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[ LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ] Happy New Year. This is our last chance to say that to readers, since our next issue doesn’t come out until Jan. 8! You just never know how calendar dates will play out, and this year, both Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Wednesday, our publication day. Those two weeks, though, will give us extra time to work on our big Veiled Prophet section, to be featured in the Jan. 8 issue. The end of one year and the beginning of another is also a natural time to reflect on both what has happened in the past and all we hope will happen in the future. Here at Town & Style, we’re about to celebrate our third anniversary. Oddly, it feels at the same time like we’ve been here forever and it was just yesterday that we scrambled to put out our first issue—from a Clayton basement! (I have a feeling that will always seem like it happened yesterday.) It’s also a good time to be generous, in spirit and deed, to those less fortunate and to be thankful for those we know who have faced the challenges of illness and are still here to share their lives with us. As for 2014, we wish everyone a happy and prosperous year. A year filled with joy in family and friends. And with purpose and meaning. A year where we remember, every single day, to be grateful for all the wonders of the world and all the blessings in our lives.

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THE 2014 ST. LOUIS ARTS AWARDS, PRESENTED BY THE ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL, TAKE PLACE JAN. 20 IN THE KHORASSAN ROOM AT THE CHASE PARK PLAZA. PICTURED ON THE COVER: AWARD WINNERS NICHOLAS KRYAH AND CAROL NORTH OF METRO THEATER COMPANY, JIM WEDDLE OF EDWARD JONES PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES, AND EVENT CO-CHAIRS LYNNE AND JIM TURLEY. PRESENTING SPONSOR IS EMERSON; PRINCIPAL SPONSORS ARE THE BOEING CO., EDWARD JONES, LYNNE AND JIM TURLEY AND WELLS FARGO ADVISORS. MAJOR SUPPORT PROVIDED BY AMEREN, BMO HARRIS BANK, CENTENE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, KEN AND NANCY KRANZBERG, MONSANTO FUND, NOVUS INTERNATIONAL INC. AND PNC BANK. MAJOR BENEFACTORS INCLUDE AT&T, BKD CPAS & ADVISORS, BRYAN CAVE, ERNST & YOUNG, LACLEDE GAS COMPANY, SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS AND WEBSTER UNIVERSITY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND SWITCH. TABLE SPONSORS INCLUDE ARTHUR AND HELEN BAER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COCA, COCA ALUMNI, STUDENTS AND STAFF, DES LEE COLLABORATIVE VISION, E. DESMOND LEE FINE ARTS EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE, EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC., GREATER SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, HOK, LASHLY & BAER, LEIGH GERDINE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS OF WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY, McCORMACK BARON SALAZAR, MERCY, METRO THEATER COMPANY, JAMES AND MERRY MOSBACHER, NINE NETWORK, OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, RUBINBROWN, SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM, ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL, ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO 90.7 KWMU, ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER, THE STEWARD FAMILY FOUNDATION, STONE, LEYTON & GERSHMAN, THOMPSON COBURN, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS AND WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKETS, CALL 314-289-4010 OR VISIT KEEPARTHAPPENING.ORG. FOLLOW #STLARTSAWARDS ON TWITTER FOR ONGOING ANNOUNCEMENTS. PHOTOGRAPHED AT POWELL HALL, HOME OF THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY COVER DESIGN BY JON FOGEL | COVER PHOTO BY COLIN MILLER OF STRAUSS PEYTON

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ON JAN. 20, LOCAL ARTISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS will gather for the St. Louis Arts Awards, presented by the Arts and Education Council. The event, co-chaired by Jim and Lynne Turley, takes place in the Khorassan Room at the Chase Park Plaza. “Our vibrant arts community is an essential part of what makes the bi-state area such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family,” say the Turleys. “As co-chairs for the St. Louis Arts Awards, we join with the Arts and Education Council in supporting that community by honoring the outstanding artists, educators and arts advocates who contribute so much to so many.” Claiming the 2014 award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts are Carol North and Nicholas Kryah, artistic director and resident artist/technical director, respectively, of Metro Theater Company. After joining the company in 1977, the husband-and-wife team took it from a small, experimental troupe to an award-winning regional theater that draws on visual arts, music and dance to create distinctive works geared toward young audiences. Honored for Excellence in Philanthropy are Thelma and David Steward of World Wide Technology, a $4 billion advanced technology solutions business. The Stewards give generously to the arts and other causes that focus on family, children and education. They’ve served on numerous local boards, including the St. Louis Symphony, Civic Progress of St. Louis and Harris-Stowe State University’s African American Business Leadership Council. The Corporate Champion of the Arts Award goes to Edward Jones Partners and Associates, which has raised more than $3.7 million for the Arts and Education Council over the last 20 years through innovative workplace giving campaigns. Accepting awards for Excellence in the Arts are the St. Louis Symphony, an internationally recognized orchestra with a strong commitment to education and community outreach, and Lee Nolting of COCA, a dance teacher who helped establish scholarship programs for students in need, some of whom now perform in the nation’s top dance companies. The winner of the Arts Collaboration Award is the E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative, which funds in-school arts programs and makes the region’s arts institutions accessible to more than 21,000 students from 120 area schools annually. Heidi Morgan, a dance teacher at University City High School for more than 20 years, is Art Educator of the Year. Morgan, determined that all young people should experience the joy of dancing, has recruited countless students with disabilities to her classes. Emerson serves as presenting sponsor for the event. Proceeds benefit the Arts and Education Council, which funds nearly 70 organizations throughout the bi-state region. “The awards celebrate the breadth of our arts community and the exceptional creative work happening here,” says A&E president Cynthia Prost. “We’re proud to recognize these achievements, and welcome everyone to join us in honoring the awardees.”

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Of the handful of area municipalities that gave a green light to red-light cameras, Creve Coeur has sort of gone to yellow. That is, the city has pulled the plug on the devices, for now, and is taking a wait-and-see approach as legal challenges get resolved, appealed, overturned … ad nauseam. Meanwhile, as the same flip-flopping continues in St. Louis, a San Antonio law firm/collection agency sends threatening correspondence to scofflaws irrespective of whether this or that court is on this or that side of the issue. Fortunately for everyone involved in the theft of a $35,000 Rolex watch from Clarkson Jewelers, no one was hit when the store manager fired a few shots at the suspects. An employee tackled one of them, but had the good sense to let go and back off when threatened with death. Last, neither cops nor robbers were hurt in the wild chase that started near the Ellisville store and ended in Chesterfield with a single-car crash. Yes, a really, really expensive watch would make a wonderful gift, but we’re sure these guys weren’t planning to give it to someone. These days, anyhow, aren’t wristwatches obsolete, except as fine jewelry? Even the average knucklehead has a ‘dumb’ phone, which that tell you the correct time. What to do while waiting at the airport with a youngster who keeps asking, “When are we going to get on the airplane?” Like, 250 times? “Well, honey, you can get on a plane right now!” is how frazzled adults can respond, come late May, when the Play Port opens in the C Concourse at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. For anyone

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Martin-John Candy movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles, where for the longest time the comedians can’t manage to get anywhere. Kids will stay right where you can see them in this 1,500-square-foot transportation hub of fun, with climb-in and climb-out conveyances including a plane, a train and a few autos that look tiny enough to rival the smallest hybrid vehicles of today (those roller skates with a windshield, roof, doors and seats). The $150,000 project was backed by major donors, including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, with private donations accepted via Rally Saint Louis. The play area also will include a child-size air traffic control tower, car rental counters and an airport screening area. “See, junior, waiting in the TSA line can be fun!” exclaimed no adult, ever. Is the independent bookstore on its way out? Pah! Not The Book House, which was evicted from Rock Hill awhile back and set up shop in Maplewood just in time to do business and have book signings on weekends leading up to the Yuletide (and all this without heat). The store left a 100-year-old historic home and moved into another centenarian of a building … a former department store at 7352 Manchester Road that had been shuttered for 20 years. Plans down the road include an event space. Though a Kickstarter campaign is keeping things going for the time being, this is still one of those stories that just warms your heart at the holidays. When the monthlong campaign ended, it had topped its $10,000 goal by more than two grand. More than 300 donors kicked in. Wonder how many copies of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol are among the 200,000-plus books that made the move? IKEA is coming to the city. Yes, you read that right. Wow. After all the smoke and no fire billowing from any number of media outlets in town, including us, The Great Flyover will have its own store(s). Kansas City will have one a year before we do, dang it! The household-goods retailer based in Sweden, which for years has been coy about any Midwest expansion plans into the Gateway City, has found a place that feels like home. And it’s not any of the suburbs that have been bounced about by pundits and prognosticators (like Chesterfield or Richmond Heights, among others). It’s in midtown. Officials of the company announced that the store will be built at Forest Park and Vandeventer avenues, near Saint Louis University. Parking? There will be upwards of 1,200 spaces in an underground garage beneath the two-story, 380,000-square-foot store. Oh, and when? That’s sort of a sore subject among any folks who still

sense a rivalry between KC and STL. The one on the other end of Interstate 70 will open in 2014, officials say; ours will open in 2015 and will employ 300. Counterfeiters are like the flu. Every time researchers develop a new vaccine, the flu virus mutates, rendering the vaccine ineffective. And the U.S. Secret Service works vigilantly to stay one step ahead of fake-money makers, who manage to create believable, but bogus, bills—also like the flu, just in time for the holidays. Victims can range from a small Sunset Hills salon to a big box in Brentwood, and agents say they’ve even seen attempts at counterfeiting the new, improved ‘Benjamin’… the $100 bill, which features a strip of holographic tape in an attempt to foil criminals with even the most sophisticated printing equipment. Busy businesses can stay a step or so ahead of the crooks by using special pens … they look and operate like a highlighter… or a newly developed penlight to separate the wheat from the chaff. Authorities emphasize that if a bill just doesn’t ‘feel’ right, it probably isn’t. We really should have waited for the other shoe to drop. A few weeks ago we eagerly expressed our presumption that vocal opponents of rezoning in Town & Country would be satisfied by the city’s vote on Maryville University’s request for about 16 acres to be used for a parking lot and maintenance facility. However, the city voted 6-1 to approve the measure. This means Maryville can go ahead with its development plans, which include new athletic fields. The university has moved up, division-wise, and who knows how successful the Saints will become as an NCAA Division II school. Meanwhile, the university will construct a 5-foot berm along Conway Road; it has worked to move the maintenance facility to another part of campus, farther from neighborhoods. Still, some residents say the city has ignored their concerns. They decry change … residential zoning means residences, period, conditional-use permits be damned. But other residents say a vibrant, growing university can do nothing but good for the community. The land in question, once a farm, belongs to the university. Throughout the county, former farmland has been subdivided according to the acreage specified by the municipality, which here ranges from about 1.25 to 2.3 acres. That could have meant about seven McMansions–errr, very large homes. Maryville is leaving most of it as green space—much of it for athletics, to be sure. Closer investigation shows

