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persons of interest

now open downtown

take a bow (tie)

TOM STILLMAN

NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM

GREAT KNOTS

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1642 Garden Valley Drive | Wildwood | $749,900

The LUXURY COLLECTION of

16775 Wills Trace

1014 Devonworth Manor

Wildwood | $1,750,000

Town & Country | $1,450,000

12741 Mason Manor Road

August Tavern Creek - Lot 20

62 Broadview Drive

23 Brighton Way #201

Creve Coeur | $949,000

Clayton | $795,000

Wildwood | $875,990

Clayton | $749,900

Alliance Real Estate

8025 Maryland Avenue #14D Clayton | $1,250,000

7200 Creveling Drive

12249 Ladue Road

Creve Coeur | $998,000

624 Savannah View

66 Chesterfield Lakes Road

University City | $869,900

Town & Country | $859,000

7255 Creveling Drive

110 Woodmere Trail Court

University City | $719,900

179 Belle Maison Court

Creve Coeur | $1,199,900

St Charles | $558,727

Chesterfield | $850,000

2538 North Fox Hound

Lake St Louis | $500,000

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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…

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Featured LUXURY SPECIALISTS of

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The Monschein Team

Kristi Monschein-DeSantis - 314-954-2138 JT Monschein - 314-265-7001

www.motherandson.com 581 Deer Valley Ct - Stunning home with luxury finishes and updates galore including gourmet kitchen and outdoor oasis with in-ground pool, waterfall and new pergola.

115 Club Creek Ct - Magnificent 2 story home situated on Top 10 golf course with beautiful custom finishes throughout.

326 Glen Hollow Ln - Masterpiece home boasts striking features throughout master bedroom suite with luxury bath, and landscaped oasis with in-ground pool overlooking pond.

581 Deer Valley Court Saint Albans | $1,199,900

115 Club Creek Court Saint Albans | $975,000

326 Glen Hollow Lane Saint Albans | $884,900

Patershuk Partners

Diane Patershuk - 314-477-7673 Rod Patershuk - 314-477-7674

www.patershukpartners.com

64 Highgate Rd - Spacious home in sought after Chevy Chase expanded and updated with modern conveniences while preserving its classic charm.

5 bedrooms include 2 master suites, both with access to upper deck, 4-1/2 renovated baths.

Ample family and entertaining areas inside and out.

21 Ladue Manor - PRICE REDUCED - Expanded ranch on a well maintained acre lot. Featuring over 3,700 sq ft with a vast master suite, plus partially finished walkout lower level. High end chef’s kitchen appliances.

64 Highgate Road Olivette | $755,000

21 Ladue Manor Ladue | $799,000

Roberta Rollins

314-541-5166 www.robertarollins.com 13031 West Watson Rd - Build 1 to 5 homes on this exclusive 6 acre parcel which backs to Tapawingo Golf Club and fronts to West Watson. R-1 zoning and all utilities ready.

23601 Lake Ridge Ln - 405 acre farm with 24 acre lake and equestrian facility. Private, gated location offers the ultimate serenity and quietude. Easy access to Warrenton and Hermann.

2664 Brinkman Rd - Historic, restored 4,400 sq ft home with stone barn on 67 acres with creek, fencing, wooden paddock, 2 well-stocked lakes and miles of trail riding. Additional acreage available in this great area, close to restaurants & wineries.

13031 West Watson Road Sunset Hills | $1,200,000

23601 Lake Ridge Lane Warrenton | $2,845,000

2664 Brinkman Road Owensville | $598,000

The Christian Team

314-346-6906 www.christianteamsellshomes.com 401 Schaper Rd - Prime development location with convenient access to highway 70 and retail shopping. This unique opportunity is perfect for luxury home sites, golf course or winery,

401 Schaper Road - Luxury Land Foristell | $3,379,000

10 Lakeview Drive Lake St Louis | SOLD!

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LANDSCAPE: FRESHEN YOUR GARDEN

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Rossman School Lupus Foundation of America The Preston Upcoming Gatherings

ABODE In honor of spring’s arrival – at long last! – horticultural dynamism takes the spotlight with new twists on a trio of old favorites, courtesy of LN columnists Pat Raven, Ph.D., and Julie Hess.

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The Trio: Earth Grains Feature: Increasing Curb Appeal

One Look, Two Ways Destination Style: St. Barths Feature: Great Knots

THE DAILY

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ST. LOUIS SENIOR OLYMPICS LN regular Connie Mitchell discusses the benefits, both physical and mental, of this Memorial Day-weekend event (now celebrating its 37th year) with Phil Ruben, its director.

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Landscape: Freshen Your Garden

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persons of interest

now open downtown

take a bow (tie)

TOM STILLMAN

NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM

GREAT KNOTS

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Persons of Interest: Tom Stillman Communication Conversation Hyken’s Homework Golf Grapevine Feature: St. Louis Senior Olympics

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Delta Exteriors is revolutionizing the way roofing is done right here in its hometown of St. Louis. Read more about Delta Exteriors’ business model, which continually earns accolades for this company on the rise, in our two-page profile. Pictured on the cover are Rob Soper (left) and Rob Orf. Photo by Sarah Conard. The profile begins on page 14.

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Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis

NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM

Robert Endicott, a guiding light of this grand new destination point, gives LN readers (as well as copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach) a verbal tour of an instantaneous St. Louis landmark already enjoying national attention.

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Asthma and Allergy Foundation

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Dinner & A Show Around Town Feature: National Blues Museum

SHOWCASE SPECIALIST of

1442 Ridgetree Trails Drive Wildwood, MO | $624,900

Beautifully appointed charming ranch home in exclusive and private Wildwood neighborhood. Home boasts over 4300 sq. ft. of finished living space, a 4 car garage and too many updates to list here. Located on a secluded 3+ acre lot with large raised garden area. Enjoy an open floor plan with vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors and wood burning fireplace. Custom kitchen boasts granite countertops with travertine floors and back splash, all wood cabinets and large island. Partially finished walkout lower level features 9’ ceilings, media room with wood burning fireplace and full featured home office.

Champion thermal windows, external wood burning furnace and 20kW solar array make for extremely low utility bills.

1822 Klott Road Hermann | $495,000

Ideal for your retirement in the Hermann countryside or an outstanding weekend retreat! Come and escape to this exceptionally well-maintained 3 bedroom, 3 bath ranch home on 104 peaceful acres only 15 minutes to downtown Hermann, MO. Beautiful rolling hills are dotted with ponds providing a haven for wildlife. Great for hunting everything from morels to deer! With a new roof, new carpet and fresh paint, this home is move-in ready!

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Properties Under Contract:

Active Properties:

816 S. Hanley Rd #16A | $1,099,000

1518 Madison Creek Lane | $2,495,000

18 Dromara Road | $1,499,000

557 Beauford Drive | $499,000

1950 Log Cabin Lane | $2,295,000

25 Manderleigh Estates | $1,495,000

10 Fieldstone Trail | $1,945,000

14780 Sugarwood Trail | $1,149,000

1177 Bella Vista | $635,000

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8 Huntleigh Woods | $2,750,000

1 Taylor Estates | $867,000

19 Clermont Lane | $1,400,000

417 West Swon Ave | $1,250,000

202 N Brentwood Blvd #3B | $669,000

729 Dougherty Place | $475,000

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Additional Listings!

827 Teasdale | University City | $374,000 NEW LISTING! One and a half story cottage boarding Clayton. Movein ready with new chef’s kitchen featuring Viking range, farmhouse sink and other gorgeous amenities, it is a must see! The first floor master with fully renovated bath. Plus, great storage!

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2627 Heger Court | St. Louis | $169,900 Treat yourself to a wonderful brick bungalow bordering Tower Grove Park. Generous sized rooms, interesting built-ins, a fireplace and original wood floors make this two bedroom, one bath home very special!

Detached one car garage make this home more than just a pretty face.

7130 Cornell Ave | University City | $380,000 This home is graced with natural light, beautiful archways and honey hardwood floors. The clean architectural lines are enhanced with striking millwork and corner windows. The kitchen includes granite counters, pantry, under-lit cabinets and built-in wine rack. The first floor has a sunroom looking out to the private backyard and patio.

662 Glen Summit | St. Charles | $389,000 This home has an open-floor plan and a gorgeous backyard. The kitchen has stainless steal double ovens and granite counters, plus a prep sink and center island. The walkout lower level offers a family room, fireplace, large windows, kitchenette, full bath, and bonus room.

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More Residential Properties 7 Carrswold Drive (Clayton).

$2,595,000

6916 Pershing Avenue (University City).

1518 Madison Creek Lane (Wildwood).

$2,495,000

662 Glen Summit (Unic St. Louis).

$389,000

1950 Log Cabin Lane (Ladue).

$2,295,000

126 Berry Manor Circle (St. Peters).

$369,000

10 Fieldstone Trail (Ladue).

$1,945,000

7620 Cornell Avenue (University City).

$329,000

$1,899,000

7228 Lindell (University City).

$329,000

14 Country Life Acres (T&C).l

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1. 25 Manderleigh Estates • Frontenac $1,495,000 This custom Johnson-built home is distinguished by the dramatic entry foyer that over looks the yard and three story great room on the lower level! The main level has an impressive master suite with coffered ceilings, crown molding, and palladium windows. Including a master bath and walk-in closet. A dining room, music room, paneled library with a fireplace, and finally, a kitchen and hearth room opening to a four-season room and deck, finish out the main floor.

2. 630 Emerson #204 • Creve Coeur $325,000 This two-bedroom loft has great character with wood beam and beautifully upgraded wood floors that will capture your attention. The kitchen features a glass-block breakfast bar, granite counters, stainless appliances, and wine cooler. The loft style master bedroom has a bath boasting a large walk-in closet, shower and a corner tub. Enjoy the private laundry, 11-foot ceilings and deck! Building amenities include a patio, heated pool, exercise room and clubhouse!

3. 267 Magna Carta Drive • Creve Coeur $657,900 Lovely center hall Colonial in popular Runnymede! There is a dining room, wonderful den and cozy living room. An updated kitchen with sunny breakfast room, and enormous family room addition with coffered ceilings and fireplace. The second floor has a master suite with a remodeled master bathroom, plus three spacious bedrooms sharing a full bath.

Beautiful acre-sized lot with an oversized three-car garage, patio and room for a pool and play set.

4. 6367 Ellenwood Avenue • Clayton $1,650,000 NEW LISTING! Old world charm intermingles with modern amenities in this home. The first floor has a screened-in porch overlooking the yard. The chef's kitchen has a wet bar, breakfast room and adjacent hearth room. Boasting a palatial master suite, the second floor also holds a guest suite. A great room and two bedrooms are on the third floor.

