store.

Krusie was instantly protective of Billy because of his size. “People still think he’s a puppy because of his size,” Krusie says of now 12-year-old Billy.

Krusie is a preschool teacher and works long hours.

She’s gone a lot and hates leaving Billy alone. He wasn’t the spunky puppy he once was and has heart murmurs.

One day, Krusie went back into PetSmart for dog food and ended up leaving with a new addition: a 7-month-old cat, also from Open Door.

“I was pretty worried about bringing another animal into the house,” she says. “Billy has neurological damage, and I’m very cautious.”

When the cat met Billy, the first thing he did was crawl in the kennel with the dog.

“They just laid down together and have been best friends ever since,” Krusie says.

The cat, originally named Jeff, became Bob because Krusie thought the two names went together nicely.

“Billy and Bob play together all day,” Krusie says. “Bob has really brought out this life in Billy that he had kind of lost in his old age.”

The two have been inseparable since Krusie brought Bob home about two months ago.

She says Bob is truly “the king of the castle” and won’t let Billy do anything without him.

“When they eat breakfast, I have to separate them because they’ll sit right next to each other,” she says. “At night, Billy sleeps in our bed, and Bob usually sort of does his own thing. But when they sleep at the same time, they have to be touching.”

During the days, Bob – being the considerably younger of the pair – constantly wants to play.

“He’ll take his cat toys and bring them to the dog, asking him to come and play” Krusie says. “Billy is still figuring that out.”

Though the four-legged elder is still confused at times by his younger playmate, they’ll spend hours running around and chasing each other.

When they finally exhaust their energy, they have to sleep in the same place. Krusie says she tried buying separate beds for them, but the pair won’t use them.

Billy not only has neurological damage, but arthritis and cataracts as well. He’s had a lot of the problems from a young age, but more have emerged as he’s aged, Krusie says.

“A lot of the issues he was having have stabilized since we brought Bob home,” she says. “Having a pet for your pet can help keep them healthy. We’re so blessed to have them both.”

Krusie says the long-running stereotypes about dogs and cats not getting along don’t apply to these two at all.

“It was my biggest fear (bringing Bob home), but it’s really nature versus nurture,” she says. “The reason I went with a cat is because Billy is so small. He has no idea what he is – he probably thinks he’s a cat!”

It’s been love at first site for the dog-cat pair, though.

Although they’re still trying to figure each other out, Krusie says the two species aren’t very different.

“If animals are given love, they’re going to give love in return,” she says. “We’re thrilled Bob can break those stereotypes.”

Krusie can’t say enough about Open Door Animal Sanctuary and is so happy the House Springs shelter brought the dog, cat and human family together.

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here seems to be a new study or list of health recommendations published every day – and they don’t always agree. Keeping track of the latest findings and discerning which are most credible can be a challenge: After all, most of us don’t have medical degrees and haven’t read the research journals backing the scientists’ findings.

LN turned to those who do – specifically, a family physician, a gastroenterologist, a medical oncologist and a cardiologist – for some practical advice based on the most current knowledge.

Some of their tips and strategies are borne of decades of clinical research and anecdotal results, and others are based on more recent science that will pave the way toward even longer, healthier lives.

When asked for her top health tip, Dr. Kate Endicott, a family physician with SSM Health Medical Group in Rock Hill, stresses the importance of developing a relationship with a primary-care physician. “It’s proven to improve outcomes and lower health care costs,” she says. “Having a primary-care doctor is the cornerstone of your health care.”

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Based on research published in The Journal of Family Practice that might surprise many, Endicott also advises people “say goodbye to their nebulizer,” a device used to deliver medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs. “If you suffer from asthma or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), talk to your doctor about the best method for breathing treatments,” she says. “While nebulizers can provide moist air, which is very soothing, the traditional handheld medications deliver the medicine more effectively for better relief and control of symptoms.”

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When you visit your primary-care physician, he or she will probably echo Endicott’s next pieces of advice: Stop smoking and start exercising. She explains that while not new, these recommendations come up again and again as keys to ongoing health and disease prevention. “When it comes to tobacco, just quit already,” she says. “This is probably the single most important thing you can do for your health and can often mean the difference between needing medication and not. Talk to your doctor about strategies for quitting, and skip the e-cigarettes. The research is still early on their safety and efficacy.”