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2014 a university making great efforts to be a good neighbor despite growth in its student body and program offerings. Barrel Bob has appeared alongside westbound Interstate 64 in Chesterfield, and he’s sporting a festive red hat for the holidays. Made from recycled orange-andwhite highway barrels and cones, the smiling figure is just east of the construction at the Daniel Boone Bridge at the Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard overpass. If

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the flashing sign that MoDOT has placed farther east warning drivers to slow to 50 mph limit doesn’t do it, the sight of Barrel Bob just might. The MoDOT mascot, 11 feet tall, is MoDOT’s movable caution to drivers: “Don’t barrel through work zones.” He and his brethren also are targets of pranksters statewide. A couple years ago near Lake of the Ozarks, two women managed to make off with his top half, leaving his bottom half at the construction site. Five or so years ago, when gas-electric hybrid autos attracted stares, ‘green’ was a relatively novel concept in design and construction. Businesses trumpeted their LEED certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council. Although it’s still more the exception than the rule, green building has become more commonplace, which means young people are accepting ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ as part of daily life. With its two new elementary schools—the first in the area built to LEED standards—U. City has had the opportunity to weave teachable moments on the environment into daily life. Most recently, in 2011, Barbara C. Jordan Elementary opened with major features that include large windows and a building orientation that exploits sunlight. It has a rain garden, as does Pershing Elementary, completed in 2009. Pervious (the opposite of impervious; in this case, porous) pavement helps lessen storm runoff at both schools. Recycled building materials were a key element in construction. These features figured into the exhaustive checklist required for LEED certification. It ain’t easy being green: For example, more-efficient HVAC systems cost more at the outset but save energy dollars over time. Somebody had to take the lead with LEED; let’s see if other districts follow suit. DECEMBER 18, 2013

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Recent visitors to Forest Park saw poetry growing on trees, thanks to a citywide poetry project and art installation co-created by local artists HENRY GOLDKAMP and MALLORY NEZAM. The Poetree Project asked St. Louisans of all ages to submit handwritten poems to be attached to trees at the southeast corner of the Saint Louis Art Museum and ‘harvested’ by visitors, who were encouraged to mail them to friends or strangers in pre-stamped envelopes provided at the event. “The project was inspired by our belief that all people are poets who have stories and perspectives to share,” says Nezam, founder and director of STL Improv Anywhere. Goldkamp is creator of Fresh Poetry Ink and project manager of What the Hell is St. Louis Thinking, a participatory art project that made the pages of Time magazine.

12/10 Chrissi Blake @ChrissiBlake A little nervous about running the @HotChocolate15k this weekend..gonna be in the teens at race time. But also excited to see how I do. #STL 12/9 Jason Motte @JMotte30 Congrats to @TonyLaRussa on HOF Induction. Well deserved 12/9 Hannah Danapilis @HannahDanapilis Worked my whole life to achieve what I have, and now I can say that my life will only get better. Accepted to my dream school. #washu

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inspirational speaker, an athlete training for the Tokyo Marathon, and the subject of a book, Powered by Hope, coming out in March. As if that’s not enough, she got a hug from Ellen DeGeneres while attending a recent taping of The Ellen Show in Los Angeles, and was interviewed for the show’s Good News blog. DeGeneres admires Griege’s efforts to inspire those who are fighting colon cancer.

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[ boys basketball ]

The weather has been unseasonably cold in recent days, but the action is sure to be hot in pools and on courts, rinks and mats as athletes from the Town & Style coverage area prepare for the winter sports season.

Any contest in the Metro Catholic Conference this winter is going to be worth the price of admission. Two of the five teams in the MCC reached the Class 5 semifinals last season, with De Smet Jesuit advancing to the state championship game before losing to Rockhurst. Vianney, which lost to De Smet Jesuit in the semifinals, finished fourth in state after a loss to Hickman in the third place contest. Both schools were hit hard by graduation, especially De Smet Jesuit, which lost its top three scorers, including Nolan Berry, who averaged 20 points per game. Two other teams, Chaminade and CBC, enter the season with new coaches and very lofty expectations. Frank Bennett takes over at Chaminade, and he will have the pleasure of coaching one of the best sophomores in the country in Jayson Tatum. Tatum, who is being recruited by some of the top programs in the NCAA, averaged 13 points and six rebounds a year last year, and as a freshman was named co-conference EVAN BOOKER OF KIRKWOOD player of the year. The games between the Red Devils and Cadets will be especially interesting this year as Jayson’s dad, Justin, a former standout at Saint Louis University, takes over as the head coach at CBC. The Cadets feature another top area player in Jordan Bennett. The 6-foot-7 University of Texas recruit averaged 17 points and eight rebounds last year. The college coaches may be focusing on the MCC, but there will be a lot of talent and interesting races in the other leagues around the area. Webster Groves continued its dominance in the Suburban South Conference last year and appears strong again. The Statesmen are led by 6-foot-6 Alex Floresca. He led a balanced Webster scoring attack last year with an average of 11.7 points per game. Ladue, which won 21 games last year, will have one of the area’s top big man/ small man combinations in the area. Senior guard Cornell Johnston, who is only 5-foot-7, is one of the area’s most exciting players to watch. He led the Rams with a 14.7 points-per-game average last year, and also dished out more than eight assists a game. Senior Andrew Maddock, who stands a foot taller than Johnston, was on the receiving end of many of those passes. Last year, Maddock averaged 11 points and nine rebounds a game. Maplewood was one of the area’s top smaller schools last year with 23 victories. This year, The Blue Devils lost their top scorer, Kahlid Hagens, who averaged more than 19 points per game. Kirkwood’s Evan Booker is one of the area’s most well-rounded players. The 6-foot-5 senior almost averaged a double-double last year with 13.9 points and 9.9 rebounds a game for the Pioneers.

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[ girls basketball ]

St. Joseph’s Academy had another stellar campaign with 23 wins and advancement to the Class 5 state championship game, where it lost to Rock Bridge. The Angels will have a much different look with the loss of four seniors. “The Angels may be short but they have some wheels,” says St. Joe’s coach Julie Matheny. For the first time in Matheny’s 16 years with the team, the Angels will have no player taller than 6 feet. “We have always had a tall inside presence that allowed our shooting guards a clean look on kick-outs,” Matheny says. “We lost over 45 points from our graduating class. You can’t teach experience. We will waddle though December and January and plan on being a top seed come February. Our goal is the same every year—Class 5 state champions. Final fours are very special.” St. Joe’s will be led by senior Mary Barton. The 5-foot-5 point guard was the floor general last year but will be asked to do more offensively. She made 35 3-point field goals last season. The Angels will have a tough time winning their conference, which includes one of the top teams St. Louis has ever seen. Defending Class 4 champion Incarnate Word Academy is ranked third nationally in the preseason poll by USA Today. That almost shuts the door on state championship ambitions for teams in Class 4, but teams like St. Joe’s still have shots in Class 5. Parkway South is one of those teams. The Patriots won 26 games last year and were district and sectional champions, losing in the state quarterfinals to St. Joe. They lost three starters but return first-year all-conference player Brittany Thomas, who led the team with a 15.1 scoring average. “Our goals are to win conference and district and get back to the final four,” says Patriots coach Thomas Williams. “We want to improve each day and get better so we are playing our best basketball at the end of the year.” A couple of other teams from the Parkway district look BRITTANY THOMAS OF PARKWAY SOUTH strong again this winter. Parkway North had an amazing 2012-13 season with a 25-2 record. The Vikings will be led by sophomore standout Alexia Sutton, who averaged almost 13 points a game as a freshman. Parkway Central won 20 games last year, and the Colts have one of the area’s top big players in Zoe Wallis. Wallis, a 6-foot-3 post player who will be attending the College of Charleston next year, was a state stuffer as a junior. She averaged a double-double (14.1 points and 10.5 rebounds) and also blocked 5.6 shots a game. Marquette, which won 17 games last season, returns one of the top scorers in the area in Taylor Campbell. She averaged almost 18 points a game last year. MICDS and Westminster Christian combined to win 45 games last year and had an epic district championship game, which MICDS won in overtime. The Rams return standouts Emily Kyman and Taylor Baur, while Kayla Armstrong returns to run the show for Westminster. Principia won 19 games last year, led by Alli Ball. The senior, who will be attending Akron University in the fall, averaged 16.1 points and 8.3 rebounds a game.

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Area teams had mixed results last winter, although there are some individuals who will be in the spotlight, not only locally, but nationally.

[ wrestling ]

Whitfield continued its dominance in Class 1. The Warriors defended their state championship, winning for the fourth time in the last six years. The Warriors had a pair of state champions in Chris Wilkes and Rodney Hahn. Wilkes is now wrestling at North Carolina State University but Hahn is back for his senior season, which he hopes will be a historic one. Hahn won the state championship as a freshman at 135 pounds, as a sophomore at 145 pounds and as a junior last year at 152 pounds. He is starting this season at 170 pounds, although he could drop to 160 by the postseason. “We have had some outstanding wrestlers here at Whitfield,” says Warriors coach Charlie Sheretz. “We have had some three-time state champions and four-time finalists, but Rodney is looking to become the first four-year champion here. He is such an entertaining wrestler to watch and has a fearless style. Nobody goes to get popcorn when he is on the mat.” Whitfield does not have great numbers and thus not a lot of margin for error, but it does have top talent, with three other returning wrestlers who were state medalists last year. Senior Derrick Swaney was fourth at 132 pounds, senior Andy McLaughlin was fifth at 170 pounds and sophomore Curtis Hahn was fifth at 126 pounds. “Those guys are working to go from the podium to the top of the podium,” Sheretz says. “I try to be realistic but also optimistic. We have a lot of work to do but I think we are capable of making things interesting in February.” Other area teams are looking to make more of an immediate impact. There were individual successes including state titles by Westminster Christian’s Bennett Lewis and CBC’s Tim Gant and second place finishes by Christian Bledsoe of John Burroughs and Marlon Hampton of Webster Groves, but no area team other than Whitfield had even a top-10 state finish in any of the four classes in the state.

[ girls swimming ]

Glendale High School from Springfield, Mo., captured the state championship last winter at the St. Peters Rec-Plex. But five teams from the Town & Style coverage area finished in the top seven, and two of them came home with state trophies. The battle for second place behind Glendale was the closest in state history, with just a half-point separating the three teams. Parkway West and Notre Dame de Sion (from Kansas City) each had 151.5 points, while Parkway South had 150 points. Parkway West finished second despite having one of the youngest teams at the state meet. The Longhorns won the 200-yard medley relay and did so with a sophomore (Natalie Folkins) and three freshmen (Caroline Biss, Carolyn Kammeyer and Kristen Petersen). The three freshmen also were part of the 400-yard free relay team, which finished second. Youth was served at state last year as another freshman, John Burroughs’ Maddie Wessell, was second in both the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley. The area also had the individual diving champion, MICDS’ junior Kat Friese. Senior Samm Crocker returns to lead the way for Parkway South. Crocker finished second in the 50-yard freestyle last year.“We hope to be in the top two in the Suburban West Conference and finish in the top six at state,” says Parkway South coach Sara Gerth. “I’m looking forward to a fun and successful year.”

