The Wise Buddha-hahahaha

The Engineers From Missouri Institute of Science And Technology (Formerly Known As: The School of Minds in Rolla) Gather Today At Bruno's To Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Three Days Late. Why? Here's The Tale Of Two Cities - Rolla And St. Louis.

Dear Pals,

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bars, Mark Bruno and his brother,The Other Bruno, have turned their qualnt, quiet and venerable Bruno's American Grille and Pub into ground zero for The St. Louis Area's Finest St. Patrick's Day Party Held 3-Days After St. Patrick's Day.

It's a tradition at Bruno's NOT to compete with the HUGE St. Pat's Day event held a few hundred miles to the south in Rolla, Missouri. It is the weekend when The Knighting Ceremony is held and back in the ancient pre-PC days, a dip in The Alice Vat was par for the course.

In sleepy, sedate and nearly comatose Rolla, the student engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T. - once known as "The School of Minds" or the Universty of Missouri Rolla) are normally found in libraries or in one of the many supervised fraternity study halls, slaving away over equations that would make a liberal arts major cry like a CUBs fan in Busch Stadium with Albert Pujols coming to the plate with the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the 9th. in the 7th Game Of the World Series with the CUBS up 1-0.

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NOTE: CUBS - is the name of Chicago's pathetic excuse for a National League baseball team that is easily remembered by its initials: Completely Useless By September. Not to be confused with Chicago's other line up of chronic losers in The American League know as The Chicago White Sox...or as we say here in the Cadinal Nation..."The White Sux!"

Nor or they to be confused with the 3rd pathetic team of losers from Chicago, The ACORNS aka The Obama inner Circle of Jerks.

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Who has ADD? Back to Bruno's!! On every St. Pat's Day, the normally intensely studious engineers-to-be let their hair down and Irish out as the entire Rolla campus adopts the motto is "Party we M.U.S.T!"

Three days later, the walking wounded alums from St. Louis gather at Bruno's American Grille and Pub for a bit of the "hair of the dog" and for one last Hurrah for St. Patrick and Old M.U.S.T.!

The Bruno Brothers, who are very fine and well-endowed lads in many ways (good looks NOT being one of them), had the wisdom - in a rare moment of lucid sobriety - to hire the one and only, drop-dead gorgeous, well-endowed with charm, grace and a beautiful face, the never been married and hardly ever been kissed yet none-the-less legendary, Annie Fannie, as their Mistress of Beverage Dispensement and Director Cultural Entertainment.

So, if you're looking for the time of your life, in the congenial company, cordial friendship and conjugal fellowship of mechanical, electrical, structural, chemical, civil and uncivil engineers --and stunningly beautiful coleens of questionable character and unquestionable endowments, here is the place to be on Saturday, March 20, 2010.

Bruno's American Grille and Pub...just a few blocks south of I-64/40 and/or I-44 -- on the east side of Hampton.

If you get to the Hampton and Watson Y-split...you've gone too far.

If you get to the St. Louis Zoo...you've gone too far in the WRONG direction, and you may be too stupid to enjoy the sophisticated humor, wit and wisdom liberally dispenseed at this gathering of erudite engineering intellectuals.

2652 Hampton Ave
St. Louis, MO 63139
ph. 314-769-9331

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen Of The Republic, Mob of One and Sage in the Snuggie

PS: Be sure to get a Genuine Lucky Irish Fortune Cookie, thoughtfully provide by a fun-loving, bon vivant, prominent and distinguished Rolla Alum, who wishes to remain anonymous.

So, if you open one of Greg Slack's thoughtfully-provided fortune cookies and place the fortunes found inside each Irish Fortune Cookie under your pillow for 3-days and sleep on it, you may get lucky.

At least that's what the mesmerizingly gorgeous Ms. Annie Fannie told me.

And believe me, getting lucky with Annie Fannie would make any strapping Rolla lad sing Tooorah-Loorah--Loorah...Toorah...Loorah-LIIIIIII!!!

Will The Spotted Dog be spotted amid the revelers at Bruno's? 

Let's just leave it at, "Woof!"