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Endicott advises everyone, especially children and the elderly, to make sure they are current on all recommended vaccinations, including the flu vaccine. And when it comes to supplements, she thinks less is generally more. “Most people don’t need to take multiple vitamins and supplements,” she says. “There’s little evidence for their benefits, and you may be at risk for adverse drug interactions or side effects. A daily multivitamin is usually a good bet, but talk with your primary-care provider before adding in other supplements. As a good rule of thumb, women should get at least 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day (1,200 after menopause) from food and/or supplements, and everyone should get 800 international units of vitamin D per day.”

Appropriate health screenings are at the top of Dr. Christos Papageorgiou’s list of tips. A medical oncologist with SSM Health Cancer Care, Papageorgiou notes that as recommendations have changed in recent years, he suggests starting with your primary-care physician to determine which screenings are appropriate based on your individual circumstances, overall risk and family health history. “The decision to perform mammography starting at the age 40 should be determined by individual patient risk and values through shared decision making with a clinician,” he says. “An acceptable standard is every two years between the ages 40 and 50 and probably annually after 50. Screening frequency for cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer vary depending on age and other considerations that can be discussed during a physical exam.” For the new year, cancer prevention should become, for all of us, not a target but a lifestyle, he adds. “Physical activity; maintaining a healthy weight; having a diet low in saturated and trans fat and rich in vegetables, whole grains and fruits; avoidance of tobacco; limiting alcohol consumption; avoiding excess sun; and protecting against sexually transmitted infections should all be what we practice routinely.”

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Endicott is as emphatic about exercising: “Study after study shows that regular exercise benefits cardiovascular health, pain, fatigue and mental wellbeing.”

But that doesn’t mean you have to train for a marathon. “Find an activity you enjoy, and make it a regular part of your life,” she says.

“Recommendations are 60 minutes most days of the week. For older individuals or people with the risk factors for cardiovascular disease – smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol or advanced age – talk with your doctor before starting, and start slowly with easy exercises like walking or tai chi.

A good way to determine if you’re hitting your target heart rate is you should be able to talk but not sing while doing cardiovascular exercise.”

seven Speaking of supplements, probiotics, microorganisms believed to provide health benefits when consumed, have seen a recent boom in popularity, but they’re not for everyone, says Dr. Giao Vuong, a gastroenterologist at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. “Although probiotics are popular right now, they have proven success mainly in helping people with digestive disorders such as infectious diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease,” he says. Vuong does not recommend their routine use for otherwise healthy people. “When taken for extended periods of time, probiotics can cause side effects such as bloating or infections in people who have a compromised immune system.”

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Many of these recommendations double as heart-healthy guidelines. However, the first step to minimizing your risk is knowing your numbers, says Dr. Stephanie White, a cardiologist at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. “Your physician will use your cholesterol and blood pressure along with the ASCVD (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) 10-year risk calculator to determine your personal risk for heart disease and need for medication,” she says. “The ASCVD is a big advancement in cardiology. It allows physicians to dig deeper and get a more complete picture of the individual’s risk.”

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On top of it all, try not to stress, Endicott concludes. “Chronic stress can increase your risk for everything from insomnia, depression, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and heart disease,” she says. “Yoga, meditation and prayer are all good ways to reduce your stress.”

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The interior of Sapore is cozy and comfortable. The low lights and understated décor make it a good spot for a weekly date night or a special get-together. Patio fans take note: There’s also a spacious outdoor-seating area available when the weather permits.

The restaurant offers plenty of antipasti options: The polpette di casa ($10), a pair of hearty house-made

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Sicilian meatballs in spicy tomato sauce topped with melted mozzarella, is a good place to start. It’s certainly substantial but just big enough to get the appetite primed. Take my advice and save some of the complimentary crusty Italian bread to mop up every bit of the cheese and sauce.

Of course, ordering pasta was a foregone conclusion, but which one? Sapore has a solid selection of favorites, from spaghetti to fettuccine. The final decision was the parpadella puttanesca ($18), although we’ll definitely be back to try out the rest (I’ve also got eyes on the restaurant’s risotto, as well). The tender, wide parpadella noodles in the dish are smothered with a rich

By Matt Sorrell and savory tomato sauce seasoned with garlic and basil, augmented with anchovies, black olives and capers. The peppery sauce has a delicious tang and flavor.