[ hockey ]

The championship game in the Challenge Cup Division of the Mid-States Hockey Association is always one of the highlights of the area winter season. It is played before large crowds at the Scottrade Center and is filled with emotion. Last year’s game was one for the ages, as Saint Louis University High won its first Mid-States title in dramatic fashion, with an overtime victory over rival and longtime Mid-States power CBC. Both teams hope to be back this season, along with other teams from the area. “Our goal is to defend the title of state champs, nothing less,” says SLUH coach Kevin Fitzpatrick. “That is our goal and expectation. We did graduate 11 seniors from last year’s team, but I believe we have the team to win it again.” The Junior Bills will be led by forwards Christian Hoffmeister and Liam FitzGerald and defensemen Stan Pawlow and Steve Lockwood. SLUH is also blessed with a pair of top-notch goaltenders in Brenden Haselhorst and Joe Warnecke. CBC certainly comes into the season as one of the top area teams with the return of standouts such as goalie Joe Staely; defensemen Ryan Croghan, Alex Clark and Mike Sieckhuas; and forwards Joe Lupo, Glenn Ryan, David Hibbard, Caesar Sorrentino, Mike Beckham and Adam Caruso. “We are very excited about the 2013-14 season,” says CBC coach John Jost. “We have a good nucleus of returners from last year’s team, along with top newcomers. Experience tells us in order to have the success of past CBC teams, we need to be playing our best hockey come February. So that is our goal.” JOE LUPO OF CBC

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“Welcome to Camp Rainbow! We’ve been waiting for you, we have so many things planned for you, we can’t wait to spend a week with you!” The overwhelming love that greeted Joey Goldwasser when he arrived at Camp Rainbow thrilled the 6-year-old leukemia patient and eased the worries of his parents. “I still tear up thinking about the relief I felt,” says Cary Goldwasser, his mother. The free camp, held in Wildwood’s Babler Memorial State Park, has hosted 3,635 young cancer patients and survivors since its founding in 1988. The summer day program serves kids ages 4 to 6, the overnight program accepts those ages 6 to 13, and a weekend getaway in March provides teenagers with their own camp experience. Three times a year, Camp Rainbow packs a van full of activities and visits children at Cardinal Glennon, Children’s and Mercy hospitals. New in 2014 will be a Labor Day family camp weekend at Trout Lodge in Potosi, Mo. Goldwasser, a resident of Creve Coeur, was initially nervous about letting her son out of her sight. “It’s nerve-wracking enough for any parent to think about sending their child off for a week when they’re 6,” she says. “He was just diagnosed with this serious illness. We were hesitant. It was a little bit scary for us.” But the

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neighborhood to see what’s out there. You never know what’s going to create a passion in a young person’s life and keep them motivated in school.” Many campers live within walking distance of the Gateway Arch, for example, yet during one field trip, it was revealed three-fourths of them had never visited before. Crystal Edwards, 20, attended camp when she was 12 years old and now serves as a group leader. The kids she cares for deal with a number of challenges, she says, from the stresses of singleparent households to language barriers with their immigrant parents to neglected personal hygiene. “I live in the neighborhood,” Edwards says, “and I know if they weren’t in summer camp they would just be roaming around.” The opportunities at Kingdom House, however, ensure their summers are safe, productive and enjoyable. “At the end of the day,” Edwards says, “a lot of kids didn’t want to leave.”

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In 2014, the beloved Ladue sports bar Sportsman’s Park will celebrate its 40th anniversary. In 1974, Norman Probstein and NFL Hall-of-Famer Jackie Smith opened the restaurant as Jackie’s Place. Four years later, Smith left the business, and its name was changed to Sportsman’s Park, after the old ballpark used by the St. Louis Browns and the Cardinals. Jim Probstein, son of Norman, now runs the place, and has been a familiar face at Sportsman’s Park practically his whole life. “I started working in the kitchen and as a busboy when I was 15, and I’ve been working there ever since,” he says. In its early days, Sportsman’s Park was one of the only restaurants in the area, Probstein recalls. “Our consistency keeps people coming back,” he says. “The sports memorabilia is updated, but the overall ambience has always been of a cozy neighborhood place, and a lot of our recipes have stayed the same all these years.”

Although Sportsman’s Park has retained its charming sports-bar feel, that doesn’t mean it hasn’t kept up with the times. Lighter choices have been added to the menu, and in the last few years so has a delivery service. “The other evolution has been that we’ve become more of a restaurant than a bar,” Probstein says. “When it first opened, it was just the opposite.” The mark of a true neighborhood establishment is its rotating cast of regulars, something Sportsman’s Park has had since the beginning. St. Louisans love to gather to watch a game, or enjoy the restaurant’s signature turkey chili, Probstein says. “It’s one of those places where people feel comfortable,” he adds. “We get people in suit and tie, and people in sweatpants. It’s crowded and close and loud—and people like it that way. We even had an older couple who had been regulars for a long time celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary here.”

SPORTSMAN’S PARK OWNER JIM PROBSTEIN

YLANG-YLANG Next year marks a big one for Ylang-Ylang. Not only is the local jewelry store approaching its 30th anniversary, but it will also move to a new location in Ladue’s Colonial Marketplace. Ylang-Ylang, originally part of a New York-based franchise, came to St. Louis in 1985. St. Louisans Ray and Lois Morganstern, searching for a new jewelry concept to bring to their hometown, stumbled upon a Ylang-Ylang in Bal Harbour, Fla. “We just fell in love with the bright pink and turquoise art deco-inspired boutique. It was like being in a candy store,” Morganstern says. Soon after that, the Morgansterns incorporated in 1984 and opened their store in Plaza Frontenac the following year. Their first customer was Marie Osmond, who was staying in the Chase at the time, recalls Morganstern. Now, only a few Ylang-Ylang stores remain open, all of them independent as the parent company no longer exists. Morganstern and Julie Ettinger, her daughter and the store’s co-owner, hand-select all the store’s merchandise.

Since opening in the ’80s, Ylang-Ylang’s jewelry style has been anything but static. “In the ’80s, it was big costume jewelry, all from London, France and Italy,” Ettinger says. “Now, it’s evolved to fine designer jewelry from all over the world.” The jewelry business is a family tradition for the Morgansterns. “My grandma sold diamonds and jewelry, my mom and dad sold estate jewelry before founding YlangYlang in St. Louis, and now my mom is passing the crown down to me,” says Ettinger, who will gain full ownership of Ylang-Ylang upon the opening of the new store. Morganstern, who will act as consultant after the move, says the secret to their success is Ylang-Ylang’s appeal to all ages and their special relationship with customers. “I have seen mothers, their daughters, and now I’m seeing the grandchildren of people who were my first customers,” Morganstern says. “People love our jewelry because we have so many one-of-a-kind pieces,” Ettinger adds. “But mostly I think my mom and I have built many wonderful relationships over the years.” LOIS MORGANSTERN AND JULIE ETTINGER IN 1986

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When senior retirement community The Gatesworth was founded in 1988 by Charles Deutsch, David Smith and director of operations Bob Leonard, plenty of people doubted it would make it, says executive director Martha Kessel. But a quarter century later, it’s still going strong. “David and Charlie always had a desire to have a community catered to older adults and the lifestyle they were accustomed to,” Kessel says. “The Gatesworth was the first senior living facility of its kind in St. Louis and still provides a level of service unique in the industry— according to Forbes, we are one of the top 20 retirement homes in the country.” To celebrate its 25th anniversary, The Gatesworth hosted a party, where it screened a new documentary on its history, featuring longtime residents and employees. Kessel, who has been with the company since the beginning, says that the years have brought fine-tuning and an extension of services offered, which

DAVID SMITH, ELANA SPITZBERG, CHARLIE DEUTSCH IN 1988

include fitness classes, entertainment, housekeeping and fine dining. “When we opened, we thought we had everything anyone could want,” she says. “Through the years, though, we’ve added to those amenities by listening to residents. A few years ago, for example, we started offering dog-walking after hearing a resident was afraid to walk their dog on an icy day.” As great as the services and amenities are, it’s really the people who make The Gatesworth a special place, says Kessel. “Yesterday I was talking to a gentleman whose mother passed away, and he said we added six years to her life by keeping her mentally active and social,” she says. “When you’re at home, you don’t necessarily have people to eat dinner with. Here, there’s always someone to eat with. And I hear from residents that all the employees know their name. That’s the caliber of people we hire, and I really think that’s what makes us a success.”

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WHEN KEN POTEET ENTERED THE BANKING BUSINESS in the 1980s, there were

18,000 financial institutions in the United States, he recalls. Today, due to consolidations, sales and bank failures, there are about 6,900. “Three to five years from now, if projections hold true, that number will drop to 5,500,” he says. But Sterling Bank is still going strong, notes its chairman and CEO. “There’s no magic formula for a successful business—all banks follow the same playbook,” Poteet says. “What sets us apart is our culture: our enduring commitment to excellence, our outstanding service, and the innovative ways we contribute to the community. Banking isn’t about numbers; it’s about people.” This personal approach has been part of Sterling’s culture from the very beginning. Founded in 2004 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the bank turned a profit in its very first quarter, Poteet notes. Within three years, the business reached $100 million in assets and expanded to Van Buren, Mo., followed in 2012 and 2013 by full-service facilities in Clayton and Chesterfield. “We’ve far surpassed the performance of other banks our size locally, regionally and nationally,” he says. “We’re now recognized as one of the most successful banks in a five-state region, one of the top five banks in our asset class in the state, and one of the top 10 in the nation. We rank high in every category, including earnings, credit quality and safety.” Despite a still-challenging economy, Sterling continues to grow, with more than $500 million in total assets and $520 million in loans under management, Poteet adds. “When you offer the best financial services in the marketplace, combined with an unparalleled culture and personal service, you can’t help but succeed,” he says. “Business owners, high-wealth individuals and investors appreciate being assisted by our talented staff, who are the very best at what they do. Everyone we hire reflects our philosophy of excellence. This isn’t just a job to them; it’s a career.” In addition to impressive performance and service, Poteet attributes the bank’s success to community involvement. “We’re always looking for ways to invest in the communities we serve,” he says. “It’s a great way to get to know our neighbors.” Sterling’s Business After Hours concerts, a series of free networking events for the business community, are popular in Clayton and Chesterfield. The bank, known for its striking, award-winning architecture and innovative art displays, supports Chesterfield Arts and has donated more than $100,000 to the Saint Louis Art Fair, the single largest gift in the fair’s history. And last year, the bank contributed $30,000 to Kids Rock Cancer, including $10,000 from the auction of two classic cars. “We don’t measure our success by transactions; we measure our success by relationships,” Poteet says. “We believe in building our business one good decision at a time, one person at a time. Yes, our numbers are impressive. But nothing is more gratifying than knowing we’ve helped so many businesses succeed and helped so many of our neighbors buy their dream home.”