$414,900

4 Barclay Woods (Ladue).

$1,850,000

821 Hawkins Court (Crestwood).

$309,900

18 Dromara Road (Ladue).

$1,499,000

822 Garland Place (Warson Woods).

$299,900

18 Brookwood Road (Town & Country).

$1,495,000

8441 Fawn Hill Lane (Unic St. Louis).

$279,900

18 Balcon Estates (Creve Coeur).

$1,400,000

5401 Lindenwood Avenue (St. Louis).

$235,000

8970 Moydalgan Road (Ladue).

$1,379,000

9237 Lavant (St. Louis).

$208,000

14780 Sugarwood Trail (Chesterfield).

$1,149,000

714 Highland Avenue (Valley Park).

$195,000

115 Pointer Lane (Ladue).

$1,125,000

832 Karlsruhe Place (Mehlville).

$114,900

30 Vouga Lane (Frontenac).

$1,090,000

Lots & Acreage

979 Delvin (Town & Country).l

10062 Springwood Drive (Ladue).l

$995,000

18 Brookwood Road (Town & Country).

$1,495,000

$875,000

1035 Price School Lane (Ladue).

$1,100,000 $1,095,000

300 Babler Road (Town & Country).

$749,900

45 Trent Drive (Ladue).

5228 Westminster (St. Louis).

$735,000

Condos, Villas, Town Homes

16749 Benton Taylor (Chesterfeild).

$639,900

750 South Hanley Road, #30 (Clayton).

$619,000

1177 Bella Vista (Ladue).

$635,000

630 Emerson Road, #201 (Creve Coeur).

$415,000

310 Altus Place (Kirkwood).

$575,000

630 Emerson Road, #206 (Creve Coeur).

$399,900

1323 Mallet Hill (Ellisville).

$550,000

630 Emerson Rd, #204 (Creve Coeur).

$325,000

161 Stuart Lane (Eureka). l

423 Conway Meadows (Chesterfield).

$285,000

$540,000

329 Belt Avenue, #402 (St Louis).

$225,000

14 Beacon Hill (Creve Coeur).

$499,000

900 S. Hanley, #3B (Clayton).

$174,900

13682 Peacock Farm Road (Frontenac).l $549,900

7034 Maryland Ave. (U. City).

$489,000

652 Emerson Road, #403 (Creve Coeur).

$169,900

1566 Treherne Court (Chesterfield).

$459,900

5375 Pershing Avenue #2W (St. Louis).

$165,000

1659 Dearborn (Warson Woods).

$450,000

1433 Oriole Place (Brentwood).

$127,499

731 Carman Meadows Drive (Manchester). $435,000 510 Fairview (Webster Groves).

$425,000

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5. 8210 Gannon Avenue • University City $499,900 Fantastic home in Oakbrook Forest! This home is move-in ready, with a large family room that opens to the kitchen and sunny breakfast room, and a huge living room as well. The main floor has three bedrooms with two full baths. The master bedroom is upstairs with a wonderful sitting room and a full bath including a steam shower, whirlpool tub and sauna!.

6. 1320 Green Tree Lane • Glendale $649,000 This four-bedroom one story offers living at its best. Hardwoods, arched doorways and cove ceilings all add to the charm. The living room and family room, both have handsome fireplaces. The kitchen is updated with granite tops and a center island. The master suite has a luxurious bath featuring marble, soaking tub, rain shower and heated floors.

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750 South Hanley #30 | Clayton $619,000 | 2 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths

letter

from the

EDITOR ‌AT A YOUNG AGE, MY PARENTS SIGNED ME UP FOR BALLET classes. In time, I tacked on tap, then jazz, hip-hop and eventually pointe. Before I knew it, my life was consumed by school and dance – and by extension, music.

Music is a powerful thing. It can make you happy or sad, energized or introspective. It can cause a flood of emotions to instantly rise to the surface. In my case, music made me want to move.

In this week’s edition of LN, copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach delves into the newly opened National Blues Museum in downtown St. Louis. I don’t want to give away any of the fascinating exhibits or details, but suffice it to say, Bryan really throws you into the art of this musical genre and that make you ready to swing. Or at least, that was my reaction to the story, which you can find on p. 71.

Also in this week’s edition, contributor Denise Kruse shares the work of Nancy Staley, creator of Great Knots. Staley’s story is as vibrant and beautiful as the custom bow ties she’s made a name for herself creating. Turn to p. 43 to learn how Staley grew her company from one bow tie made for her son’s school dance to outfitting Mayor Francis G. Slay for this year’s Mayor’s Ball. I hope her story of creativity, fashion and entrepreneurship inspires you as much as it did me.

All the best,

Alecia Lassing, Managing Editor

Editor’s Corner The word around town Congrats to the

Local artist and art instructor William Neukomm has had a

St. Louis Symphony

painting accepted for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

for its wildly successful

in London. William’s portrait, Katrina, will be presented as part of

inaugural Four Seasons

the 37th annual international portrait competition, the BP Award,

of Fashion, an event

which is known as one of the most competitive and prestigious

recently presented by

awards for contemporary portraiture. Katrina was selected from

the symphony to raise

approximately 2,500 entries from countries around the world.

funds for its hundreds of free community and music-education

Congratulations to the St. Louis-based Musial

programs. The event,

Awards for receiving a prestigious award of its own!

which featured a classic-

The National Association of Sports Commissions

couture fashion show,

recently recognized the Musial Awards as the Locally

chamber performance

Created Event of the Year. The St. Louis Sports

and more, raised more

Commission created and produces the Musial Awards,

than $135,000 for the

which honors Stan Musial’s legacy by celebrating

St. Louis Symphony.

inspiring stories of sportsmanship in North America.

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108 Club Creek Court st. Albans $850,000

201 Kendall Bluff Court Chesterfield $719,900

8 Rio Vista Ladue $869,000

5105 Lindell Boulevard Cwe $1,595,000

800 south Hanley Road, Unit 4e Clayton $949,000

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6836 KINGSBURY BOULEVARD, University City. wonderful

6 APPLE TREE LANE, Ladue. this lovely 4 bedroom, 5.5 bath home on 1.72 acres has tremendous living space -7684 square feet of total living area!

$1,799,000

3 HUNTLEIGH MANOR LANE, Village of Huntleigh. Updated 2-acre home. Newer kitchen. 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. Main floor master and 4-car garage. $1,230,000. Open 4/17, 1-3 PM 19 MARYHILL DRIVE, Ladue. Renovated and expanded 5 bed, 4.5 bath home on private lot in sought-after neighborhood.

Main floor master and pool. Price upon request. Open 4/16, 12-2 PM 8 SHERWYN LANE, Creve Coeur. Lovely atrium ranch in Ladue Schools. 5 beds, 3 full 2 half baths on one acre. Open floor plan, main floor master suite with fireplace.

207 TROON COURT, st. Albans.

$959,000

words like “elegant” and

irreplaceable come to mind when describing this young home with an old world feel.

$934,900

7245 KINGSBURY BOULEVARD, University City. Handsome, 2-story brick home in University Hills. Home is move-in condition with all the bells and whistles!

$825,000

19 LADUE MANOR, Ladue. stylish 3 plus bed, 3 bath ranch home in Ladue Manor. Lots of updates and lovely pool. Ladue schools. $750,000.

Open 4/17, 1-3 PM

10129 CONWAY ROAD, Ladue. Private ranch on .84 of an acre in the Ladue School District! Open floor plan with a split bedroom design.

30 Bellerive Country Club town & Country $1,795,000

$622,900

Ames Place 4 bed, 2.5 bath home with updated kitchen. Finished lower level. Great yard with patio, deck and built-in grill. $525,000 7134 CAMBRIDGE AVENUE, University City. Fabulous University Park home is a must see! Freshly painted and newly carpeted 4 bedroom and 2.5 bath house.

$399,900

21 STACY DRIVE, Ladue Schools. Great cul-de-sac location in Heather Hill, home has incredible potential as a condo alternative or 1/2 acre building lot. $310,000.

Open 4/17, 1-3 PM

LuxuryCollection 9847 LITzSINGER ROAD, Ladue. $6,650,000 11 APPLE TREE LANE, Ladue. $4,850,000 21 UPPER LADUE, Ladue. $3,100,000 19 CARRSWOLD DRIVE, Clayton. $2,595,000 26 ROCLARE LANE, town & Country. $2,499,000 BLUFFS OF ST. ALBANS, st. Albans. $2,389,500 2463 OAK SPRINGS LANE, town & Country. $1,988,000 1041 LAY ROAD, Ladue. $1,965,000 30 BELLERIVE COUNTRY CLUB, town & Country. $1,795,000 110 DIELMAN ROAD, Ladue. $1,775,000 40 PORTLAND PLACE, Cwe. $1,750,000 2 HOLIDAY LANE, Frontenac. $1,695,000 2 LOG CABIN DRIVE, Ladue. $1,695,000 5105 LINDELL BOULEVARD, Cwe. $1,595,000 215 SOUTH WARSON ROAD, Ladue. $1,495,000 37 PORTLAND PLACE, Cwe. $1,450,000 274 SAINT GEORGES, st. Albans. $1,375,000 14790 SUGARWOOD TRAIL, Chesterfield. $1,195,000 29 PICARDY LANE, Ladue. $1,195,000 9052 CLAYTON ROAD, TBB, Richmond Heights. $1,100,000 1 MUIRFIELD LANE, town & Country. $1,049,000 1401 WINDGATE WAY LANE, Chesterfield. $999,000 12 MIDPARK LANE, Ladue. $989,000 824 GREENWICH GREEN, town & Country. $919,000 729 HIGHWAY H, troy. $885,000 1516 SHEPARD ROAD, wildwood. $875,000

8 RIO VISTA, Ladue.

108 CLUB CREEK COURT, st. Albans.

369 MERLOT LANE, st. Albans.

2648 WYNNCREST RIDGE DRIVE, wildwood.

219 TROON COURT, st. Albans.

2192 WHITE LANE, Chesterfield.

ResIdeNtIAL HoMes 9 WILLOW HILL, Ladue.

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8 FOREST CLUB DRIVE, Clarkson Valley.

4585 AUSTIN KNOLL COURT, st. Charles.

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14744 MILL SPRING DRIVE, Chesterfield.