While pasta is plentiful at Sapore, there are many other classic Italian dishes that don’t revolve around noodles that are equally delicious. I got out of my pasta comfort zone and ordered the chicken marsala ($17). The simple dish is much more than the sum of its humble parts: The creamy sauce was surprisingly light, full of mushrooms, tomatoes and peppers, and complemented the tender chicken perfectly.

All of the dishes we indulged in during our visit paired well with a glass of Valpane Barbera ($10), an

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earthy Italian vino from the Piedmont region. The wine has a surprising touch of sweetness and just enough fruit up front to make it a spot-on match for all of the tomato-based sauces we sampled.

In the interest of our continuing quest to find the ultimate cannoli, we sampled Sapore’s version ($7) and found it to be up there with the best in St. Louis. The shell of the cannoli is made with red wine, a nice touch that gives this traditional confection interesting new dimension.

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ot so long ago, an opera aficionado in St. Louis equated opera season with the warm weather months of May through August. In 1976, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) began presenting its repertory season of four productions in May and June.

Since 1995, Union Avenue Opera (UAO) has offered a season of three presentations in July and August.

Opera singer and St. Louis native Gina Galati, founder and general director of Winter Opera Saint Louis, saw an opportunity to reach a local opera audience at the other end of the calendar year. “I was actually singing in a production of ‘Rigoletto’ in Philadelphia,” she remarks in a phone interview. “It’s such a beautiful opera, and I thought it would be wonderful to bring it down to St. Ambrose Church (on The Hill), the way they do it in Italy in churches and small venues. When I came back home, I wanted to do something traditional for the community.

For the past several seasons, Winter Opera has been seen at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts on the campus of Chaminade College Preparatory. “The sound there is terrific,” says Galati. “We do shows on Friday and Sunday (not Saturday) because it’s hard on singers to do three shows in a row. We average 400 to 550 people in attendance at evening performances, with bigger turnouts at the matinees.”

Although the music was beautiful, raising funds might have seemed daunting in the beginning. “I didn’t know if we could raise money,” says Galati, “so I thought about going nonprofit. I sent out letters announcing my intentions and raised $35,000 to start a nonprofit organization. The original intention was to hire a pianist with the money raised for our first performance, but then we had (enough) money to use an orchestra.”

Galati, who earned a bachelor of arts and sciences degree in music from Washington University and a master of opera degree from the University of Kansas, didn’t see Winter Opera as competition for OTSL or UAO. “I didn’t think anything about that,” she says, “because they’re in the summertime. We have a very good rapport with both companies. One hand washes the other.”

When selecting the Winter Opera season, she says, “We try and stay a little more toward more traditional classic opera. We made a pledge to do Verdi operas the last three years,” which concludes this season with a production of “Il trovatore” in March. “We do smaller show in the middle of our season,” adds Galati. “This year we have ‘Così fan tutte,’ which has a small cast and not too much of a chorus. We try to be smart financially to pull off our season in a reasonable way.”

“Così fan tutte,” which premiered in 1790, features

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music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. The opera buffa – an 18th-century form of operatic farce – involves two military officers who make a bet with an old philosopher that their fiancées will remain eternally faithful. They then test the will of their betrotheds through a ruse in which they attempt in disguise to seduce each other’s fiancée.

Despite disappointments and travails, all is forgiven in the final act because “così fan tutte” (“Thus do all (women)” – colloquially, “Women are like that”).

Soprano Galati and Sarah Nordin, a mezzo-soprano based in New York City, will portray the fiancées. “Daniel Gerdes, a tenor, is coming in from Florida,” says Galati, “and we have Christopher Holmes, a baritone from Salt Lake City,” as the two young men who test the mettle of their ladies. Bass Matthew Anchel, who will portray the cynical Don Alfonso, for the past two seasons has been on the roster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera covering in five productions. Gina adds that a new conductor, Nicolas Giusti from Italy, will conduct the orchestra.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles, Galati says that “‘Così fan tutte’ is great for all audiences, with beautiful ensembles, arias, comedy and great characters.

We had so much success last season with our production of ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ that we wanted to produce another Mozart opera this season.”

Three shows a year for Winter Opera is a manageable number, says Galati, whose parents own the longrunning Dominic’s on The Hill restaurant. “We do our best with a small budget and make a lot with what we have. We put on the best operas that we can.”