STERLING BANK NOW HAS TWO FULL-SERVICE LOCATIONS IN ST. LOUIS: 50 S. BEMISTON AVE. IN CLAYTON, 314.571.5610; AND 16100 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD IN CHESTERFIELD, 636. 681.1144. PICTURED ON THE COVER: CHAIRMAN AND CEO KEN POTEET WITH A 1960 NASH METROPOLITAN, ONE OF TWO CLASSIC CARS AUCTIONED OFF TO BENEFIT KIDS ROCK CANCER.

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We feel fortunate to have to added more than a dozen agents to our group over the last year. And they’re gotten up to speed quickly with the help of many savvy, productive agents and our knowledgeable management team. Our written business is up 20 percent through November, also, with an average sale price up 8 percent over the last two years. 29 The Boulevard | 314.725.5100 2730 N. Ballas Road | 314.569.1177 lauramccarthy.com

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Our greatest success this year has been, in a word, growth. We’ve doubled our plumbers on staff thanks to our huge sales increase. Our secret is to always strive to do firstclass work in a timely fashion, allowing customers to refer us to new customers, with confidence. tonylamartinaplumbing.com

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Crush’s biggest accomplishment in 2013 has been our ability to give back to the community in our first year of business. In addition to making donations to more than 10 local schools, Crush supported and raised money for various organizations. We look forward to promoting fitness and supporting these great causes and others in 2014. 120 Chesterfield Towne Centre | 636.536.6224 crushcycle.com

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The opening of Sterling Bank’s new Chesterfield location has poised the bank for continued growth in 2014. Sterling’s highly visible, state-of-the-art facility at Highway 40 and Clarkson Road has been an immediate success, with deposits of more than $49 million in the first 30 days. 50 S. Bemiston Ave. | 314.571.5610 16100 Swingley Ridge Road | 636.681.1144 sterbank.com

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PDI’s largest success this year has been the extensive expansion of our corporate business in the U.S., and our executive protection business in Third .World countries. We plan to continue this expansion in 2014, assisting companies with all their security and corporate needs worldwide. 211 S. Central Ave., Ste. 101 | 314.863.9225 | pdi-web.com

6 | SAVILE ROW CUSTOM CLOTHIERS Savile Row’s biggest success this year has been our ability to grow the business in our new location. We are having our best year ever and really enjoy being back in Clayton, where we started 28 years ago. 8101 Maryland Ave. | 314.721.7848 | savilerowstl.com

AvAilAble At: • Splash 314-721-6442 8811 Ladue Road, 63124 • Codi 636-227-2634 1164 Town & Country Crossing, 63017 • A Floral Gallery 314-727-1166 7616 Wydown Boulevard, 63105

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GELLMAN TEAM

The Gellman Team’s greatest success in 2013 is building an exceptional team with the finest real estate agents and client care specialists in St. Louis. This year, we have sold more than 200 homes with integrity, honesty, professionalism, responsiveness and reliability, and have built client relationships for life. 2203 S. Big Bend Blvd. | 314.336.1991 thegellmanteam.com

9 | EDGEWILD RESTAURANT & WINERY EdgeWild celebrates its expanding wine lists, which now include international wines as well as high-end wines by the glass, such as Silver Oak, Cakebread, Chateau Montelena, Nickel & Nickel, Louis Latour Chablis and more. 550 Chesterfield Center | 636.532.0550 edgewildwinery.com

10 | RILEY’S

ORGANICS

Riley’s Organics has had much success in our first year. Our proudest accomplishment is our loyal fans—both human and canine. We love our retail partners who share our vision of healthy organic treats for all dogs in St. Louis. 11939 Manchester Road, Ste. 401 | 314.549.8849 rileysorganics.com

11 | ETHOS AVEDA LIFESTYLE SALON & SPA For the second consecutive year, Ethos has been selected for the 2013 St. Louis Award in the hair coloring category by the St. Louis Award Program. Nationwide, only 1 in 70 (1.4 percent) 2013 award recipients qualified as two-time winners. The St. Louis Award Program is an annual event honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses. 173 Carondelet Plaza | 314.875.9499 | ethosaveda.com

12 | PNC

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Our greatest success is growing our wealth management business to become one of the top 10 bank trust companies in the U.S. With offices in 93 cities and more than 3,500 employees, PNC continues to take market share from weaker banks and smaller trust companies that don’t have the depth PNC does. 120 S. Central Ave., Ste. 110 | 314.898.1338 pnc.com/wealthsolutions

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and walkers, who are participating in this event on behalf of blood cancer patients and in support of the search for cures. WHO | Rich Buckley, Jeffrey Promnitz, Rich Sloan, Rick Brown and Jennifer Pedro HIGHLIGHTS | The stories several teammates shared about their reasons for participating in honor or memory of someone special

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WHAT | CUREiosity WHERE | Lumen WHY | To celebrate the ‘Rock Docs’ making a difference at Alvin J.

Siteman Cancer Center, as well as the cutting-edge rock star research being conducted at the institution. Funds raised from CUREiosity support the Director’s Discovery Fund and The Mike and Judy Shannon Brain Cancer Research Fund WHO | 2013 Rock Docs include Beatriz Carreno, Ph.D.; Melody Goodman, M.S., Ph.D.; Dr. Gerry Linette, Ph.D.; Dr. Barry Sleckman, Ph.D.; and Dr. Andrea Wang-Gillam, Ph.D. Sarah Garlich and Jacob Herschend served as co-chairs; Mike Shannon was honorary chairman; Barry Horn, Ken Rosenthal, and Pat Shannon-VanMatre were advisory chairs HIGHLIGHTS | Bollywood dance performances, henna and fortune telling stations, exotic cocktails and savory Indian cuisine

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WHAT | Imagine Gala WHERE | Edward Jones Atrium WHY | Proceeds benefit the philanthropic programs of the

Assistance League, which offers support to women and children in the St. Louis community WHO | Donna Roccia and Linda Welborn served as chair and vice chair respectively; president Vicki Kearney and president-elect Marilyn Panter welcomed guests HIGHLIGHTS | Cocktails, dinner, silent and oral auctions, and entertainment

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WHAT | Women of Worth 2013 WHERE | Frontenac Hilton Ballroom WHY | To honor outstanding women who make exceptional

contributions to their community through their professional and/or volunteer work WHO | Honorees Dr. Nancy Bobrow, Laura Cannon, Debra Hollingsworth, Susan Nall, Ph.D., Cheryl Polk, Carol Voss, Ronnie Brockman, Ruby Christian, Phyllis Langsdorf, Gwendolyn Packnett, Ph.D., Linda Sher; Lifetime Achievement honorees Henrietta Freedman and Lenore Pepper; president Ernie Edelmann HIGHLIGHTS | Award presentations with responses; dinner with family and community responders

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WHAT | 11th Annual Dan McLaughlin Golf Tournament & Dinner Auction WHERE | Norwood Hills Country Club WHY | To enrich the lives of children with disabilities through programs,

support and services not provided by tax dollars, such as hearing aids, braces, summer camps, wheelchairs, glasses and other basic needs. WHO | Dan McLaughlin, Greg Keller, Diane Buhr, Barb Pruitt, Caroline Kojas, Gene and Susan McNary, Karen Carter, Jane and Tim Vickrey, and a sold-out crowd of 375 enthusiastic guests and golfers HIGHLIGHTS | A video tribute to the late Dennis Buhr and a standing ovation to his wife, Diane, auctions, dinner and golf awards

WHAT | ArtSounds: Divas and Designers WHERE | Sheldon Concert Hall WHY | To further the exhibitions and educational programs of the

gallery, which are offered free to the public each year WHO | Memorabilia collector Mary Strauss, Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, co-chairs Faith Berger, William Donius, Barbara McDonnell and Philip Slein; Suzy and Rich Bacino, Allen Barber HIGHLIGHTS | The fabulous exhibition of Glamour: Costumes and Images from the Collection of Mary Strauss, a runway fashion show of dramatic current gowns from Neiman Marcus and Distinctions, concert artists Coco Soul and Erin Bode; receptions and a finale by Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats

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’TIS THE SEASON] [ SPECIAL SECTION

Making a Difference for Christ in the World

MANCHESTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

by stephanie zeilenga

A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY, in foster care for most of his life, is one of the many St. Louisans kept in the hearts of Manchester United Methodist Church parishioners this season. The church community made sure he—and many others—will have gifts to open and joy to celebrate during the holidays. “When you’re living in a situation that’s far from ideal, Christmas can be difficult,” says Rev. Beth Elders, the church’s director of mission and outreach. “To share the holiday joy with him and remind him that he’s not alone and has the support and love of others was incredibly special.” The gifts were collected as part of the church’s annual Gifts in White initiative, where anything from toys to household items and clothing are wrapped in white paper, offered during a December worship service, and divided among four local United Methodist-affiliated social service agencies (The Bridge, Shalom House, Epworth Children & Family Services, and Kingdom House). Gifts in White is just one part of an active holiday season with many opportunities for church-goers to give back. The season kicked off with a fair trade market the weekends before and after Thanksgiving, and ends with the donation of 100 percent of Christmas Eve service offerings to local church-affiliated charitable organizations. “Our priorities and connections with United Methodist social service agencies run

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deep,” Elders says. “Last year, our Christmas offering received a little over $57,000.” Donors can offer money online, as well as at Christmas Eve services, and both church members and guests are invited to make contributions through the month of December. “It’s a strong Christmas tradition to make the holidays brighter for those in need,” Elders says. “Especially during this time of year, it’s important that we help show the love of Christ through our actions and gifts and words.” End-of-year charitable giving programs serve the dual purpose of helping those in need and reminding parishioners of the Manchester United mission ministries motto: ‘Faith in Action.’ “During the Christmas season, we are so locked up in our to-do list; this reminds us what Christ came here to do and that it’s not about us,” Elders says. “This helps our parishioners remember the call for Christians to care for one another, to step out of the rush of the holidays and our lives and see beyond our own worries and needs.” Although giving is emphasized during the holidays, it goes on year-round, says Elders. “Volunteerism and giving back is part of our DNA. We are a very active and alive church. It’s not something we do at Christmas and forget about, it’s something we live throughout the year.”

MANCHESTER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 129 WOODS MILL ROAD, INVITES ALL TO ATTEND CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES HELD AT 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 AND 11 P.M. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 636.394.7506 OR VISIT MANCHESTERUMC.ORG. COVER DESIGN BY GAYLE VAN DYKE | COVER PHOTO BY BILL BARRETT

Early Christmas Eve Service Friday, December 20 | 7 p.m. Sanctuary Candlelight Service

Sing Christmas, Ring Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 22 | 7:30 p.m.

Christmas Eve Worship Services Tuesday, December 24, 2013

1 p.m.

Worship with Communion

3 p.m.

Worship – Children & Family +

5 p.m.

Contemporary Worship * +

7 p.m.

Traditional Worship * +

9 p.m.

Candlelight Worship *

11 p.m.