1623 CHALMERS DRIVE, Chesterfield.

107 NORTHARM DRIVE, glendale.

545 GASCONY WAY, warson woods.

5 LADUE HILLS, Ladue schools.

2477 INDIAN TREE CIRCLE, wildwood.

852 BRIARFARM LANE, Kirkwood.

7023 PERSHING AVENUE, University City.

7457 CORNELL AVENUE, University City.

7512 BALSON AVENUE, University City.

8700 WHITE AVENUE, Brentwood.

1592 GREENFIELD CROSSING COURT, Ballwin.

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2426 ROCKFORD AVENUE, Rock Hill.

5819 ARSENAL STREET, st. Louis.

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CoNdoMINIUM/VILLA HoMes 800 S. HANLEY ROAD, UNIT 4E, Clayton.

201 KENDALL BLUFF COURT, Chesterfield.

622 FOREST COURT, UNIT 2C, Clayton.

710 SOUTH HANLEY, UNIT 10A, Clayton.

410 NORTH NEWSTEAD, UNIT 9S, Cwe. 710 S. HANLEY, UNIT 11B, Clayton.

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6 MONARCH TRACE, UNIT 206, Chesterfield.

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1136 WASHINGTON AVENUE, UNIT 210, st. Louis. $169,000 30-32 North boyle aveNue, Cwe.

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NEW LISTING | 19 Maryhill Drive Ladue Price Upon Request. Open 4/16, 12-2 PM

NEW LISTING | 19 Ladue Manor Ladue $750,000 Open 4/17, 1-3 PM

NEW LISTING | 6 Apple Tree Lane Ladue $1,799,000

NEW LISTING | 10129 Conway Road Ladue $622,900

NEW LISTING | 6836 Kingsbury Boulevard University City $525,000

NEW LISTING | 3 Huntleigh Manor Lane Village of Huntleigh $1,230,000 Open 4/17, 1-3 PM

NEW LISTING | 207 Troon Court St. Albans $934,900

NEW LISTING | 7245 Kingsbury Boulevard University City $825,000

1516 Shepard Road Wildwood $875,000 Open 4/17, 1-3 PM

NEW LISTING | 7134 Cambridge Avenue University City $399,900

710 South Hanley Road, Unit 10A Clayton $449,000

NEW LISTING | 8 Sherwyn Lane Ladue Schools $959,000

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WILDWOOD | $834,900 2648 Wynncrest Ridge Drive 5 Bedrooms | 4.5 Baths Susan Hurley 314.308.6636

LADUE | $622,900 10129 Conway Road 5 Bedrooms | 3.5 Baths Susan Hurley 314.308.6636

CLAYTON | $675,000 622 Forest Court, Unit 2C 2 Bedrooms | 2 Baths Susan Hurley 314.308.6636

COMING SOON CWE | $395,000 410 North Newstead, Unit 9S 2 Bedrooms + Den | 2.5 Baths Gary Boyson 314.374.5764

University City | $825,000 7245 Kingsbury 4 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths Raye Zeigler 314.496.9022

FRONTENAC | $739,000 2530 North Geyer Road 4 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths Lucy Goltermann 314.277.4660

OPEN 4/17 1-3 PM LADUE | $3,100,000 21 Upper Ladue 5 Bedrooms | 4 Full & Half Baths Gai Lowell 314.706.4644 Marianne Galt 314.304.5266 Susan Holden 314.503.3345

LADUE | $2,650,000 2 Fordyce Lane 5 Bedrooms | 5 Full & 2 Half Baths Marianne Galt 314.304.5266 Gai Lowell 314.706.4644

LADUE | $1,965,000 1041 Lay Road 6 Bedrooms | 5.5 Baths Caryl Sunshine 314.749.4803

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110 Dielman Road in Ladue $1,775,000 4 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths 5,178 Square Feet Sophisticated unique contemporary estate sits on 2.28 park-like acres, offering 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Find Mexican glazed tile, custom stone floors and sweeping views of the grounds. The great room offers 3 sides of floor-to-ceiling windows and vaulted wood beamed ceiling with skylights. The family room with vaulted oak beamed ceiling and stone fireplace opening to the kitchen with custom Rutt cabinets, granite countertops, stainless appliances, breakfast bar and large Butler’s pantry. Main floor master suite with floor-to-ceiling windows, limestone fireplace, large walk-in custom closet, limestone counters, oversized walkin shower, and large Kohler tub. Another large bedroom is also found on the 1st. Second floor stairway leads to a private guest suite with a unique loft sleeping area and full bath, also perfect for a home office. The spacious walkout lower level with rec room/media room with wet bar, light filled bedroom, full bath, sauna, wine cellar and more. A private studio is also on property.

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Price: $919,000 I Bedrooms: 4 I Baths: 4.5 I Square Feet: 3,726

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824 Greenwich Green in Town & Country

1 Muirfield Lane in Town & Country

This fabulous house will not disappoint! From first seeing this wonderful Colonial with two front bay windows, to entering into the first floor with formal living room and dining room, you’ll fall in love. There is an updated kitchen, spacious family room with gas fireplace, built-in bookcases and cabinets, and wet bar. There is also a first floor laundry.

Completing the “wow” factor, the screen porch opens to a large patio, an outdoor kitchen with pizza oven that overlooks a spectacular neighborhood pond with fountain. Upstairs there is a master with a sitting room, large master bath, and three other bedrooms with two newer baths. The lower level is a walk-out with large recreation area and a full bath.

Situated on 1.347 acres overlooking Bellerive Country Club’s golf course, this Higginbotham-built home is a very special offering. The living room and dining room are graciously sized and the beautifully updated kitchen opens to the breakfast room and family room. French doors open to a covered porch showcasing the expanse of the golf course.

Completing the first floor is a large master bedroom with newly updated master bath and large walk-in closet. There are three bedrooms upstairs with two full baths and a bonus room that would make a great playroom or exercise room. The lower level has a spacious recreation room with natural light, an office with another full bath and lots of storage.

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roviding shelter for your family is no simple feat, especially when severe weather hits. However, one Midwestern roofing company is taking service to entirely new heights. Delta Exteriors stands apart from other roofing companies with quality craftsmanship backed by a strong reputation to deliver your family or business with nothing less than the best. “We started [our company] from the ground up and instilled the values we wanted,” Anthony George, Delta Exteriors VP, says. “We give this our full effort Monday through Saturday, from sunrise until 10 o’clock at night. Our name is on every job. This is our life, and we love what we do!”

Delta Exteriors holds to this uncompromising promise by handpicking a team of motivated, intelligent individuals who share the same mentality of being top performers in their field. “When people come in, they want to be a part of the team.

The people who work hard here are rewarded. We literally have no choice but to do a good job. I think that gives the guys a lot of pride,” George explains.

He notes that owner Rob Orf treats each member like family and creates a positive work environment where everyone feels valued. “It has everything to

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do with integrity, being fair, incentivizing – and following through with what you say,” Orf says.

This level of support for each team member is reflected in the company’s leadership development program, which mentors employees from all different backgrounds and strengthens their abilities. “We have a vested interest in the success of the people who work here,” George says. The thriving work culture found at Delta Exteriors recently earned the company a Lighthouse Award from Beacon Roofing Supply, North America’s largest publicly trading roofing distributor.

Delta Exteriors’ employees share an infectious passion for what they do, feeling gratification in offering top-quality labor to protect your property.

Clients witness this attitude of accomplishment with each new project Delta Exteriors takes on. “We don’t accept average. Reputation, especially in a town like St. Louis, is everything. So, we really focus on customer service, quality materials and craftsmanship, and bringing professionalism to [this] industry,” says Orf. The company exceeds expectations by using a straightforward approach and keeping clients a part of the process from start to finish. Expenses are explained

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upfront, material is reviewed and photo documentation occurs at every stage to ensure each client knows exactly what is happening on their roof. “Our customers love that we genuinely care about more than their roof. We get to know them personally. We look out for their family, their property, and their neighbors. It’s the right thing to do, and it means a lot to them,” George says. “The roofing industry has a negative image. We saw a huge opportunity to gain the competitive edge by bringing honesty and professionalism to [the trade].”

Building on this platform, Delta Exteriors took its business model a step further by investing in the local community. Staying true to its roots, the company is St. Louis-based and likes it that way. Each team member, from the roofing crew to the owners, is proud to call St. Louis home. “I would be mortified if I did a bad job in my own backyard,” Orf states. “We started from the ground up in St. Louis in a [line of] business that people [view skeptically], but everyone we brought in was carefully selected and vouched for by someone we know and trust.”

Recognizing the importance of reputation, Delta Exteriors has very little to fear.

The Better Business Bureau-accredited business not only enjoys word-of-mouth

referrals, but also has earned numerous accolades throughout the community and even nationally. CNA and the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) recently named the roofing company as the grand prize winner of the CNA/NRCA Community Involvement Award for its impressive charitable works. Delta Exteriors gifted $5,000 from CNA to Stray Rescue of St. Louis.

The company also boasts a distinguished title as an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor, a designation given to only 1 percent of contractors in the industry. The status also enables Delta Exteriors to provide the Platinum Protection Roofing System limited warranty to clients. With accreditation backed by client approval, Delta Exteriors continues to reach new heights in the industry by staying true to its roots and providing superior service to the community. “I realized I wanted to do things differently, especially in my hometown,” Orf says. It seems his dream of investing in the city he loves truly has paid off.

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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

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he Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, St. Louis Chapter (AAFA-STL), held its signature gala, Orchid AAFAir, on March 19 at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis. The event featured live and silent auctions, dinner, a live band and dancing, a program presentation and an awards ceremony. Lead school nurse consultant for Missouri Marjorie Cole and District 100 Rep. Sue Allen were honored with this year’s Orchid Award for their steadfast commitment and service to the organization. Co-chairing the gala were Drs. Gregg and Sue Berdy and Dr. H. James and Pat Wedner, with committee of Kathleen McDarby and Dianne Foreman. Radio broadcaster Charlie Brennan of KMOX emceed. The Orchid AAFAir annually raises funds for the lifesaving, nationally recognized programs that AAFA-STL provides to the St. Louis community and beyond.

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Our mission is about improving the lives of kids who suffer from allergies, who are either underserved or uninsured and who deserve a life without limits like all the other kids who can breathe easily.

JOY KRIEGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

John and Susan Kilo

Marjorie and Richard Cole

Ashley Flor, Nate Edwards, Gary Flor, Adrienne Flor

Matthew and Jennifer Wilson, Barb and Mike Leake

Al Levine, Karen Schechter

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Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis

98TH ANNUAL DINNER MEETING Photos and story by Bryan Schraier

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ore than 800 guests were gathered at the Marriott Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis for the 98th Urban League annual dinner meeting. After a cocktail reception and introductory speeches, guests enjoyed dinner accompanied by the sweet sounds of Denise Thimes.