Just In Time For The NFL Playoffs And Super Bowl: The Recipe For The Ultimate Man-Food, Birk's Legendary Hoosier Lasagna. Bon Appetit!

PRERAMBLE:

 

MILESTONE TODAY: This is my 500th Blog.

 

Do me a favor please. Today, watch the Glenn Beck show on FOX. Today he begins a series called: The Revolutionary Holocaust - LIVE FREE or DIE! The show is going to use REAL HISTORY and REAL FACTS and REAL HISTORIC FILM and REAL PEOPLE to show the REAL nature and REAL meaning of the term "PROGRESSIVE."

 

It will trace the PROGRESSIVE movement from its roots to TODAY. It's now 3:51 a.m. and my day is just beginning. I looked around in my den, which is cluttered with books and I found a book that I bought for $1.75 in 1965 when I was a senior in high school in Section 42 at Augustinian Academy.

 

The title of the book is: The Meaning Of Communism, a concise and comprehensive history that unravels the complexity of the Communist challenge. 

 

It was written by William J. Miller and published by Time-Life Books, in association with Henry L. Roberts, Russian Institute, Columbia University and Marshall D. Shulman, Russian Center, Harvard University.

 

Tonight I'm going to ask my family to join me to watch "The Revolutionary Holocaust" - that's a quote from Karl Marx - LIVE FREE or DIE - that's the state motto of New Hampshire.

 

History matters...REAL HISTORY...REAL FACTS are often disturbing, insightful and educational. 

 

Revisionist history...politically-correct history can delude and destroy a nation and it's people. Don't take my word for anything. THINK FOR YOURSELF.

 

Tonight, tune in with an OPEN MIND to watch Glen Beck's story of the PROGRESSIVE movement and it's roots.

 

Those who ignore the lessons of REAL HISTORY are doomed to repeat them.

 

Thanks!!

 

Birk

 

NOW! Here is the RECIPE I promised you!

 

Dear Pals,

 

CUT AND PASTE AND SHARE WITH ALL YOUR REAL PALS.

 

THE RECIPE FOR BIRK’S LEGENDARY HOOSIER LASAGNA

The perfect dish of Manfood to serve at Super Bowl Parties, deer camps,

duck hunts, stag parties, fraternity initiations and weddings in zip-code 63116

where Birk grew up.

Step one: get a rectangular glass lasagna deep-casserole dish.

Step two: spray it with PAM...the kind of PAM with olive oil

Step three: place a layer of plain White Castle hamburgers on the bottom - buns and all

Step four: pour a fresh container or can of Steak 'n Shake chili over them (best fresh)

Step five: crush a large bag of jumbo-size Fritos with a rolling pin - but not too fine

Step six: put a layer of Frito's pieces on top of the chili

Step seven: now add a layer of White Castle Cheeseburgers – buns and all

Step eight: cover that with another layer of Steak 'n Shake chili

Step nine: add another layer of Fritos and fresh chopped onion (but, not minced),

green and yellow and red peppers (hickory-smoked real bacon broken into

Chicklet-size pieces is optional - but very highly recommended!!)

Step ten: top with KRAFT shredded cheddar cheese (no other cheese will melt and crisp as well)

Cover with aluminum foil and place in a pre-heated oven at 350 for 30 minutes.

Then remove aluminum foil for and additional 3-5 minutes to brown and lightly

crisp the cheese on top."

"Voila! You have Hoosier Lasagna!"

 

WARNING: Eat at your own risk and do not sleep in an enclosed room after consuming.

Make sure sleeping area is well-ventilated and do not strike a match under even the

direst circumstances, unless you have a death wish.

 

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This was requested by a Pal in Texas...I hope you enjoy it too.

 

A BIT OF HISTORY...

The recipe may be amended to use Krystal Hamburgers in

Dixie and Cincinnati-style Chili in Ohio. Birk's original recipe was

created for his pals, David, Jason and Kiwi.

 

The recipe was declared a success since it was non-toxic and non-fatal.

It is best enjoyed with ice ice ice cold American Beers, save the foreign

brews for World Cup.