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By Denise Kruse ‌Artist and Kansas City Art Institute assistant professor of sculpture Jill Downen is coming back for her fourth solo exhibit at Bruno David Gallery with “As If You Are Here.” Downen, a former Danforth Scholar and graduate of Washington University in St. Louis’ Master of Fine Arts program, has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the MacDowell Colony National Endowment for the Arts residency and Cité Internationale des Arts residency in Paris. Her newest exhibit, which will run from Feb. 5 through March 12, features a series of miniature rooms inside of walls, viewed through small windows. With various mixed media used to shape the forms in each room, illuminated by light and shadow, the exhibit invites viewers to unlock a desire to explore and discover conditions that shelter the human imagination.

How did you decide to become an artist?

At age 7, I wanted to be a Catholic priest. It didn’t take long to figure out that was not possible. “Artist” was my second choice.

What can attendees expect as they walk through your newest exhibit?

Adults, children and collectors alike may expect an immersive experience with the art by peering into small windows set in the wall. Each interior space they encounter is uniquely sculpted to evoke curiosity, emotions and wonder. Themes of disrepair and restoration emerge from the idea that architecture is like a second skin to protect the body.

How did this exhibit come to be?

This exhibition is three years in the making, and it is still evolving. Model-making is a part of my practice, as well as a necessary step in creating large, architectural installations. I began to notice that the models could stand on their own as finished sculptures or, in this case, miniature rooms. Scale is an important element because though each is about the size of a shoebox, the space inside each appears

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What does the structure of the exhibit communicate?

The exhibit can be seen in a nonlinear order. There are no right or wrong ways to wander through the gallery, look through each window and discover each place. I hope the artwork heightens awareness of emotions and associations that delight and satisfy the human desire to wonder.

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Fun Free Saturdays at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild features WINTER COLLAGE-MAKING, where children can create snowflakes and winter trees using paint and collage techniques. Best for ages 5 to 10. All supplies are included. Noon to 2 p.m. Free.

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ADARON “POPS” JACKSON TRIO at the Ferring Jazz Bistro. Enjoy an evening of straight-ahead jazz with one of the area’s best pianists, Adaron “Pops” Jackson. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $15, $10 for students. 314-571-6000 or jazzstl.org.

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The Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School will feature “SHAPING THE GARDEN,” an exhibit of paintings by Adrian Cox. In the exhibit, Cox presents a selection of recent work that centers around a cast of monstrous figures named the Border Creatures. As the relationship between these strange protagonists and their lush landscape home unfolds, Cox questions the distinct categories of the Beautiful, the Ugly and the Natural. An opening reception will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8, and regular gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free. 314-993-4040 or jburroughs.org/arts/bonsack-gallery.

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David Gregory’s “HOW’S YOUR FAITH? – AN UNLIKELY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY” at the JCC Staenberg Family Complex – Arts and Education Building. When David Gregory was a reporter covering the White House, President George W. Bush asked him a question: “Gregory, how’s your faith?” This moving journey asks us all who we want to be and what we believe. 7:30 p.m. $20.

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L’École Culinaire’s AMERICAN REGIONAL COOKING – BEGINNER CLASS. Prepare dishes that your Super Bowl party guests will enjoy and that also allow you time to watch the game. Learn to put unique twists on traditional game-day favorites. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $85. 314-587-2433 or lecole.edu.

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Third Degree Glass Factory’s “PEOPLE ARE STRANGE” – AN UNUSUAL THIRD FRIDAY PARTY open house, featuring guided glass-art activities, food from the Hotdog Man and Strange Donuts, East Gallery’s new installation (“Obscured Transformation”), music by Raw Earth and fire spinning by St. Louis Fire Technicians. 6 to 10 p.m.

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Stroll Yesterday’s St. Louis

Today

By Bryan A. Hollerbach | Photos by Sarah Conard

a vast museum exhibition allows visitors to tour the river City almost a century and a half past

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t was a very, very tough life,” Lutrelle Palmer remarks, glancing around a current exhibition at the Missouri History Museum, where he works on the guest-service staff – and those walls corroborate his observation.

Where displays at similar events in similar venues here occupy the walls, those of “A Walk in 1875 St. Louis,” a monumental exhibition there, form the walls.

That exhibition, which opened late last May in the museum’s East Temporary Gallery and closes Feb. 14, boggles the mind – and might, in its sheer immensity, prompt pleasurable dizziness.

Its overview of how much the city has changed certainly has prompted a favorable response from the public, according to Palmer.

“The feedback’s been tremendous,” he relates. “Of all the exhibits that we’ve had since I’ve been here, with the exception of (‘250 in 250’), this has been one of the most positive.”