After a short video, awards were presented to Dr. Donald Suggs and Kathleen Osborn before the keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, rose and wowed the crowd.

The Urban League was celebrating additional donations to its new Community Empowerment Center in Ferguson, which broke ground last July.

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Catherine and Sherman George

Richard Miles, Lt. Col. Lonneal Richardson, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Donald Suggs

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Stanley Franklin, Darryl Jones, the late Ida Goodwin Woolfolk, Eric Banks

Urban League is the one organization in town that brings all of us together. I’ve been particularly impressed with what they’ve done in North County, [where they] responded very quickly. We wanted to support that, and we’re just honored to be here tonight.

KATHY OSBORN, CHAIRMAN’S AWARD RECIPIENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL

Al Wiman, Charlotte Ottley

Tavon Booker, Kamryne Thames

Michelle London, Christina Coleman

Mitchelle Price, Simone Cummings, Marti Steed

Lee Aaynes, Denise Thimes

Nicole Adewale, Norma Boozer, Ronn Smith

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ossman School recently hosted its Golden Apple Gala at the Danforth Plant Science Center. Parents, faculty and staff attended the festive evening, which included cocktails, dinner, and silent and live auctions. In addition, the event featured an apple-themed wine and swag bag pull.

Chairs of this year’s bash were Laura Busch, Laura Cozad, Praida Daengsurisri, Courtney Engler, Alison Nadaud, Michelle Ott, Merrica Schell and Vasavi Rao. The Courtney and Eric Engler biennial event brings the community together to celebrate all things Rossman and make a lasting impact on the school’s future. Proceeds from the event will benefit the students and programs at Rossman School.

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I am proud that our gala committee organized such a successful event that will honor the school, generate opportunities for Rossman students and provide necessary funds for campus projects.

LAURA COZAD, ORGANIZATIONAL CHAIR, (SHOWN WITH HUSBAND G.T.)

Navin and Monica Tekwani

David and Lucie Dempsey

Adam Edelman, Leslie Tharenos

Tommy and Laura Taylor

Jerry Arulsamy, Sandy Sineff, John Huhn

Cary and Anise Braggs

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Lupus Foundation of America

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n its effort to solve the cruel mystery of lupus, the Lupus Foundation of America’s Heartland Chapter held its annual Purple Ball at the Marriott Grand Hotel downtown. In addition to a cocktail reception, silent auction, raffle and wine pull, the event featured the bestowment of three leadership awards: the first to Bank of America as a corporate partner, the second to Kendall Eilerman and Team Kendall for philanthropy, and the third to Barbara Shuman as a Lupus Ambassador. The featured speaker was Mike “The Tackle” Jones, former St. Louis Rams player. The foundation works to fund research and support patients with this chronic autoimmune disease.

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It’s very meaningful to me because before I met up with the Lupus Foundation, I felt really hopeless in my situation. I was having so many health problems. And I didn’t have all my answers being given to me at the doctors’ appointments, so I needed more resources, and the Lupus Foundation was able to assist me with their webinars. … They also have yoga for [lupus sufferers] that really helped me to take a more holistic approach to all the hurts and ailments and pains that I was going through. And it’s like a big family, always willing to help you, to give you the right resources and to lead you in the right direction.

DEVONSHAE PERSON, PATIENT AND 10-PLUS-YEAR VOLUNTEER

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he Chase Park Plaza recently celebrated the opening of its new restaurant, The Preston, named for the original building creator of The Chase Park Plaza, with a grand opening soirée. The Preston delivers an eclectic collection of small dishes that are designed to encourage guests to order multiples and share. Guests were treated to a sampling of the restaurant’s small dinner plates, scrumptious desserts and hand-crafted cocktails. Bill Derbins, Chase Park Plaza general manager, and David Pickett, The Preston’s general manager, greeted and mingled with attendees. In addition, chef de cuisine Collin Smelser, executive chef Kyle Lipetzky, executive sous chef Bryan Byard and executive pastry chef David Laufer shared their culinary concepts with the guests. A special presentation was made to Friends of Wings, The Chase Park Plaza’s charity of choice.

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We are very happy that the renovation of The Preston has come to fruition and excited to be able to offer the new amenity at The Chase. Our culinary teams were able to use their creative concepts of small plates to where you can dine and have custom cocktails and samplings. The restaurant has been very welcoming and well received by the local clientele and hotel guests.

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ gala and auction, THE ART OF THE MATTER, to benefit the museum (camstl.org/gala)

April 16

St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness’ annual LIVING OUT LOUD GALA & AUCTION at Logan University (sloca.org/gala) Caring Solutions’ FROM ROOTS TO WINGS! GALA at the Edward Jones atrium (caringsolutions.org) Cornerstone Center for Early Learning’s 22nd annual CELEBRATION FOR CHILDREN at the MOTOmuseum (cornerstonecenterstl.org)

April 19

ARCHBISHOP’S GALA FOR THE TODAY AND TOMORROW EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis (archstl.org)

April 21

Voices for Children’s FOSTER THE FUTURE – ONE VOICE AT A TIME GALA at Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel (voices-stl.org)

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s weather warms and the spring bloom surrounds us, a gardener’s itch takes hold. Going to a nursery without a shopping list, though, borders on going to the grocery store when you’re hungry – you end up buying plants that you have no plan for.

That bad habit brings chaos to any landscape plan, so we recommend reviewing your vacancies first.

A garden is a dynamic, living thing. It changes with time. For many of us, to bring in new plant material, something else has to go. Be ruthless when evaluating your current plantings, and compost or chain-saw poor performers. Newer varieties often offer superior qualities like disease resistance, thornlessness, repeat blooms or a wider color selection.

Here we spotlight new twists on three old favorites: Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) was scoffed

‘Let’s Dance Rave’ will be blue in acid soil and rich, bright pink in our lime soils.

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‘Gay Goblin’ andromeda sports deep rose-pink bells in early spring.

at for years because poor pruning often made it look dreadful. It deserves a revisit, as many new forms have improved habit and winter hardiness. ‘Blush Pink,’ a vibrant, hot coral-red, broadleaved dwarf form, has done well in the garden of one of the co-writers. Other low-growing nandinas include ‘Flirt,’ with deep-maroon spring leaves, and ‘Firestorm,’ with brighter red ones.

‘Plum Passion’ and ‘Sienna Sunrise’ offer brilliant foliage color on taller specimens. The newest nandina cultivar, ‘Chime,’ looks a bit bizarre. It has very thin, threadlike leaves, creating a puffy, cloudlike, airy mound, but it works well for containers or in-ground plantings.

Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica) has undergone a similar wave of new introductions. The straight species tucked in among the hostas has always provided a nice upright element with fragrant clusters of tiny white bells over glossy leaves. Similar in form, ‘River Nymph’ offers much larger flower clusters for a greater spring show, along with bright-red new leaves and greater lace bug resistance. ‘Gay Goblin’ has rich, deeppink flower clusters and bronze foliage tips in spring.

‘Brouwer’s Beauty’ is a hybrid (P. japonica x floribunda) with dense-flowering and lustrous leaves.

Hydrangeas have been leading the tidal wave of new woody shrubs. Dozens of new releases have bombarded the market in the last decade. Every spring brings a new flock with some must-have characteristic. This year, look for ‘Little Quick Fire,’ a dwarf form of the popular ‘Quick Fire.’ Both of these paniculatas bloom much earlier than most hydrangeas and have panicles that age to pale pink over the summer. Another rosy selection, ‘Gatsby Pink,’ represents a tall-growing oakleaf with flowers emerging white and deepening to pale madder over time. For a knock-’em-dead bodacious rose, try the water-loving macrophyla ‘Let’s Dance Rave,’ which in our lime soils will be a rich, deep-carnation pink.

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Curb appeal creates a warm welcome for family, visitors and future buyers.

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hether you are pulling into your driveway after a long day, guests are arriving at your front door for a party or potential buyers are viewing your property, it’s important for your home’s façade to make a fantastic first impression.

LN recently spoke with Lakeside Exteriors co-owner Matt Merrifield, Dazzle Interiors & Home Staging president and lead designer Linda Borghi, and real estate agent Jill Azar with Laura McCarthy Real Estate about how to refresh your abode’s exterior.

Because, as these local experts say, a few simple updates can give your house more curb appeal – translating to contentment while you own the home and buyer interest should you ever decide to sell.

Regardless of a house’s architecture or neighborhood, there are some common trends in today’s residential exterior designs. Attract the eye by contrasting paint colors on your home’s façade and trim – shades of gray with contrasting white trim are most popular of late, says Merrifield. As for materials, fiber cement can increase curb appeal, while some higher grades of vinyl also are eye-catching. “A mixture of masonry – stone and brick, with fiber cement – is particularly attractive and in-demand,” he says. And lots of beautiful, quality windows will

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draw in the eye, making for a brighter exterior and interior alike, Merrifield says.

To implement these trends, Lakeside Exteriors integrates the preferred styles, colors and materials on all of a house’s exterior features, allowing siding, shutters and hardware to attractively accent entryways, porches and windows. “Style, color selection and integration reflecting the homeowner’s desires is key,” Merrifield says. “Curb appeal easily translates to comfort, pride of ownership, and – when time to sell – it is the single most important feature of a home.”

Azar agrees that when it comes to placing your home on the market, spectacular curb appeal is crucial. “The home’s exterior deserves as much attention as its interior when preparing to list it,” she says. “Every detail – from the lawn, plantings and paint to the front door – is key to presenting a crisp home.” And landscaping – from a well-manicured lawn to plants surrounding your home’s threshold – also is important. “Many homes are beautiful with a great deal of landscaping to accent the detail of the exterior of the home, while others take the simplistic approach to complement the clean lines of the house,” she says.

Borghi says homeowners should begin the process of increasing their homes’ curb appeal by driving through neighborhoods they admire and noting the details of other homes. “Taking

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pictures of features that appeal to you will provide you with a trove of ideas to choose from,” she says. “There are so many ways to design your home to reflect your own style. It might be a winding brick walkway or a trellis over a gate that inspires you. Whatever takes your home away from the ordinary can add to its character and align it with your personality.”

One distinctive trend in today’s exteriors is the addition of carriage-style garage doors, Borghi says. “Garage doors are one of the largest and most noticeable architectural elements of a home, and replacing them with a more-customized version can dramatically change the property’s appearance from the curb – and may even boost the resale value.”

To make an even bolder statement, Borghi recommends homeowners steer clear of the beige and brown tones popular during the past decade and instead usher in a more sophisticated and modern gray exterior palette. “Gray is an excellent color choice because it provides a crisp backdrop to the bold, clean and colorful hues everyone loves,” she explains.