Candlelight Worship

* Communion in the Chapel follows the 5, 7 and 9 p.m. services + Childcare and interpretation for the hearing-impaired at the 3, 5, 7 p.m. services

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Winter Reading Club | Free slcl.org/winter-reading-club

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Storytelling at the Museum | 10:30 a.m. Fridays Missouri History Museum | Free | mohistory.org

Now – 3/21

Saint Louis Science Center Holidazed Day Camps Saint Louis Science Center | $30 half-day session, $60 full day slsc.org/holiday-camps

12/19 – 12/22

COCA Winter Break Day Camps | COCA | $25 – $160 cocastl.org

12/23 – 12/31

Maccabi Sports Winter Break Camp | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Jewish Community Center | $30 – $45 | jccstl.com

12/23 – 1/3

Winter Break Camp | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Jewish Community Center | $30 – $45 | jccstl.com

12/23 – 1/3

For decades, you’ve turned to him for advice. Now it’s your turn to return the favor.

Soccer Performance Winter Break Camp | 9 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Jewish Community Center | $20 – $35 | jccstl.com

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12/26 – 12/27

Queeny Ice Skate Camp | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Queeny Park | $75 | 314.615.8482

12/26 – 12/28

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12/26 – 12/29

When it comes to finding a senior living solution, decisions are often made with a sense of urgency that doesn’t fully consider one’s financial situation. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Vetta Sports Winter Camp | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Vetta Sports St. Charles | $30 per day | vettasports.com

Big River Winter Distance Camp | 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Big River Running Company West County and MICDS | $100 bigriverrunning.com

12/27 – 12/30

YMCA Winter Camp | Camp Lakewood | $195 ymcaoftheozarks.org/wintercamp

12/31

Noontime New Year’s Eve | 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The Magic House | Free | magichouse.org

12/31

New Year’s Eve Lock-In | 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. | St. Peters Rec-Plex | $50 stpetersmo.net

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1 | SAINT LOUIS BALLET

Each year, Saint Louis Ballet artistic director Gen Horiuchi puts his own personal touch on the enormously popular The Nutcracker with new choreography and dazzling effects. The ballet is appropriate for the whole family. One University Blvd. | 314.516.4949 | stlouisballet.org

2 | THE BACK STORE

TEMPUR-Breeze pillow is cooler when you need it. It’s our most huggable pillow, so it delivers cozy, comfortable sleep throughout the night. Chesterfield Mall | St. Louis Galleria Plaza Frontenac | West County Center 314.643.8432 | stlbackstore.com

3 | KODNER GALLERY

Limited edition bronze sculpture by St. Louis artist Joy Beckner (b. 1944) titled, So Good to See You. 9650 Clayton Road | 314.993.4477 | kodnergallery.com

4 | GENOVESE JEWELERS

14kt. yellow gold, hinged, shared-prong bangle with 24 round diamonds. Great for stacking! 12460 Olive Blvd. | 314.878.6203 | genovesejewelers.com

5 | POPTIONS! POPCORN

Who doesn’t love popcorn? With sweet, spicy, cheesy, savory and Bissinger’s-topped popcorn, POPtions! has something for everyone on your list. 1580 S. Lindbergh Blvd. | 314.997.0441 | poptionspopcorn.com

6 | AMINI’S HOME, RUGS & GAME ROOM

Guaranteed to entertain everyone, from the niece to the mother-in-law. Razor-sharp images, crystal clear sound and an unrivaled gaming experience, plus more than 140 different games encompassing every genre. The JVL ECHO also offers the option to select and stream music on demand through its five-speaker hi-fi sound system. 17377 Chesterfield Airport Drive | 636.537.9200 | aminis.com

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These beautiful hand-blown glass holiday ornaments are created by local artist Brendan Bayless. Each one is unique. 4344 Shaw Blvd. | 314.577.5137 | mobot.org | $28

8 | LE SHOE

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SOMETIMES THE ONE YOU’RE MEANT TO BE WITH is someone you’ve known all along. Although Morgan Hall and McLane Poteet were acquaintances growing up in Poplar Bluff, Mo., they didn’t become romantically involved until much later. “We didn’t really hang out until college,” Morgan says. “We just came home one Christmas break and went on a date.” A year-and-a-half later, in March 2012, McLane proposed at his family’s condo in Destin, Fla. “He actually proposed on the same bench where we had decided to officially become boyfriend and girlfriend the year before,” Morgan says. The couple was married at a June destination wedding at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Ga. Guests arrived Friday for an outdoor rehearsal dinner served on long, candlelit tables nestled in a grove of trees. They took advantage of the lodge’s activities, which included swimming, golfing, water sports and a spa. “We had a big lunch out at the pool for guests, and everybody got to hang out before the wedding,” she says. “We kind of took over the resort.” Vows were exchanged lakeside, under a flower-covered pergola. At the reception, guests enjoyed red velvet and vanilla cream wedding cake with strawberries and danced to The Platinum Band from Atlanta. Morgan surprised her new husband with a groom’s cake in the shape of a bass fish. “McLane loves fishing, and I actually caught my first fish with him,” she says. “Next to the cake, we placed the photo of me with that first fish.” The Poteets live in St. Louis, where Morgan is a pharmacy resident at St. Luke’s Hospital and McLane is a vice president at Sterling Bank.

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MY DAUGHTER IS GETTING MARRIED THIS SPRING AND, TO BE HONEST, WE JUST DON’T HAVE THE MONEY FOR AN OVER-THE-TOP WEDDING. I DON’T WANT TO HURT HER FEELINGS, NOR DO I WANT ANY OF MY FRIENDS TO THINK I’M CHEAP. IS IT WORTH GOING INTO DEBT TO FULFILL HER DREAM? —MOTHER OF THE BRIDE

PATTY: In a prior life I worked in the financial industry and I can categorically state that

no one should ever go into debt to host an event. I have been to lots of weddings and I cannot remember which one had the best food, flowers, or location. As long as your guests are fed and provided drinks, you are good to go. Now, let’s talk about your friends thinking you are cheap. Chances are they already think that and are still your friends. Give your daughter a budget and stick to it. Assure her that no one will remember what was served at the wedding; they will only remember what a beautiful bride she was. (And that part is true. I am still getting grief about the Dallas-inspired hat I wore at my own wedding.)

RASCHELLE: It is time to do away with this dated and backward rule that the bride’s

parents pay for the wedding! It is nothing more than a dowry, which is basically the family giving of capital to the groom in exchange for taking the daughter off their hands. In the early days, this capital meant a goat or a cow—perhaps a title of nobility. Today, it means tossing thousands of dollars at a party that is over in a few hours, a party that puts the emphasis on the wedding versus the marriage. Plus, the idea that a wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime dream is ridiculous; just look at the divorce rates and you can see that people have this opportunity many times. So here’s my advice: make your daughter and her future husband pay their own way, and if she insists you pay, don’t give her a budget, give her a noble title and a horse.

I AM SO SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF WEDDING REGISTRIES THAT NOW INCLUDE THE OPTION OF GIVING CASH. THAT SEEMS RATHER CRASS TO ME. WHEN DID IT BECOME ACCEPTABLE TO ASK PEOPLE FOR MONEY AS A GIFT? —PAYING TO BE A GUEST

PATTY: Can we have honest discussion about wedding registries without people sending me quotes from Miss Manners? Here’s the truth, if you are newly married and just starting out, the best gift you can get is a check. I know everyone registers for fine china, crystal and other household items, but wouldn’t it be nice if instead of pretending we wanted that stuff, most of which we will use only once a year, we just said, Give me cold, hard cash? That’s what we can use to paint the house, take a vacation, get new towels or whatever else our needs are instead of the crepe pan we registered for. Now, I have nothing against crepes, but I sure like money better. RASCHELLE: I’m going to blame reality TV. The decline of civilization is in full swing because of it, and asking for money is just another symptom. I hate to see tip jars next to cash registers, I cringe when taxi drivers remind me to push the tip button on the credit card machine, and I really hate to be asked to give money in lieu of a wedding gift. We need to let people do what they want; if guests choose to give money, great. If they choose to buy us a setting of our useless but lovely china, that’s great too. We have weddings to pledge our love for one another publicly and to ask our friends and family (and sometimes, the Lord) to help support the union in good times and bad. We do not have weddings to air our financial difficulties, which should have been resolved before heading to the altar, by the way. So asking for money isn’t only inappropriate, it is tacky…and who wants that on their wedding day!

>> PATTY HANNUM LOVES WEDDINGS AND DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY NONE OF HER NIECES OR NEPHEWS EVER ASKS HER TO BE A SENIOR BRIDESMAID. >> RASCHELLE BURTON WAS BRIEFLY MARRIED ONCE, AND HAS THE CHINA TO PROVE IT.

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[WINTER WEDDINGS FIGURING OUT WHAT TO WEAR to a wedding in the winter can be daunting. The challenge is to look elegant and appropriate while staying warm and comfortable. For starters, the time of day and location are determining factors. Daytime wedding attire is usually semi-formal, which means a short (knee-length) dress (solid or floral) or a suit. Forgo sequins, beading and black. Evening weddings are either semi-formal, meaning dressy short cocktail dresses or formal/ black-tie, which translates to long dresses. That said, I also have seen guests wear very dressy cocktail attire (beading and sparkles) to formal and black-tie weddings. Some of my favorite looks include a cocktail dress with lace, an elegant pant suit, and a dressy silk shantung wrap top paired with a long skirt. Colors run the gamut—from jewel tones, such as emeralds and royal blue, to metallic shades of silver and gold, to the year-round favorite: black. Ivory or winter white is acceptable, but never white. Also consider bright colors such as coral and yellow because in the fashion world, resort colors overlap during the winter months. Shoes also differentiate a winter wedding. Wear closed-toe heels instead of strappy, open-toe sandals. And a quality, beautiful coat should complement your outfit. Whether it’s a fur, faux-fur, satin, or wool coat, three-quarters or full-length, don’t skimp in this category. And your dress should have some kind of sleeve. If you need to recycle a sleeveless or strapless dress, add a capelet, bolero jacket or shawl in a luxurious fabric to stay warm and enjoy the celebration.

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[ tricks of the trade ] Q: WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE WRAP FOR A WEDDING OR DRESSY EVENT? A: For a fancier look, select a wrap made of a sheer organza fabric in a solid color (usually black) with embroidery or beading. The material is lightweight and the delicate details provide a dressier look for special occasions. Another option is a bolero jacket or shrug. Depending on the fabric of the dress, these styles could be in velvet.

Q: WHAT TIPS DO YOU HAVE FOR WEARING A CHUNKY NECKLACE? A: It should be considered a ‘statement piece,’ best worn with solid colors so it won’t compete with a ‘statement print.’ Also, minimize the size of the other jewelry, especially around the face, so it won’t detract attention from the necklace.