The free exhibition derives from “Pictorial St. Louis,” a mid-19th-century ancestor of today’s Wunnenberg’s and like guidebooks, envisioned by sheet-music publisher Richard Compton and draftsman Camille Dry. With a team of junior artists, Dry depicted every structure, thoroughfare, lot and greensward down to individual trees in the city as it then existed.

For good measure, they also populated the resultant 110 11-by-17-inch landscape plates with wee St.

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Louisans strolling the streets or enjoying horse-drawn carriage rides – as well as the shadows cast by every component of the plates.

As a commercial venture, alas, Compton and Dry’s proto-Wunnenberg’s tanked. “Its giant price tag of $25 (more than $500 today) was far out of reach for most people,” notes one exhibition plaque. “‘Pictorial St. Louis’ covers nearly 10 miles of riverfront, from Gasconade Street on the south to Bellefontaine Cemetery on the north, and stretches west to cover more than 40 square miles of land,” states another plaque. “Stitch together the 110 plates of ‘Pictorial St. Louis,’ and you get a vision of the city stretching 24 feet wide.”

“A Walk in 1875 St. Louis” enlarges plates to the size of standard cinema screens, in nine vistas labeled as the Fairgrounds, Forest Park, Lafayette Square, Lucas Place, Midtown, Old North, the Riverfront, Soulard and Tower Grove.

A 10th and final vista showing the whole shebang waits at the gallery’s rear.

That vista and the exhibition in general might surprise visitors analyzing how much has changed through the years and decades. In 1875, for instance, neither the Hill nor the Ville yet existed, and the Old Post Office, a helpful note explains, scarcely qualified even as new, with nearly another decade to go before its 1884 completion.

The exhibition’s breathtaking scope took aback even the museum’s staff, confesses Palmer, who played no part in

the long-term conception of “A Walk in 1875 St. Louis.”

“The first time I walked through it,” he recalls, “I was actually surprised at how big it was. But (its in-house designers) probably knew down to the inch exactly how large it was going to be.”

Referring to “a group standing right over there,” whose members have been comparing where informal contemporary landmarks stood 141 years ago, Palmer notes that “A Walk in 1875 St. Louis” has enjoyed especially strong weekend attendance. “You could easily spend three hours in this exhibit,” he remarks.

A number of other attractions supplement the enlargements, arguably chief among them oversize instructional cartoons by St. Louis illustrator Dan Zettwoch.

“Dan worked on the illustrations for about four months,” relates a display at the exhibition’s very front.

“They total more than 4,000 square feet of wall space!”

Zettwoch’s contributions illuminate numerous small displays in the exhibition, like “Average Daily Wages,” “Did These Places Exist in 1875?” (alluded to earlier) and the sports-related “Playing Around in 1875 St. Louis.”

Other features of the exhibition all but defy enumeration, let alone description, in anything short of an official catalogue.

Just inside the entrance, for instance, stands a carved wooden angel salvaged from the first Unitarian house of worship west of the Mississippi, on Lucas Place.

Short audio narratives delving into the plates’ details

are sprinkled throughout as interactive “Voices From the Map.” One such dwells on hucksters’ street-corner calls; another mentions “new industries, like brewing.” Still others refer to St. Louis places long since vanished, like Clabber Alley, whose “inhabitants were said to live on nothing more than the sour milk (clabber) thrown out by nearby dairies.”

Vintage artifacts mingle throughout the exhibition with other high-tech embellishments, like a velocipede (the bicycle’s precursor), three prim frocks from the era, granite levee pavers (their 1875 cost: less than a dime apiece) and ominous-looking medicinal and dental chests.

History buffs can enjoy the exhibition each day of the week, except Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Tuesdays, the museum extends its hours to 8 p.m.

Even to someone accustomed to the exhibition, Palmer admits, its new/old perspective on the city, both figurative and literal, can prove daunting, especially regarding the rigors of urban living even then.

“I mean, there was virtually no sanitation,” he remarks. “There was no refrigeration. The life expectancy was 45. It was pretty filthy.

“It was a tough place to live, St. Louis in 1875.”

True in all likelihood. But between now and Valentine’s Day, it makes a stupendous place to visit.

Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, 314-746-4599, mohistory.org

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Building on the Extraordinary.

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Thank you for a wonderful 2015!

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Suite 100

Saint Louis, MO 63105

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