“Warm gray is an appealing turnkey shade that will work with anyone’s décor.”

Adding attractive furnishings to the home’s entrance provides a warm welcome and personal touch. “Placing a wreath on the front door with an oversized, splashy ribbon can be an instant pick-me-up for any entryway,” Borghi says. “A bright-colored front door with

matching shutters, as well as colorful Adirondack chairs with bold fabric pillows, also are great ways to punch up curb appeal.” For a charming look, add window boxes: These miniature “gardens” can change with the seasons by exchanging colorful spring flowers for evergreen foliage and twigs in the winter months.

By implementing these trendy but timeless updates, local design experts say your home is sure to be the standout of the neighborhood.

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rom the moment you wake up in the main-floor master suite of this luxury home, featuring his-and-her closets and deck access, you’ll be instantly smitten with your surroundings. The Town and Country abode presents an open layout built for entertaining. Guests will admire the elegance upon first entry, with arched openings showcasing custom woodwork in the library and the formal dining room’s tray ceiling.

Usher them into the great room, with a striking fireplace and wall of windows, for drinks and conversation. Out-of-town visitors will eat up the kitchen, which serves as the heart of this home. Featuring state-of-the-art appliances and a large center island, the space opens up to breakfast and hearth rooms. Family and friends alike will enjoy the paradisiacal backyard, offering an outdoor living space and gorgeous pool area. Move onto the lower level, complete with wine storage and a bar, plus billiards, family and exercise rooms. This contemporary residence begs to be filled with life.

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Donald J Pliner shoes, $275, Woody’s Mens Shop w.kleinberg belt, $155, Woody’s Mens Shop

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St. Barths always tops the list of chic and fabulous island getaways. With its heavy yacht presence, fashionable nightclubs and celeb sightings galore, stylish clothes have never been more important for visitors. So don’t forget to pack garments sporting spring’s biggest trends – an off-the-shoulder top, a sexy little floral dress and, of course, lots of stripes!

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A locAl one-womAn-strong bow tie compAny is expAnding the rAnge of the dApper gentlemAn’s go-to.

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hese days in men’s fashion, bow ties have gone the way of elbow-patched blazers – what were formerly reserved for the grandfathers-and-professors set or, better yet, mainstream trend-eschewing hipsters are now becoming must-have items. the de rigueur bow tie styles for proms, weddings, galas and other formal events have traditionally been limited to solid colors within a standard palette, but the rapidgrowth men’s-fashion industry has seen the emergence of creative colors and patterns, even at highbrow gatherings.

A local enterprise is shaking up the bow tie market by offering these go-to selections, as well as specialty styles and custom-designed print fabrics. great Knots was founded in 2013 by nancy staley, and has grown with and paced the public’s interest since then; in addition to bow ties and cummerbunds for men and youth, great Knots offers ladies’ headbands, hair bows, baby products, scarves, pocket squares and bow ties for dogs, with monogram services available for all items. the business started by happenstance after one of

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staley’s sons was headed to a school dance themed “come as your American hero,” and she procured some Americana print fabric to make him a bow tie, to the envy of his friends. “i ended up making 17 bow ties for all his friends,” staley recalls.

After that, staley was approached by one of her son’s friends, who brought her a pajama top and asked if she could make a bow tie and cummerbund out of it. she did so, and the customer suggested she leverage her skills into a business. “And here i am, three years later,” staley says with a laugh. with design production based solely out of the studio in the front room of her des peres home, staley makes everything herself. “my mom taught me how to sew when i was really young,” staley says. “i don’t sew a lot for myself, but i always made halloween costumes that were rather elaborate.” the business venture has encouraged staley to explore designing custom-print fabrics, which enables her to fulfill even the most specific specialty orders for her customers so that the finished product is exactly what they envisioned.

“i did an owl design for a woman whose son is getting a ph.d. in ornithology [specializing in owls],” staley says. “i was able to design an owlprint tie that was very specific to his interests – that’s really key to what i do.” it’s this opportunity to express individuality and personality, even in a formal setting, that is paramount to the great Knots philosophy. “when my husband and i come home from a party and i’ve met a bunch of people, i might not remember somebody’s name, but if the guy had on a bow tie, i’ll always remember that particular person,” staley says. “it makes an individual memorable.” with staley’s great Knots designs, men can reflect even more of their unique persona in what they wear. “for galas, if there’s a theme, i always go for the theme first,” staley says. last year, she designed a mardi gras bow tie and cummerbund worn by st. louis’ mayor francis g. slay for this year’s mayor’s ball; other well-known customers include cardinals general manager and senior vice president John mozeliak and saint louis Zoo president and chief executive officer Jeff bonner. wedding bow ties and pocket squares by great Knots are custom-made to order in existing designs, to a specific color scheme or with the theme of the bride and groom’s choosing. “i recently designed mallard-duck fabric for a formal wedding,” staley says. “that was obviously meaningful for them in some way.” staley thrives on these stories and meticulously ensures everything is just right, discussing color schemes with her clients at length and mailing out fabric swatches until the color is exactly what they want. “it makes me feel good when they sit back and think, ‘that’s perfect,’” staley says. “to me, that’s everything.”

reat Knots bow ties are available in what great taley calls the “you-tie” style, which is the staley traditional bow tie that the wearers tie themselves. while a pre-tied style also is available, most of her customers prefer to tie the bow and take advantage of so many of the styles being reversible to another fabric. great Knots has partnered with many local country clubs and high schools to offer bow ties featuring their logos or mascots, as well as bow ties bearing country-club logos. fabrics already in staley’s great Knots wheelhouse include st. louiscentric themes such as designs inspired by the st. louis city flag and the gateway Arch. great Knots products can be found at local boutiques such as cat’s meow, savile row, the woman’s exchange and the service bureau. gift shops at the missouri history museum, the chess club and scholastic center of st. louis, the saint louis Zoo and the Kansas city Zoo also carry great Knots products. staley recently expanded her reach to chicagoarea boutiques, thanks to her bow tie design of the city of chicago flag. but customers have taken notice far beyond the midwest. through the great Knots website, staley has fielded orders from all over the country and as far away as london and Abu dhabi, though she doesn’t have any big plans to expand out of her home studio. “the line is constantly changing,” staley says. “i’m always looking for new fabric, new design combinations and color combinations.” it seems that bow ties are back with a vengeance – and they’ve never looked this good.

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Diane Weinstein of the Township of Washington, New Jersey, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Hilary to Christopher (Chris), son of Mrs. Deborah Day of Ladue and Mr. Steven Mika of Des Peres.

The bride-to-be graduated in 1999 from Westwood Regional High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in marketing, from the University of Delaware in 2003. Hilary currently works as a senior broadcast supervisor at Lockard & Wechsler Direct in Irvington, New York.

The future groom graduated in 1999 from Saint Louis Priory School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Chris is a senior systems engineer for New York magazine in New York.

The couple was engaged in Hoboken, New Jersey, and plan to marry August 28, 2016, in Central Valley, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim and Jo Montgomery of Des Peres are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Jay, to Mandi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Eva Baughman of Exeter, New Hampshire.

The future groom graduated in 1997 from Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) and went on to earn his degree in 2001 from Columbia University in New York. He now works in federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C. The bride-to-be earned her degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she graduated in 2006. She has been coaching gymnastics in Bermuda for the past eight years.

The couple have planned a July wedding in Manchester, Maine, and will reside in Ashburn, Virginia.

To have your wedding or engagement featured in Ladue News, contact Amanda Dahl at 314-269-8833 or laduenewsweddings@gmail.com.

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When you would talk to potential investors and you’re presenting a business that’s been losing $20 million a year, it doesn’t exactly come across as a get-rich-quick scheme. So when you look at that group, you have to say that a big part of the motivation for those people was a civic one, and they believe that the Blues are good for St. Louis.

- TOM STILLMAN a big part of the motivation for those people was a civic one, and they believe that the Blues are good for St. Louis.”

(Like many other local sports fans, I can’t help mentally contrasting that noble philosophy with that of “Snidely” Stan Kroenke – but I digress.)

Stillman adds that the team’s finances lately have reversed through better marketing and community involvement.

So almost half a century after its founding, the team has owners committed to St. Louis, with the Blues poised at the edge of glory – just like during the Salomons’ era.

“I feel a sense of gratitude because today we are standing on their shoulders, and the Salomon family took a big risk and initiative to bring this new NHL franchise to St. Louis,” says Stillman.

He also wants to keep alive another characteristic of the original ownership.

“They set a tone for success on the ice and set a tone for running the franchise in a family-like manner,” he says. “The stories of the way they treated the players were like family.”

Stillman follows in the footsteps of Sid and son, Scotty Bowman, Lynn Patrick, Jacques Plante, Glen Hall, Billy, Bobby, Barclay and Red; they shared the same goal.

All there is left to do now is hoist the cup – that cup – and toast the Blues’ next 50.

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ifty years ago, Tom Stillman was still attending high school in Minnesota when Sidney Salomon Jr. and son Sid “the Third” bought the pro hockey franchise for St. Louis: 1966, the year the Blues were born.

The next year, when the team first played at the “Old Barn on Oakland” – the St. Louis Arena, later renamed the Checkerdome – this wasn’t much of a hockey town. In contrast, in Minnesota, where lakes stay frozen all winter, playing hockey was a way of life, and Stillman’s goals then were set (and scored) on rinks in high school and, later, college.

The Salomons’ goal, meanwhile, involved staking a claim on the new frontier of National Hockey League expansion. The NHL was doubling in size from its original six teams, and St. Louis lay on the southeastern edge of the hockey wilderness.

At the time, I remember seeing pro hockey for the first time and thinking it a crazy, wild sport whose players used razor blades for footwear and sticks for weapons.

Also, fans seemed less interested in actual play than in fights and littered the ice at every offside call they confused for a penalty.

The Salomons’ first three teams made it all the way to the doorstep of hockey’s Holy Grail, the Stanley Cup. But all three years, those teams lost in the finals to the NHL royalty of Montreal and Boston.

Subsequently, over the years, the glory days of the Blues came and went – and then came and went again. Many owners left their marks, good and bad, and stars kept fans (by that time including me) on the edge of their seats: Hull, Sutter, Federko.

Even the great Gretzky made a stop here.

But Lord Stanley’s cup always eluded St. Louis – and to this day, the Blues rank as the only remaining original expansion franchise that’s never won that prize.

Re-enter the “kid” from Minnesota. In 2012, Stillman became the majority owner of the team, with the hope that his investor group could finally finish the job the Salomons started half a century back.

“I’m confident that we will be marching the cup down Market Street,” he tells me.

“I hope this is the year.”