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[FOODFORTHOUGHT by mary konroy

You are what you eat is not just a saying. There’s truth behind those words. Food additives serve a purpose, but some have been linked to cancer in studies, as have some food dyes in kids’ snacks. It’s commonly accepted that fish is good for you, but is farm-raised fish as healthy as wild-caught fish? From farm-to-table foods to advice on artisan chocolate, there’s a lot to digest in this edition.

farm-fresh goodness // “I think everyone wants to know where the foods that fuel us come from,” says KEVIN WILLMANN, CHEF-OWNER OF FARMHAUS RESTAURANT in south St. Louis. Willmann, named a ‘best new chef’ by Food & Wine magazine in 2011, practices what he preaches, buying from local farmers and producers. “Restaurateurs are better able to respond to the demand for local products, thanks to the re-emerging local food infrastructure,” Willmann says. When buying meat, produce and other ingredients, he looks for quality. “I want to know what the animals have been fed, the quality of pasture and its soil history, the farm’s location in relation to commodity farms, and the sanitation practices and fertilizer choices of my vendors,” he says. “There are often trade-offs involved in getting food to market, but they have to make sense, be viable and be safe.” Willmann says he doesn’t solely seek out food designated as organic. “We focus on buying the most delicious food we can find. Often, smaller farms that sustainably produce truly delicious, safe foods can’t participate in an official organic program, due to time/cost restraints. We always consider the source, not the label.”

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Food additives and food dyes are found in most processed foods. Local experts say reading food labels is important.

What’s better, farmed or wild-caught fish? Depends on who you ask...

>>afua bromley, ACUPUNCTURE SAINT LOUIS & WELLNESS CENTER

>>phil nekic, MANAGER, BOB’S SEAFOOD

Food dyes are chemical compounds added to food to alter its appearance. Not all additives or dyes are bad. Some come from harmless plant materials. However, there are some synthetic preservatives, additives and dyes. The Food and Drug Administration officially lists more than 3,000 ingredients in its food additives database. Other countries have more stringent standards: substances banned elsewhere are easily accessible in our food supply. Blue dye No. 2 (indigotine), a common food dye, is one example. It is banned in Europe, and was found to increase tumor development in the mammary glands and the brains of mice. To avoid dyes and additives, avoid processed foods. Eat as many fresh fruits and vegetables as possible. If you can, freeze them; otherwise buy fresh-frozen. When you buy groceries, shop the perimeter of the store. That’s where you will find less processed foods. Above all, read food labels.

>>amy moore, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS,

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY Food additives can be traced to our ancestors, who used salt to preserve their meat. Basically they are anything used to preserve flavor and enhance the taste or the appearance of a food. There’s a long list of food and color additives, and they all serve a purpose. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates all food and color additives in food products, and these are generally recognized as safe. The key is eating processed food in moderation. There’s an amendment to the U.S. Food and Cosmetic Act called the Delaney clause that bans known carcinogenic additives in food. Many parents are concerned that food additives cause behavior problems in children, which is why they are so heavily researched. There is so much speculation. Food dyes show up in kids’ foods to make them more attractive. Fruit-flavored gummy snacks are an example. Common food additives include xanthan gum, aspartame and monosodium glutamate.

Farm-raised fish takes some of the stress off the wild fish supply. The most common farmed fish are trout, tilapia and salmon. Tuna and catfish also are farmed. Carotenes are used to enhance the color of farmed salmon: shellfish feed is the biggest factor in enhancing the color in wild salmon. There are different schools of thought as to whether farm-raised fish are healthy to consume, and there are several websites that discuss fishery accreditation and safe catch methods. We suggest the Monterey Bay Aquarium website for information. When buying fish, odor is critical. There’s a difference between a fresh fish odor and a fish that has been compromised. An ammonia scent indicates deterioration. A fillet should have a wet look. Find out whether your vendor filets the fish or if the fish comes to them that way. Once you take fish out of its natural casing, it deteriorates more rapidly.

>>steve smith, SEAFOOD TEAM LEADER, WHOLE FOODS MARKET – GALLERIA

Farmed fish is produced on a farm specifically for human consumption, while wildcaught fish is caught in rivers, lakes and oceans. Farmed and fresh fish aren’t necessarily different. ‘Fresh’ means that it hasn’t been frozen, so whether it is farmed or wild-caught, it can still be fresh. ‘Consumers have become increasingly concerned with ‘wild-caught’ and ‘farm-raised’ fish. By most measures, wild-caught fish is considered healthier. But if we consider environmental factors, like water quality and sustainability of fish populations, the question gets more complex. All other things being equal, wild fish is most likely ‘better’ because it lives and eats in its natural environment. However, farmed fish will be lower in mercury and less prone to environmental contaminants like PCBs. Not all fish farms are created equal. Just as consumers have learned the difference between organic and free-range meat and poultry, they should become informed about the differences in aquaculture standards.

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[ gluten and dairy allergies ] What’s the difference between a food allergy and food intolerance? >>dr. hamsa subramanian,

ALLERGIST, SIGNATURE ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY People are not ‘allergic’ to gluten, but they may be allergic to wheat, rye or oats, which contain gluten. Gluten is the elastic-like protein gliadin, which helps food bind together. We test patients for wheat, rye or oat allergies individually. A food allergy causes an immediate response, from mild to severe, to a specific food protein. Sometimes it can cause a life-threatening response known as anaphylaxis. This can cause a precipitous drop in blood pressure or loss of consciousness. Patients may stop breathing. Patients with a food allergy must avoid the offending food at all times. A food intolerance or sensitivity comes on gradually and doesn’t involve an immunological response. Food intolerance can make people feel uncomfortable, but it’s not fatal. A food allergy and a food intolerance may share symptoms. Celiac disease is an abnormal reaction to the gluten most often found in wheat products and is considered a food sensitivity rather than a true food allergy. Symptoms include bloating, indigestion, nausea, gas and diarrhea. Left untreated, celiac disease can result in intestinal damage.

>>diane friedman, NUTRITIONIST, EVOLUTION FITNESS

A food allergy is an overreaction in the immune system to a protein, such as the protein in cow’s milk. When someone has a food allergy, the body produces antibodies that react against the protein. Cow’s milk allergies are common in babies and young children. Fortunately, they can outgrow them. Many people can’t tolerate dairy because they are lactose intolerant. Lactose is a naturally occurring sugar in milk and milk products. Normally the body makes an enzyme called lactase, which breaks down lactose. But for about 70 percent of the world’s population, lactase production decreases with age. Consequently, lactose doesn’t get digested, resulting in gastrointestinal symptoms. Enzyme supplements like Lactaid can help when you eat lactose-containing foods. But there are also many products that use non-dairy alternatives such as almond, soy, coconut or rice milks. The degree of sensitivity to lactose varies. Someone who is lactose intolerant may be able to tolerate four ounces of milk on their cereal, but not a cup of ice cream. Or he/she may be able to tolerate some hard cheese, but not soft cheeses. If you have persistent GI problems, consult your physician.

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got chocolate? // If you enjoy chocolate, learn what to look for when purchasing the sweet stuff. The 2013 Good Food Award craft chocolate bar winner, Askinosie Chocolate, knows a thing or two about the subject. “The Good Food Award recognizes American food producers who are outstanding in terms of taste, authenticity and responsible production,” says LAWREN ASKINOSIE, SALES AND MARKETING MANAGER for the Springfield, Missouri-based business. Two of the company’s artisan chocolate bars have been nominated for the 2014 awards. “Craft chocolate makers who work directly with cocoa farmers are making a really authentic product, which doesn’t have the fillers and the vanilla that can ‘muddy’ the flavor of the chocolate,” Askinosie says. “Our dark chocolate has just two ingredients: cocoa and organic cane sugar. So not only do you get to experience the full flavor of the bean, but it’s also relatively healthy. Dark chocolate contains flavonols, which are antioxidants.” Mass-produced chocolate bars often contain very little cocoa, she adds. “If you check the ingredients, you’ll probably see a cocoa butter or cocoa butter substitute that more than likely has been bleached and deodorized.”

Question: Isn’t sinusitis the same disease for everyone; and don’t I just need antibiotics to cure it?

Answer: Sinusitis is a term covering many diseases. We actually call it rhinosinusitis because

it refers to inflammation of the lining of both the sinuses and the nose. Acute sinusitis typically is caused by a viral infection. It lasts anywhere from seven days to two weeks, and usually gets better on its own. Antibiotics don’t work for acute sinusitis because bacteria don’t cause the inflammation; the congestion is your own body’s response to the viral infection. For most patients, supportive care with nasal saline rinses and nasal steroids will help with symptoms. After about two weeks, prolonged inflammation of the nose and sinuses is categorized as post-viral rhinosinusitis. Patients with this condition have something unique about their bodies’ response to the virus, making it harder for the inflammation to disappear. It does eventually go away, but may need help from oral steroids for a short time to reduce symptoms. Again, nasal saline rinses and nasal steroid sprays can help in most patients.

John Schneider, MD

Washington University Sinus Institute

West County Center for Advanced Medicine

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A very small number of patients will actually have acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. This means they have unusual bacteria, not normally present in their nose or sinuses, causing the inflammation. These patients do need antibiotics; however, the majority of patients we see do not fall into this category. If nasal congestion, facial pressure or pain, or nasal drainage continues for many weeks, patients may have true chronic rhinosinusitis. If symptoms last more than three months, and either never improve or improve only temporarily after medications, you probably fall into this category. Research shows that there are many different types of chronic rhinosinusitis, all with unique characteristics. We are still trying to understand why patients develop this disease, but we know these patients often need a combination of medicine and surgery to effectively treat the chronic inflammation. What is most important for patients to realize is that rhinosinusitis means many different types of diseases. An ear, nose and throat doctor specializing in these diseases will gather the data from your medical history, your CT scan and an endoscopic view of your nose and sinuses to accurately diagnose the type of rhinosinusitis you have. Whatever type of sinusitis you have, it is important to realize that it represents inflammation of the nose and sinuses — very rarely 18, 2013 of | townandstyle.com | 43 caused by bacteria. Antibiotics are rarely a good treatment forDECEMBER most types sinusitis.

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WHAT’S YOUR FITNESS

ROUTINE?] [ JULIE ‘JP’ PALMER-SCHUYLER

by stephanie zeilenga

[ the routine ] WARM-UP AND COOLDOWN

I do a lot of stretching, plyometrics, CrossFit and yoga.

ROUTINE It varies depending on where I am in my training, but an average week is about three hours of swimming, eight to 12 hours of biking, and six to eight hours of running. Sometimes I’ll do a three-hour run on the weekend and run twice a day during the week, with a 45-minute run in the morning and at night. I also run intervals and hills. Usually, I take one day off.

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IN OCTOBER, after 14 hours, 49 minutes and 49 seconds, Julie ‘JP’ Palmer-Schuyler crossed the finish line of her 17th Ironman, the GoPro World Championship in Hawaii. Completing even one Ironman Triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim in open water, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a 26.2-mile run (a marathon), is a feat to be proud of. PalmerSchuyler’s first competition was in Canada in 2000, and remains to this day one of her most memorable races. “It was such an unknown; I didn’t know what to expect,” she says. “I had never done that distance, I had never been on my feet for 13 hours before.” The Ironman World Championship in Hawaii was another memorable race, the associate professor of management at Webster University says. “Anyone can sign up for an ordinary Ironman,” she says. “For the World Championship, you have to qualify or be selected as one of 100 in a lottery; that’s how I got in.” To be eligible for the lottery, athletes have to compete in 12 Ironman competitions. Palmer-Schuyler first became interested in triathlons after watching her brother compete

in one. Her love affair with racing has always extended beyond the physical challenge. “I like the camaraderie,” she says. “Because triathlons require so many disciplines, everyone is usually bad at one of them, so everyone has one thing they’re not good at.” Of the three disciplines, swimming is Palmer-Schuyler’s weakest. “When I started training in 1996, I couldn’t even swim from one end of the pool to the other,” she says. Passion is a necessary ingredient in Ironman athletes, and something Palmer-Schuyler has in spades. “I’m so passionate about it because I have lived in multiple cities and have been involved with triathlons the whole time,” she says. “Many of my friends do the sport. Some people go out to the bars or go to games for fun. I like to travel and do these races.” For those interested in getting involved in triathlons, Palmer-Schuyler suggests checking out the St. Louis Triathlon Club. “I serve on the board and it’s a great organization,” she says. “It’s a resource for people in the community who want to get started in the sport or who want to learn how to swim or do the group workouts.”