We’re chatting in Stillman’s Spartan office at the Scottrade Center, which lacks not just mahogany walls but even windows. Nonetheless, he spends a lot more time here than he does at his other office, at Summit Distributing.

Although Stillman built a successful beer distributorship at Summit, his top priority now centers on a “cold, frosty one” – to borrow a pet phrase from local broadcasting legend Mike Shannon – of a different kind.

After law school in Minnesota, Stillman’s journey to St. Louis took him through Washington, D.C., where he served as a legal counsel at the Department of Commerce. He also met and married a St. Louis girl named Mary, who just happened to be the daughter of U.S. Senator John Danforth.

Stillman and his wife moved here and raised three children, and he became a minority investor with the Blues. Then, when the team went for sale, Stillman put together a list of well-connected St. Louisans, including his father-in-law, to buy it.

“What we wanted to do was not just buy the team, but do it with a local group to ensure that this St. Louis gem, this St. Louis public asset, was locally owned,” Stillman says.

It wasn’t an easy sell, he says: “When you would talk to potential investors and you’re presenting a business that’s been losing $20 million a year, it doesn’t exactly come across as a get-rich-quick scheme.”

With a chuckle, he continues, “So when you look at that group, you have to say that

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COMMUNICATION CONVERSATION

What’s Your Biggest Weakness?

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“WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS?” In response to this most-feared and inevitable question in any interview, the truly freaked-out may answer, “Well, I don’t think I have any.” This – professing the absence of any weaknesses whatsoever – happens thankfully rarely. (Essentially comparing yourself to a deity? Never wise.)

The common answer among stunned interviewees usually consists of a personal characteristic that’s not too bad – “I’m too much of a perfectionist,” say, or, “I’m too organized.” Surprisingly popular nonanswers like these, which I hear all the time, in all age groups, simply reveal avoidance.

To effectively answer this pivotal question, you first must recognize that interviewers regularly conduct hundreds of interviews and know these conventional answers like their favorite restaurant menu. Such answers immediately categorize you as “one of those” – interviewees who are afraid and hiding something.

Instead, realize the question will be asked in some form, and plan your answer in advance. A weakness is, in reality, a challenge. You don’t have to use the word “weakness” just because the interviewer does.

So think in depth about challenges you’ve faced, how you dealt with them and what you learned. Be specific,

Transform a negative to a positive. Take the opportunity to reveal more about yourself and what you can offer. When you think about it this way, the “biggest weakness” question becomes a great way to show your grit and coping skills you’ve learned to apply to every new challenge, making yourself stronger and more capable than before. using a real-life example.

At its essence, the “biggest weakness” question reveals that the interviewer knows you’re going to hit bumps and obstacles. Everybody does. What the interviewer really wants to know is how you’re going to act when you do. Will you freeze or whine, blame somebody else or try to hide a mistake that could cost the company millions? Or will you show integrity, own up and soldier through? Do you know yourself well enough to recognize what you could improve and address your shortfalls? That’s valuable!

Transform a negative to a positive. Take the opportunity to reveal more about yourself and what you can offer. When you think about it this way, the “biggest weakness” question becomes a great way to

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show your grit and coping skills you’ve learned to apply to every new challenge, making yourself stronger and more capable than before.

Failures and struggles help you grow. Answer the negative honestly and briefly, then explain your steps toward growth with provable, positive points. Through this, weakness morphs into quantifiable strength.

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borrowing things without permission, can cause anxious, explosive behavior.

Concerns related to fairness and equality also can ignite resentment. A child who feels as if he or she is treated unfairly will defensively create conflict through feelings of low self-esteem and also harbor resentment toward his or her sibling.

No matter the reason, continual arguments are harmful to all. Parents should discuss with each other their children’s conflict triggers. Creating specific rules to address those issues forms an excellent initial step to diffusing and preventing further disputes.

Unfortunately, setting specific household expectations – knock before entering a room, heed chore calendars outlining household responsibilities, observe predetermined times for video games, etc.

– won’t always cover every argumentative situation.

When unforeseen conflict occurs, tell your children to

ur boys are a couple of years apart in age. Although they have many independent interests, they also have many activities they enjoy doing together. On occasion, these shared pastimes lead to some friendly squabbles – who is the better skier, who can beat their father at pingpong (neither!) or who makes better grades.

Sibling rivalry is a developmentally appropriate part of growing up. It is, also, much different from conflict.

Rivalry, in fact, can be a positive thing, as it pushes kids to be better and try harder. Continual conflict, on the other hand, creates chaos and can lead to devastating, long-lasting mental-health issues.

Conflict typically falls into a couple of different areas. When one sibling frequently violates the other’s personal space, arguments will occur. Disregarding individual boundaries, such as entering a room or

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walk away, and provide immediate consequences for both if they don’t. Don’t be a referee because it will force you to take sides, and nobody wins.

Fairness can be a difficult thing for parents to balance and for children to understand. Rivalry, conflict and jealousy are, to some degree, part of normal family life. Resist the temptation to arbitrate, and teach your child how to manage emotions and resolve disputes. If, however, conflicts become overly intense, seek professional help. Home should always be a safe place.

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Golf GRAPEVINE

S‌ pring has arrived – time to tee up!

USGA. After two years, St. Louis native Tom O’Toole Jr.’s term as president of the USGA has ended. During that term, he led a professional staff of more than 300 and nearly 1,200 volunteers, all while focusing USGA’s resources on the game’s long-term viability, including a new broadcast partnership with Fox Sports to televise the U.S. Open Championship.

O’Toole spent eight years as a member of the USGA Executive Committee, the second as president, as well as vice president in 2011-13 and secretary in 2010.

He retired from the committee at its annual meeting earlier this year.

In 1992, O’Toole helped found the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association, which serves eastern Missouri and central Illinois and on whose executive board he remains.

Diana M. Murphy of St. Simons Island, Georgia, started a one-year term as the 64th president earlier this year – only the second woman in the USGA’s 121year history elected to that post.

High School Boy’s Golf. MICDS senior Michael O’Keefe returns to lead the Rams. As a junior, O’Keefe fired a 1-under-71 in the final round of the Class 3

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state tournament at Silo Ridge in Bolivar to tie as medalist with Boonville’s Brett Windsor. Both boys ended with a 147. MICDS placed second in Class 3 last season and will try to win it all in May. In other news, Marquette, the highest-finishing St. Louis school, placed fourth in the Class 4 state tournament and returns all five state golfers this spring. De Smet, which finished fifth in Class 4, returns two state qualifiers, as does Whitfield, which finished fourth in Class 2.

College Golf. Mitch Rutledge, a two-time Missouri Class 2 state champion at Whitfield, went undefeated in the Big 10 Match Play Championship recently, leading the Michigan State Spartans to the title. The senior posted the team’s lowest stroke average (71.92) in the fall, and he’s played well so far this season.

At the Inverness Intercollegiate last fall, Rutledge captured his first collegiate tournament title, with a third-round 66 that tied both Rutledge’s career low and the sixth-lowest 18-hole score in Michigan State history. “That was the best round of golf I’ve ever played,” he says.

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U.S. Senior Open Qualifying. The USGA has announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship, to be held at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, from August 11 to 14. Conducted over 18 holes, sectional qualifying will take place at 34 sites nationwide, including Belleville’s St. Clair Country Club on June 27.

U.S. Women’s Open Qualifying. The USGA also has announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, to be held from July 7 to 10 at CordeValle in San Martin, California – the third Women’s Open played in California and the first since 1982. Sectional qualifying, conducted over 36 holes, will take place at 21 U.S. sites – including Westwood Country Club in St. Louis on May 24 – as well as four international sites.

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eniors all over the St. Louis area are training.

They’re swimming, throwing, running and jumping in preparation for the 37th annual St. Louis Senior Olympics over Memorial Day weekend, May 26 through 31.

“In terms of healthy aging, I will tell you people train yearround for the St. Louis Senior Olympics, so it really keeps people alive, literally,” says Phil Ruben, who is in his fifth year as event director. “Because of their health, they train year-round and stay healthy at least so they can compete in athletic events.”

However, Ruben notes that not all events are physically strenuous. The newest of the more than 90 events in the Senior Olympics is duplicate bridge, a competitive form of the card game contract bridge. Hosted by the St. Louis Bridge Center on May 27, the event provides a mental, rather than physical, workout.

Track and field, swimming and skills contests such as baseball- or football-throwing are among the most perennially popular events, Ruben says. The more than 1,100 participants can choose from individual and team events.

For the third year, pickleball – a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and pingpong – is a popular choice, and cornhole, a lawn game in which players throw beanbags at a slanted platform with a hole in the far end, is another new challenge this year.

Many events occur at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur, and several community venues host particular events. For example, billiards are played at Teacher’s Billiards and Sports Cafe, bowling occurs at Tropicana Lanes in Richmond Heights, darts are played at Blueberry Hill in the Delmar Loop, tennis is held at the Forest Lake Tennis Club on Woods Mill Road, and golf tournaments occur at the Creve Coeur Golf Course and the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park.

Anyone who is 50 or older by May 26 can participate in individual events, and those who turn 50 by December 31 may compete in team events, all done by signing up and paying registration fees online by the May 9 cutoff. Competitors in various age groups are broken out by five-year increments, such as 50 to 55, 55 to 60 and so on. “People don’t consider themselves seniors at 50,” Ruben says, “so it’s the 65-yearold age group and over that we see the most participation in.” However, he doesn’t want to discourage the “younger set” from participating. Conversely, he says the oldest participant last year was 94 years old, and a number of 90-plus participants take part each year.

Jeff Forbes and Kelle Bess of Troy, Illinois, are planning to participate this year. Forbes credits a 2012 cochlear implant with allowing him to join in social activities. “Doing events like the Senior Olympics enables us to get out and spread the word that life does not have to end due to hearing loss,”

pictured at left, Jeff Forbes and kelle Bess, who are currently training for this year’s event.

Forbes says. “Exercising and participating in the Senior Olympics makes me feel young again.”

Although many participants were serious competitive athletes before turning 50, Ruben says these Olympics are for anyone. “Even if you don’t consider yourself a senior, if you’re over 50, you should definitely partake,” he says.

“People are friendly with their competitors. They cheer one another on and hope that next person throws the softball farther. It’s the camaraderie; it’s the friendships that are made; it’s the volunteers working one-on-one with the athletes. When you see a smile on the face of a 90-year-old who just finished a 500-yard swim, it’s something you can’t forget.”

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hings are always cooking at The Gatesworth. The retirement community is home to some of the best chefs in the St. Louis area, and residents get to enjoy the delicious creations they whip up daily.

Shayne McCrady, sauté cook/line cook at The Gatesworth, was recently named 2016 American Culinary Federation (ACF) Central Region Student Chef of the Year, an honor he won at a competition at the ACF Central Regional Culinary Salon at Hickey College.

For McCrady’s latest win, The Gatesworth’s executive chef, Brian Hardy, says the students were given an hour to work with chicken as a main protein, and McCrady won. He will compete in July in Phoenix at the ACF national convention, Hardy says. “[The win] is exciting for us,” Hardy says. “The idea

Shayne McCrady – sauté cook; John Morales – West Wing line cook; and Roger Jackson – apprentice | Photo by Tim Parker Photography

with competitions is to perfect and fine-tune your skills.

You can make yourself better on an everyday level.”

In addition to McCrady, Roger Jackson and John Morales represented The Gatesworth in a local competition in October. Jackson scored best in show with a gold medal performance, Morales took home a gold medal, and McCrady took home a bronze.

Hardy notes that these competitions make the cooks excited about what they do every day at The Gatesworth.

“As their skills improve, the residents at The Gatesworth get to enjoy that,” Hardy says. “It improves our food-service program overall.”

The Gatesworth has enjoyed a number of awards

from the ACF over the years. In 2014, The Gatesworth received an achievement of excellence award at the national convention. In addition, Hardy was selected as one of 16 American Academy of Chefs Society inductees for the year.

All of these honors pay tribute to the dining experience at The Gatesworth. Hardy notes that what is unique about The Gatesworth is the individualized, specialized service the chefs and cooks are able to provide for the residents.

“We really get to know what they like and dislike,” he says. “Our specials and our menus are built around the individuals, who the cooks see every day.”

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Life at The Gatesworth offers abundant opportunities to enrich mind, body and spirit.

Residents enjoy a wide variety of cultural and social activities, award-winning cuisine, state-of-the-art Spa and Fitness Center, and our beautifully landscaped settings with Lakes, Private Parks, Putting Green, and Walking Paths.

It’s time to explore the Best in Senior Living!

For more information call (314) 993-0111 or stop by for a personal visit.

The Gatesworth is committed to equal housing opportunity and does not discriminate in housing and services because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

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FEATURE: NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM

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ast food has long been vilified for its reliance on shady ingredients, from mystery meats to high-fructose corn syrup – but folks still demand the quick turnaround fast-food places are famous for. What if it were possible, though, to get high-quality food, made with the best ingredients and the utmost care, and still make it back to your workplace in time? Sound like a pipe dream? Well, it looks as if Porano Pasta has made this dream a reality.

Porano, the latest venture from chef extraordinaire Gerard Craft and his crew, takes the quality and innovation his other restaurants are known for and speeds things up for folks on the go. The menu has a simple and straightforward concept, but offers a variety

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of ingredients for diners to mix and match to build their perfect dish. Start with a base (pasta, Italian rice, organic farro or romaine and kale), then add the sauce of your choice, a protein or vegetable, and two toppings that strike your fancy. The price hinges on what protein or veggie you order. Extra proteins can be had for $3 apiece, and additional toppings cost 50 cents each.

For our maiden voyage, we ordered one bowl with organic semolina pasta, red-pepper sauce, slowroasted pork and some crispy garlic and pecorino ($8.95). Bowl No. 2 was built on a combo of rice and farro, topped with smoky Sunday sugo sauce, beef meatballs, some more of that crispy garlic and Grana Padano cheese ($7.95).

By Matt Sorrell Where to begin? After being so used to getting “fast Italian” at the food court in the mall, getting a bowl of fresh pasta dressed with such top-notch accoutrements is kind of mind-blowing. I especially liked the semolina pasta, which had just the right amount of “give” when I bit into it. And the sauces sampled were both rich and flavorful. The red-pepper sauce especially had a fine balance of smoke and heat, while both the meatballs and the pork were as juicy and tender as could be. Also, all of the bowls are put together in front of the guests, so no heat lamps here!

Bowls aside, additional snacks are available. The risotto balls with Pomodoro sauce ($4.95) are hard to beat – the perfect balance of crunchy on the outside,

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Richard III

creamy on the inside. And although Porano has no bar program, it does offer a Negroni slushie ($6) that’s a really tasty variation on one of my favorite cocktails.

Porano (the name comes from a town in Italy that inspired Craft) is one of the latest places to open in the MX area downtown. It’s close to all sorts of arts and entertainment, like perhaps a performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Ivory Theatre. And with such a quick turnaround for food, you’re sure to make the curtain call on time.

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‌Story: The Wars of the Roses have raged in England during the 15th century for more than three decades as two rival families from the House of Plantagenet – the Lancasters and the Yorks – vie for supremacy. When George, Duke of Clarence, ascends to the throne, his younger brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, schemes to have the king killed to pave the way for his own coronation.

Richard sets in motion a series of murderous moves that impugn the reputation of Queen Elizabeth, widow of Richard’s brother King Edward IV, accusing her of imprisoning George. He arranges for George to be assassinated in prison, one of many plots the deformed Richard (who may or may not have been hunchbacked) uses to achieve his goal. Another ploy involves murdering the father and husband of Lady Anne Neville, followed by his serpentine romancing of the initially hostile Anne, who becomes his wife.

He then imprisons the younger sons of Queen Elizabeth, heirs to Edward IV’s throne, and at the urging of the manipulated citizenry, the Duke of Gloucester becomes King Richard III. Paranoid about his tenuous grasp on power, Richard then has Anne and the two young princes murdered.

When Richard learns that Henry Tudor, the Earl of Richmond and nephew of the former King Henry VI, has mounted an insurrection, he and his army meet Henry at Bosworth Field. Richard is slain in battle, and Henry assumes the mantle as King Henry VII, bringing the Wars of the Roses to an end in 1485.

Highlights: Considered by some as one of Shakespeare’s “tragedies” and by others as one of his “histories,” Richard III presents an actor with one of the Bard’s most compelling and complex villains. An engaging production now being performed by St. Louis Shakespeare is driven by Charlie Barron’s masterful turn as one of history’s more maligned figures, albeit an actor’s dream role.

Other Info: One of England’s most controversial kings returned to the news just a few years ago, when his remains were discovered under a parking lot in Leicester, in east-central England. After DNA testing confirmed their regal status, Richard’s bones were reburied in 2015 in Leicester Cathedral. Interestingly, in 2014 a Leicester scientist imaged Richard’s spinal column and determined that the “hunchback” king could have concealed his spinal scoliosis with clothing.

Some scholars dispute Shakespeare’s play as a fictional narrative written to appease the Bard’s Elizabethan benefactors, who held the deformed monarch in low regard even a century after his death. Regardless, Shakespeare’s depiction of Richard has come to be the one commonly known through the centuries.

In Richard III, the title character is a manipulative

By Mark Bretz

and devious demon, swimming in the blood of innocent relatives who are killed to clear his path to the throne and his subsequent attempts to stave off real or imagined adversaries.

Barron commands the stage as well as Richard’s character, presenting a visage propelled by a malevolent smile, heartless eyes and a shuffling gait that he reveals in well-honed soliloquies to the audience as well as his guileless dialogue with other characters. Under Suki Peters’ savvy, thorough direction, Barron reveals Richard’s insatiable ambition and empty cruelty through subtle, wellcrafted mannerisms, highlighted in the first act’s chilling conclusion.

Presumably Peters and dramaturge Elizabeth Henning are responsible for this shrewdly pruned version of Richard III, which is actually Shakespeare’s second-longest work, exceeded only by Hamlet. The St. Louis Shakespeare production moves briskly through its two acts and 2½ hours, accentuated by Erik Kuhn’s convincing fight choreography at the drama’s climax.

Richard III, whether based on fact or fiction, constitutes one of Shakespeare’s dramatic gems, with a fascinating title character at the center of the action. This version by St. Louis Shakespeare is richly rewarding and well worth a studied look.

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Company: St. Louis Shakespeare Venue: Ivory Theatre, 7620 Michigan Ave. Dates: April 15-17 Tickets: $15-$20; contact 314-361-5664 or brownpapertickets.com Rating: A 4.5 on a scale of 1-to-5 LadueNews.com | April 15, 2016 69

Around Town Fri., April 15, and Sat., April 16

Dance St. Louis presents the Chicago-based ENSEMBLE ESPAÑOL SPANISH DANCE THEATER at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Dubbed “Chicago’s multifaceted dance jewel,” the company performs an extraordinary repertoire of a wide range of Spanish dance styles from flamenco and traditional folkloric to classical and contemporary.

Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets start at $28. 314-534-6622 or dancestlouis.org.

Fri., April 15, to Sun., April 17

Gateway Center for Performing Arts’ Youth Theatre Company finishes its 2015/2016 Mainstage Season with the beloved musical THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. This Tony Award-winning musical set in 1922 follows Millie Dillmount, straight off the bus from Salina, Kansas, as she searches for more in New York City.

With grand plans to marry the “modern” way, for money and not love, she finds herself on a madcap adventure that proves everything is not what it seems. 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $15. 314-635-8608 or gcpastl.org.

By Robyn Dexter

Wed., April 20

St. Louis Jewish Book Festival presents LISA LILLIEN, author of Hungry Girl Clean & Hungry, at the JCC – Staenberg Family Complex, Arts & Education Building. Lillien, creator of the Hungry Girl empire, always battled her weight until one day she decided she was going about dieting all wrong.

Rather than give up the junk food that she enjoyed, she realized she could remake such food into more healthy options. Thus began her empire, Hungry Girl. 7 p.m. Free, but event ticket required. 314-4423299 or mjkambal@jccstl.org.

Sun., April 17

Meet Me St. Louis presents LESLEY STAHL, author of Becoming Grandma, at St. Luke’s Hospital Institute for Health Education.

From one of the country’s most recognizable journalists: how becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life. Stahl discusses her book Becoming Grandma. After four decades as a reporter, she says the most vivid and transforming experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state or crafting any other of her stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigate” it – as though it were a news flash. 2 p.m. $45-$60 includes one book. info@ meetmestlouis.org or meetmestlouis.org.

Thu., April 21

Left Bank Books presents director, producer and author GAIL PELLETT, who will sign and discuss her memoir, Forbidden Fruit: 1980 Beijing, at Left Bank Books. In 1980, Pellett, a producer for radio and TV, moved from New York to Beijing to work as a “foreign expert” at Radio Beijing, China’s equivalent of the Voice of America. Invited for her expertise and American-Canadian perspective, she was then treated as a Western spy. Chinese colleagues, acquaintances and, most painfully, lovers were warned away. During a pivotal moment in post-Cultural Revolution China when windows were being thrown open – and then slammed shut – Forbidden Fruit records Pellett’s journey from hope, naiveté and ignorance through profound disillusionment and emotional pain to enlightenment. 7 p.m. Free. 314-367-6731 or left-bank.com.