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[ ELEVEN ELEVEN MISSISSIPPI ] 1111 mississippi ave. | 314.241.9999

[ amuse bouche ] THE SCENE |

Warm, inviting, Tuscan-style restaurant

THE CHEF |

Wade Waller

THE PRICES |

$9 to $12 starters, $18 to $25 entrees

THE FAVORITES |

Salad Special, Crispy Idaho Red Ruby Trout, Poached Pear & Fig Flatbread

HARD TO BELIEVE IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS

since Paul and Wendy Hamilton opened their charming Lafayette Square restaurant. But it’s not hard to believe that Eleven Eleven is as busy now as it was when it first opened. With new places opening every month, it’s not easy for established restaurants to keep their edge. But Eleven Eleven still has the same things going for it as always: great atmosphere, solid food and generous portions. I’m convinced the fullness of entrees here is a big part of the equation, since you not only get several side dishes on the plate, but they’re real portions, not just window dressing. And the dishes are well-conceived with innovative touches. A Salad Special ($8) was excellent, a blend of lettuces (including radicchio) dotted with sliced green

olives, dried cherries, and slices of seeded cucumber. The dressing was creamy mustard-herb—very tasty. A flatbread of Poached Pear & Fig ($11.79) offered a series of delicious flavors on a nice thin crust: black mission figs, soft pear slices, gorgonzola, caramelized onions and crème fraiche. It was heavy on sweet, but that balanced out with the pungent gorgonzola. Port Wine Braised Lamb Shank ($28) sat on a sweet squash puree and came with large cubes of roasted turnip and sautéed spinach. I especially liked the presentation, with the sides all jumbled in a hearty stew-like way perfect for the season. The lamb was flavorful but not as tender as I would have liked (this dish should be fall-off-the-bone soft). Crispy Idaho Red Ruby Trout ($23) had a delectable

[ food • ŏ • lō • gy ]

[ chef chat ]

GORGONZOLA CHEESE | True gorgonzola comes from Italy’s Lombardy and Piedmont regions and is a slightly pungent cow’s milk cheese

Johnson & Wales, College of Culinary Arts, Charlotte, N.C.

PORT WINE | A fortified sweet wine, traditionally from Portugal’s Douro Valley. Non-Portuguese ports can be made from Portuguese varietals, Zinfandel or Cabernet Sauvignon. RED RUBY TROUT | Farm-raised trout fed on shrimp and crawfish, which affect the

color of its flesh

—JANIE S. OF CREVE COEUR

>> Our family had an intimate dinner at Eleven Eleven Mississippi and it was the perfect setting to catch up with family from far away.

—MEREDITH S. OF MAPLEWOOD

>> The decor and layout are amazing—the atmosphere is simultaneously cozy and energetic. The melt-in-your-mouth dry-rubbed ribeye is one of the best in the city.

—JON F. OF WEBSTER GROVES

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FAVORITE INGREDIENT |

Lamb; we currently have two lamb dishes on the menu.

Cleveland-Heath

>> They have a very cozy and intimate private room perfect for a family gathering or celebration. The food and service are excellent!

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sauce, a mixture of ginger spice and sweetness. The two sides of fish had been lightly floured with rice meal just to add that light coating, and the plate contained orzo, sautéed broccoli and bits of fried spinach used as a garnish. A special, Duck with Cherry Port Wine Glaze, was done well, with a moist breast sitting on gorgonzola mashed potatoes. Mercifully, the cheese was added with restraint, imparting a certain richness to the potatoes, but not the overly strong flavor gorgonzola can contribute. The sauce was very sweet, but the strong fowl tolerated it well. Broccoli florets, a good, earthy choice, were artfully dotted on the plate. A Napoleon Crème Brulee dessert was delicious, with house-made caramel sauce underneath and caramelized banana slices.

FAVORITE COOKBOOK |

French Laundry by Thomas Keller

MOST MEMORABLE DINING EXPERIENCE |

A seafood place in Florida, actually Cape Canaveral, sitting on the dock and eating seafood appetizers for about three hours

LEISURE

QUICK BITES]

by rebecca koenig

[ professional pours ]

Brighten her holidays!

Top St. Louis bartenders TED CHARAK (formerly of Brasserie), TED KILGORE (formerly of Taste) and his wife JAMIE have opened their cocktail castle, PLANTER’S HOUSE, at 1000 Mississippi Ave. Exposed brick walls, chandeliers and, of course, lots of elegant glassware give the beverage-focused restaurant a decidedly swanky vibe.

[ steaking a claim ] 801 CHOPHOUSE

is set to open before the end of the year at 137 Carondelet Plaza, the former home of Araka. Spokesman Ian Rockwell says the menu is similar to those at its four sister restaurants and focuses on steaks and hearty sides. Emulating the feeling of the Roaring Twenties, the interior features a large oval bar and mahogany and leather booths.

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[ a winning gamble ]

Executive chef JOHN DILL leads the kitchen at FINAL CUT STEAKHOUSE, the new restaurant at Hollywood Casino St. Louis. The eatery replaces Kelly English Steakhouse, the flagship restaurant of the former Harrah’s.

[ gourmet gluten-free ]

Chef THOMAS KELLER of famous Napa Valley restaurant The French Laundry has created a gluten-free flour, CUP4CUP, made from all-natural ingredients. In most recipes, the product can replace all-purpose wheat flower in equal measurements. It is now available at Schnucks in Des Peres and at Dierbergs.

[ back to the beginning ]

NATIVE AMERICAN CULINARY ASSOCIATION, demonstrated Native American

NEPHI CRAIG, founder of the

cooking at Washington University last month. During the event, titled ‘Maatibi. Imokwayli. Ittanahli. Hunt. Fish. Gather,’ he prepared corn, beans and squash, known as the Three Sisters, and discussed how the sustainable food movement intersects with Native American traditions.

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by cory cuff

UNC RKED]

CLONES When hearing the word ‘clone,’ you might think about a sheep in Scotland, or a two-headed cow running alongside the highway. And while an imaginary two-headed bovine is really fun to think about, wine clones are certainly more fun to drink. During a recent trip to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, I kept running into names such as Wädenswil and Pommard, when I simply wanted a great glass of pinot noir. Investigating the matter further, these delightful little question marks are the proper names of two clones used to make some really, really good wine. So, what is a clone, anyway? Just as the standard definition would suggest, they are grapes that were specifically selected and allowed to propagate to showcase a desired, natural mutation. Each clone represents a different take on the classic grape (there are hundreds, by the way), and often they’re used for blending purposes. Both the Wädenswil and Pommard clones are considered varieties that can be made ‘stand alone,’ and having them in 100 percent varietal form allowed me to fully appreciate their natural qualities. These adaptations are still very floral, earthy and a bit spicy, but each has certain qualities that help them stand out. The Wädenswil clone is certainly one of the most successful in Oregon. The grape’s natural ability to ripen in cooler climates, as well as its disease-resistant tendencies, makes it a perfect fit in the Valley. The wine itself is exactly what any pinot drinker is going to want: great depth of flavor and an impressive amount of finesse, finding the balance between earth and fruit. The clones were introduced into the area in the 1960s, shortly after their creation in Wädenswil, Switzerland using ancient cuttings from Burgundy. The Pommard clone was introduced into the U.S. later, and eventually became the workhorse of California, although it also has a stronghold in Oregon. These clones are very earth-driven (think woodsy mushroom), rounded out with the ripe red cherries and roses that we have all come to know and love. Enjoying these clones have opened my eyes even further about the art of vinification, and I encourage everyone to sit back, open a bottle and enjoy some pinot during this holiday season. There’s probably a clone or two in that bottle.

CORY CUFF IS A GRADUATE OF THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN HYDE PARK, N.Y., AND THE RESTAURANT & BAR MANAGER AT CIELO IN THE FOUR SEASONS ST. LOUIS. HAVE A QUESTION? EMAIL US AT WINE@TOWNANDSTYLE.COM OR CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK.

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WILLIAM CONNELL AS GILES, ELLEN ADAIR AS MOLLIE IN THE MOUSETRAP. PHOTO BY JERRY NAUNHEIM JR.

by bob wilcox

MANY THEATER COMPANIES PRODUCE A VERSION of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at this time of the year. It’s always a popular moneymaker. If you can’t get through the season without it, the Fox always brings in the Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s version, drenched in Dickensian flavor. The theater department at Lindenwood University in St. Charles has staged Scrooge and company for years and Hawthorne Players in Florissant will be doing their version this weekend. So our major theater company, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, doesn’t need to satisfy the local hunger for Christmas ghosts and winsome crippled boys. Sometimes they do find a play that has something to do with Christmas, like A Christmas Story four years ago. Often they’ll stage a musical, something bright and cheery for the holiday season. So I’m not quite sure how the Rep’s current offering, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, fits that bill. It certainly is popular. It’s been running nonstop in London since it opened in 1952, and it’s been repeated all over the world many times since. And the setting is appropriately wintery. A blizzard has isolated Monkswell Manor, the mansion that young Mollie Ralston has inherited and is restoring as a guesthouse with her husband Giles. Agatha Christie’s setting must always be remote and isolated, and someone always cuts the phone line. But I don’t know about the ‘bright and cheery’ part. You might not want to take very young children to this tale of murder and child abuse. However, Christie does write crisp and amusing dialogue, though she can get a little tedious when she’s spinning out one of her red herrings, with which The Mousetrap is well-stuffed. And looking back afterward, you do doubt the logic of some of those herrings. But they are amusing along the way. So are the eccentric guests at Monkswell Manor, like the manic young Christopher Wren or the mysterious Mr. Paravicini, who wears too much makeup, or the thoroughly irritating Mrs. Boyle, who finds so much fault with everything and everyone that you wouldn’t mind if the murderer, if indeed one is lurking about, got rid of her. Because everyone at Monkswell Manor has something in their past or present that makes them a suspect. Thus is it ever with Agatha Christie. And the pleasure in her plays, for those who find it a pleasure, comes in trying to figure out who the murderer is before she reveals it. Which you cannot do, because she always withholds a crucial piece of information until the end. An undercurrent of real existential angst lurks beneath even the most amusing Christie story. As Mollie says in The Mousetrap, “Everybody’s a stranger.” Everyone is suspect and we can never really know or trust anyone, including ourselves. Director Paul Mason Barnes and the cast at the Rep share all the pleasures and thrills and shortcomings of Christie with the audience. John Ezell has created another of his marvelously detailed sets, and his program essay about the origin of the nursery song that the killer whistles, ‘Three Blind Mice,’ is another joy. Rusty Wandall’s sound design and Peter E. Sargent’s lights add to the thrills, and Dorothy Marshall Englis’s costumes capture that British post-war tweedy, tailored look. It’s not Christmas, but you can have a merry murder at the Rep’s The Mousetrap.

LEISURE

[HOPING FOR A H ME

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[ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT] [DECEMBER]

by amber peterson

now [ ART ]

[ MOVIES ]

gravity of flight

KILL YOUR DARLINGS >> Daniel Radcliffe’s visage may forever recall

t&s saw it!

St. Louis Artists’ Guild | Free stlouisartistsguild.org >> Camden St. Claire’s solo exhibition features characters in slightly surreal domestic scenes grappling with emotional distance, miscommunication and alienation. Through Dec. 29

now–12/21 an un-still life: the art of lidmila troup-burian Creative Art Gallery, St. Louis | Free | creativeartandframingstl.com

now–1/5 currents 107: renata stih & frieder schnock exhibit The Saint Louis Art Museum | Free | slam.org

now–1/4 little gems

Kodner Gallery | Free | kodnergallery.com

Harry Potter, but he shines as Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings. The film depicts the birth of the Beat literary movement at Columbia University, where Ginsberg forges friendships with young radicals Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and Lucien Carr. The latter, a handsome troublemaker who is stalked by an obsessive former professor, finally seeks violent retribution in a stunning climactic scene. The well-balanced performances highlight the characters’ quirks without turning them into caricatures, and Radcliffe’s portrayal of Ginsberg, a sensitive poet exploring his sexuality, is especially strong. The plot progresses a little slowly, but the pacing gives the story room to breathe. SHOULD YOU SEE IT? Yes. — R.K. VIEWED AT TIVOLI THEATRE

[ ETC. ]

SAVING MR. BANKS >> This film tells the story behind Disney’s iconic

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12/31 mississippi room vip party

9 p.m.–3 a.m. | Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis | $150 | 314.881.5759

schlafly’s 22nd anniversary party 11 a.m.–midnight The Schlafly Tap Room | Free schlafly.com >> It’s Schlafly’s birthday! Help the local brewery celebrate its 22nd at its original downtown location, with 1991 beer prices all day and live music starting at 9 p.m.

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HOLIDAY STORYTIME 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. | Eckert’s Garden Center – Belleville | Free eckerts.com

>>>12/31 NOONTIME NEW YEAR’S EVE 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. | The Magic House Free with admission | magichouse.org Ring in the new year a little bit early with a Noontime New Year celebration. Guests are invited to strike a pose in a photo booth with fun 2014-themed props and participate in a special countdown to noon, complete with the dropping of a sparkly New Year’s Eve ball!

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Mary Poppins, almost 50 years after its release. Tom Hanks plays Walt Disney, who for two decades tries to persuade curmudgeonly author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to let him bring her beloved characters to life on the silver screen. Through flashbacks to Travers’ childhood, we learn of the heartache that inspired Mary Poppins, and the reason for her unceasingly prickly behavior with Disney and his staff. Although it has that unmistakable Disney gloss and a heaping dose of foot-tapping tunes, this film rises above a nostalgic peek into the magic behind the Hollywood machine. It is about art and its powers of redemption. SHOULD YOU SEE IT? If you liked Mary Poppins, you’ll enjoy this film. —S.Z. VIEWED AT RONNIE’S 20 CINE

[ THEATER ] saint louis ballet: the nutcracker

20 Touhill Performing Arts Center | $28-$52 adults, $18-$42 children touhill.org >> This holiday classic is perfect for the entire family and a wonderful introduction to ballet.

now–12/21 kosher lutherans

Kranzberg Arts Center | $20–$25 | hotcitytheatre.org

now–12/29 elf the musical

The Fox Theatre | $25–$80 | fabulousfox.com

12/21–12/23 the velveteen rabbit

The Imaginary Theatre Company | The Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall High School | $7 | repstl.org

[ MUSIC ] 12/20–12/22 st. louis symphony holiday concert Powell Symphony Hall | $25–$65 | stlsymphony.org

12/22 shine on: an intimate evening featuring el monstero

6 p.m. | The Pageant | $45 | thepageant.com

12/23 trans-siberian orchestra

3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. | Scottrade Center | $30–$68 scottradecenter.com

the compton heights concert band’s 16th annual holiday pops spectacular 7 p.m. | Powell Symphony Hall | $24 – $100 | chband.org >> The 16th Annual Holiday Pops Spectacular includes holiday favorites and traditional mariachi music. Guest artists are Los Angeles’ Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, a nine-piece authentic mariachi band founded more than 50 years ago by Nati Cano.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JONI SPEAR

HERRINGBONE PATTERNS

BY AMY BURGER

Herringbone patterns have grown in popularity and can be achieved with a variety of materials, such as this marble herringbone floor created by interior designer Joni Spear in a University City home. Though marble has been used for centuries, Spear says “We now have more sophisticated machinery available to cut it into individual masterpieces.”

CORK

Popular in the 1950s, cork floors are making a comeback as a stylish and sustainable option. Cork is the fully renewable outer-layer of tree bark. “Manufacturers have recently expanded their color lines into trendy blues and greens, in addition to more traditional wood tones,” says Kirk Verseman, president of Missouri Flooring Company. STAINED CONCRETE

Concrete isn’t just for outdoors, and it doesn’t have to look cold or industrial. Acid-stained concrete floors provide a truly custom look and incredible durability. When polished to a high gloss, they can even be made to resemble marble or stained for a rustic look. PHOTO COURTESY OF APC CORK

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TEXTURED CARPET

Textured carpet is a great option if you’re looking for a bit of pizzazz without a bold pattern. It adds depth and provides visual interest without overpowering a room. Look for textures that complement your upholstery, draperies or bedding. WOOD GRAIN TILE

Get the look of wood with the durability of tile in your kitchen or bath with a wood-grain tile, such as Bayur Borneo from The Tile Shop, designed to resemble the Bayur trees of the Asian island of Borneo—a gray wood with grains of black. BAMBOO

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Bamboo is a great option for its clean, modern look and its sustainability. It’s also a durable and affordable alternative to hardwood. This Color Fusion, dye-infused, strand-woven bamboo flooring in ‘African Safari’ from EcoFusion is dyed with a unique coloring process using all-natural, plant-based pigments.

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BOLD PATTERNED AREA RUGS

Though more traditional Oriental rugs are always popular, Ross Azalone, director of home furnishings for Amini’s, says customers, particularly younger ones, are seeking more contemporary looks with casual sophistication, particularly black-and-white patterns, as seen in this rug in ‘Onyx’ from the Transitional Charlotte collection by Loloi. FLOR CARPET DESIGN SQUARES

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These individual carpet squares come in myriad colors and textures, allowing you to create your own custom rug, runner or wall-to-wall look. If one square gets damaged, simply replace it. Visit Flor.com to create your custom design or order one of their ‘Ready Rugs,’ like this Made You Look 5 Stripe.

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8001 teasdale avenue | unIversIty CIty 3 bedrooms, 2 baths $289,000 Charming home located in walkable distance to Clayton. Hardwood floors on 1st floor. Screened porch.

2026 ann avenue | south CIty 4 bedrooms, 3½ baths $244,900 Fabulous rehab with wood floors, granite countertops & stainless appliances. master bedroom suite.

650 east adams avenue | kIrkwood 3+ bedrooms, 2 baths $265,000 Charming brick bungalow is gorgeous inside & out! Arched doorways & gleaming wood floors.

610 east jeFFerson | kIrkwood 3 bedrooms, 2 baths $255,000 Charming bungalow within walking distance to all downtown kirkwood has to offer.

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HOMEWORK] DEAR HOMEWORK,

The landscaping on my home appears bland and does not capture your attention while walking up the sidewalk to the front door. What can be done to help my Ladue home reach its potential? ———LANDSCAPE LAMENT IN LADUE

DEAR LANDSCAPE LAMENT IN LADUE,

AFTER

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While many landscape schemes don’t look their best in the dead of winter, the total effect of your home does look more than a little washed out. The problem is the lack of color and contrast. To begin with, the house itself could help out. Adding a jolt of color to the shutters and front door could liven things up, even in winter. A tall, dark green, upright evergreen adjacent to the front door adds a vertical note of contrast that plays off the light-colored brick. Some new architectural changes could also contribute to the solution. A curved stone retaining wall adds an important finishing detail and provides the perfect place for a mass of red and purple flowers. A pair of urns and a large lantern draw additional attention to the entry. Finally, I have removed the small ornamental tree adjacent to the walkway, which just confuses the composition, and I added a tall shade tree at the edge of the driveway to frame the picture. It wasn’t that bad to begin with, but it’s better now. Hope that helps, ———HOMEWORK

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215 GRAYBRIDGE ROAD

$1,895,000 World-class custom 9,000SF, gated lane in Frontenac. 5BR/8BA, luxury master wing, 4-car garage.

$549,000 Enchanting 3 bedroom, 2 bath Cape Cod home on just under an acre. Privacy and charm abound!

30 DEERFIELD TERRACE

10127 FIELDCREST LANE

$1,795,000 3-year-old Rehnquist-built home on a private cul-de-sac off Ladue’s Gold Coast, Litzsinger Road.

$335,000 Fabulous price & locale! Updated 3 bedroom, 1 bath charmer on just under .5 acres.

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$1,750,000 2 lots totaling 4.74 acres in heart of Ladue, backing to Old Warson Country Club.

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7445 TEASDALE AvENuE ~ uNDER CONTRACT $299,000 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,800 square feet. Wood floors. Gazebo. Move-in ready.

$255,000 Ladue schools cozy cottage with new full bath, fresh paint and new carpet is not to be missed!

CENTRAL WEST END / DEMuN 4502 MARYLAND AvENuE ~ uNDER CONTRACT

10345 ANZEIGER AvENuE $229,000 3BR/1.5BA, Ladue schools, main fl. laundry, new kit., new windows, hardwood floors, 2-car garage.

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TOWN & COuNTRY/ CHESTERFIELD 12837 HORTON LANE ~ uNDER CONTRACT

$2,299,000 Totally renovated 7,000+ square foot home on 1.8 acres, brand new pool and pool house.

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9760 OLD WARSON ROAD

$2,295,000 5 acre Ladue estate. 4BR/7BA 7,000SF. Pool and pool house

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18720 DOCTORS PASS LANE

$997,500 Lovely 1.5 story home, 4,200+SF on a very private 1.65 acre lot boasting 4BR with 3F/2H baths.

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2325 TODFORTH WAY ~ uNDER CONTRACT

$775,000 Charming home in heart of Ladue. 5BR/4.5BA 4,100SF, open plan, main floor master, LL home theater.

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9810 OLD WARSON ROAD

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24 MuIRFIELD LANE

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