Sun., April 17

St. Louis Jewish Book Festival presents A CONVERSATION WITH MARGE PIERCY at the JCC – Staenberg Family Complex, Arts & Education Building. Piercy is the author of 20 books of poetry, 17 novels and numerous books of nonfiction, including Pesach for the Rest of Us and most recently, My Life, My Body. Piercy is the most recent judge for the Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Food will be served. 7:30 p.m. Free. stljewishbookfestival.org or mjkambal@jccstl.org.

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Fri., April 15

‌ e St. Louis County Library Foundation’s “Buzz” Westfall Favorite Author Series presents CNN Th Presidential Historian DOUGLAS BRINKLEY for a discussion and signing of Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America at library headquarters. Brinkley’s The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt’s bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to the other indefatigable environmental leader – Teddy’s cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, chronicling his undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps and premier protector of America’s public lands. 7 p.m. Free. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Left Bank Books. 314-367-6731 or left-bank.com.

Sat., April 23

The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation presents the sixth annual ST. LOUIS TEEN TALENT COMPETITION at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Twelve final acts composed of bistate-area teens will compete on The Fabulous Fox stage for a chance at more than $30,000 in scholarships and prizes. This competition is a Broadway-style show. 8 p.m. Free, but tickets required. 314-534-111 or foxpacf.org.

Blues in the Lou

Singing the

By Bryan A. Hollerbach | Photos by Sarah Conard

St. LouiS’ new nationaL BLueS MuSeuM ShowcaSeS the MuSicaL genre forever Mixing the LoweSt woeS with the higheSt hopeS.

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ome music goes just to your ears. Other music goes to your feet or your fanny – swing that thing! But the blues? The blues, you feel in your bones, deep down, deep, deep down, where everything good and bad, right and wrong, blissful and bleak, blends and blurs into what we call, simply, life.

In that light, Downtown St. Louis got a lot livelier less than two weeks ago, with the April 2 opening of the National Blues Museum.

Fittingly, less than two weeks before that, Robert Endicott, who chairs the board of directors guiding the nonprofit, graciously paused amid predictable frenzy to chat about the opening, which will include everything from high-tech interactive exhibits to display items from the man who gave us “Johnny B. Goode.”

Beyond serving as a partner with local legal eagles Bryan Cave, Endicott, it bears noting, not only holds two degrees in music (one from New York City’s esteemed Juilliard School), but also can lay claim to another credential uniquely positioning him to help shepherd the museum – he himself plays the blues and jazz, as he modestly relates anon.

“The real estate led the project,” Endicott first relates, crediting Amos Harris (a principal with the real estate group Spinnaker St. Louis) for promoting a creative use for so large a footprint.

Department-store devotees will remember this footprint as the ground floor of the downtown Dillard’s, and older devotees may well reminisce wistfully about the late, great Stix, Baer and Fuller department store.

Exclusive of fundraising and related financing activities, as well as conceptual and design efforts, Endicott recalls that retrofitting the vintage space took less time than one might have expected. “It ran a little over a year once construction started – once the sledgehammer hit the concrete,” he says of work on the latest addition to St. Louis’ prideworthy musical heritage.

Certain components of that “big, giant, just vast expanse of space,” such as load-bearing columns, initially posed a challenge to the museum’s designers, Endicott confesses, but they fast rose to the challenge creatively.

As a result, the museum sprawls gloriously through much of the ground floor, with upper floors involving other uses. “It still is 23,000 square feet overall, of which 16,000 is exhibit space,” Endicott remarks. “There’s limited administrative space. There’s a very nice performance space.”

Envisioning the museum, Endicott recalls, wisely involved professional curatorial advice.

As “our initial guru,” he names Bob Santelli, “the first education director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.” Santelli facilitated contacts for further advice from other, similar venues like the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretative Center in Indianola, Mississippi.

All such similar venues, however, have, at best, a regional focus; the absence of a national celebration of the blues not only spurred the creation of St. Louis’ venue, but also earned it pre-opening attention in The New York Times and elsewhere.

The museum-planning and design firm of Gallagher & Associates also provided insight, and sometime-Rolling Stone scribe Billy Altman “sort of wrote the storyline that we’re trying to tell,” Endicott says.

Almost perforce, he adds, advice came from locals, perhaps chief among them Gerald Early, a distinguished author and professor in the English department of Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches American literature and African-American culture.

Many meetings with much feedback preceded the April 2 opening, and ironically, feedback from nonlocals involved with the museum spurred a greater St. Louis profile than originally intended. “The out-of-towners were the ones who got really excited about the local stories – [they] sort of said, ‘Naw, you’ve got to tell this piece ’cause this concert happened here,” Endicott says.

The Gateway City component almost necessarily includes William Christopher “W.C.” Handy, dubbed the “Father of the Blues.” In 1909, Handy wrote the first commercial blues song, “Boss Crump Blues,” published in 1912 as “The Memphis Blues.” Two years after that, Handy published a little number titled “The Saint Louis Blues.”

Regarding locals, Endicott also voices the hope of later including more about St. Louis Hall of Famer Henry Townsend, renowned as a blues guitarist and pianist alike.

“Probably Chuck – Chuck Berry – is the one who’s featured most prominently as an artist who’s got his own little spot,” he adds. “We’ve got some really cool artifacts from him – a guitar and a suit.”

Predictably, University City visionary Joe Edwards – a longtime friend and supporter of the musical living legend, whom Edwards welcomes each month to perform in his Duck Room at Blueberry Hill – facilitated the Berry contributions. “He really did us a solid favor,” Endicott confesses of Edwards.

Also predictably, high-tech informational videos looping perpetually will augment visits to the venue, making it a “living” museum. “The thing that I’m most proud of is a sort of interactive thread the entire way through the museum, activated by touchscreen, where you compose an AABA lyric, a blues lyric, with suggested phrases,” he says. “Within limits, you can write your own [lyric]. And then you can log in and add a guitar track, piano track, a harmonica track to that lyric at various spots in the museum. And at the very end, there’s a rudimentary mixing area, where you take what you put together, you mix it, and then you can email the track to yourself.”

Endicott laughs with unrestrained delight before adding, “It’s really cool!”

Notably, contributing funds for the mixing area in question was protean younger Detroit musician Jack White, by all accounts a man who knows and cherishes the blues.

In a high-tech exhibit distinct from that, visitors can view a video on playing the

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spoons, the washboard and other homespun instruments and, in a karaoke-style turn, “then play along with a little jug band,” says Endicott.

Beyond such high-tech components, the museum includes “an ancient player piano with piano rolls from the early days – that was one of the ways that music got disseminated,” Endicott says. Also included are stage outfits from bluesmen Bobby Rush and Big George Brock, records and sheet music aplenty, and one of the late, great B.B. King’s guitars – all of which, incidentally, King christened Lucille following a 1949 firerelated brouhaha in Arkansas.

To complement such treasures, the museum boasts a club-sized performance space fronting on Washington Avenue and potentially admitting 180 devotees in total or 150 in comfort, Endicott notes.

The plan is to do concerts on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, according to Endicott, and the museum’s overseers hope to book both local bands and national touring acts willing to go “unplugged,” in the MTV phrase – acoustic.

When asked if St. Louis’ Voodoo Blues Band might perform there, Endicott again laughs aloud, having played horns with that group for a decade or so, customarily at Hammerstone’s in Soulard on Sundays.

“I would hope so!” he says, amusement still tingeing his voice. “If we can get in touch with ‘the right people,’ maybe we can get ourselves booked there.”

Although details on the performance space remain inchoate, Endicott envisions it as integral to the museum – as well as integral to the newly opened Sugarfire Smoke House within its first floor in a barbecue-and-blues synergy.

Otherwise, Endicott notes that Dion Brown, the museum’s founding executive director, continues to finalize an educational component to the venue, perhaps involving lectures, a youth band and outreach to area schools. “Dion has done a good job of telling me, ‘Hey, let’s just get the doors open,’” he adds with a chuckle.

Following a mid-March concert at the Peabody Opera House, musician Bonnie Raitt – herself scarcely a stranger to the blues – accorded the museum a singular compliment on visiting it. She lingered over various evocative photos, Endicott recalls, like one of brothers Jimmie and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, latter-day blues-rock legends.

Also, rapt, Raitt stared at a photo of her mentor and her hanging on one of the museum’s walls, Endicott continues, before exclaiming, “I’ve never seen that picture before!”

National Blues Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis, 314-925-0016, nationalbluesmuseum.com

diningGuide

By Amanda Dahl

‌THE ART OF ENTERTAINING 8796 Big Bend Blvd., 314-963-9899, t heaofe.com

Salads are choice for spring. Try the popular citrus or tomato palm salads found at The

GUIDO’S “ON THE HILL”

5046 Shaw Ave., 314-771-4900, g uidosstl.com

Art of Entertaining. The perfect additions to your spring gathering can be made to order for

Care to sample Rome’s cuisine? Or perhaps

anywhere from two to 200 people.

something from Madrid? At Guido’s, you don’t have to decide. This institution on The Hill combines Italian fare with authentic Spanish tapas to cater to your family’s every craving.

EDIBLES & ESSENTIALS MARKET~CAFÉ

5815 Hampton Ave., 314-328-2300, e diblesandessentials.com Located in St. Louis Hills, Edibles & Essentials delights patrons with an eclectic menu, including Saturday brunch. Come enjoy dine-in or carryout, and eat in the enclosed and heated patio.

HAVELI INDIAN RESTAURANT

9720 Page Ave., 314-423-7300, havelistl.com

FRAZER’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 1811 Pestalozzi St., 314-773-8646, f razersgoodeats.com

Indulge in authentic Indian cuisine at Haveli, with vegan, vegetarian and nonvegetarian temptations made with a variety of curries from fresh, natural ingredients. With lunch and dinner buffets available

Experience fine cuisine and exceptionally crafted

on Tuesday and Sunday, come see the hospitality

cocktails as served by an outstanding staff

traditions of India for yourself.

at Frazer’s in Benton Park. Stop by for lunch, dinner or Saturday brunch.

GREEN DINING ALLIANCE

multiple locations, 314-669-4432, greendiningalliance.org The Green Dining Alliance certifies St. Louis-area restaurants in sustainable practices. Members recycle, invest in the local economy – and never use Styrofoam. They incorporate

KINGSIDE DINER

4651 Maryland Ave., 314-454-3957, k ingsidediner.com

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