 

Birk, Commonsensetarian, Citizen of the Republic, A Mob Of One

and the Original South St. Louis Iron Chef

Eat, Drink And Be Mary! Love To Have Fun With Wine, Women And Song...And Chocolate?? Look What My Pals Arlene, Stanley and Cal Have Been Up To!!

Dear Pals,

I had lunch at Robust yesterday with the owners, my pals Arlene Maminta and Stanley Browne. I had a bowl of braised pork chili. As those who know me well, know I am a chili connessieur and on a scale of 1 to 10 this Robust baby clocked in at 9.2!!!

I also enjoyed a great Robust-style BLT made with apple-smoked thick slab bacon and a fresh avocado. Just when I was ready to shift to another hole in my belt, Arlene bushwhacked me with a hot chocolate bread pudding topped with a floret of vanilla ice cream festooned with LSD.*.

OMG!!!

Only one word approaches its description: DECADENTLY DELICIOUS!  (Okay, that's 2-words! So sue me.)

We had a great time at lunch and a ton of laughs as we caught up on "goings on."

After lunch I waddled over to the gift Shop and Hip-Hop-Be-Bop Mary Love, the Robust Wine Den Mother regaled us with ribald stories and jokes and then she and Arlene showed me two new items that absolutely knocked me out.

Chocolate dipped pretzels, ooooohoooohooohooooh...and get this!!

Real bottles full of sommelier-selected wine and then dipped in chocolate up to the necks.

Try CMS (Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah blend ) from Hedges Winery in Washington's Columbia Valley. It's lke the wine got all giddy and goofy and then ran off and  jumped into the deep end of a chocolate swimming pool. (Something I've often fantasized about doing.)

The idea is 1) uncork 2) pour into stemmed Reidel goblet, 3) crack the chocolate off the bottle and 4) enjoy a truly delightful pairing of flavors. It's also available in STEELE brand wines in the 375 ml. size.

If you like chocolate - and who doesn't, and wine - and who doesn't...you will think you died and went to Wineocolate Heaven.

I'm getting some of these for high-impact stocking stuffers...they are very nicely priced too! Check it out on the Robust website or pop into their cool spot on Lockwood it's right next to Straub's in uptown-downtown Webster Groves.

I also learned that my pal Cal Nicholson, the genial gentleman and bon vivant St. Louis vintner has released some of his fabulous small production wines just in tme for the holidays. Cal produces in case lots as small as 50 cases and rarely more that 200 cases...so these puppies are truly hand-crarfted and coaxed to perfection.

Here's how Cal describes them!

 The "Assertive" 2006 Cellar Arts Napa Valley Cuvée

 The "Explosive" 2006 Cellar Arts Napa Valley Mountain Cuvée

 The "Seductive" 2006 Nicholson Jones "Clare Luce Abbey" Cabernet Sauvignon

 The "Provocative" 2006 Nicholson Jones Cabernet Sauvignon

 The "Regal" 2005 Rutherford Reserve (which is "opening up" beautifully).

 

Cal has the full tasting notes and prices, along with all of the other fun wine details available online.

Just swing by http://store.nicholsonjones.com

 

Cal and his renowned winemaker, Julien Fayard literally pour their hearts and souls into these small production wines. Not a single drop of wine leaves the winery unless it is two clicks north of perfection!

 

I love wine, women and song. And chocolate!

 

Mix 'em all together and it is a beautiful and decadantly delicious experience...kinda like a day with Hip-Hop-Be-Bop Mary Love!

 

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic, a Mob Of One.

 

PS: Did you know that Mary Love actually inspired the songs, Love Makes The World Go 'Round, Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing and Love Machine?

 

I don't make this stuff up...I just report it.

 

*LSD...light sugar dusting - it was really good.

Chocolate! Chocolate! Dark Chocolate! Chocolate Is A Food Group! And How A New Chocolate Legend Is Born In St. Louis! Mandy's Cranberry Almond Dark Chocolate...OMG!!

CHOCOLATE FIGHTS CANCER!!

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/breast-cancer/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=100245475&imageindex=2

I don't make this stuff up!

More great news below!!

Dear Pals,

A long time ago, I helped my Pal Maynard K. aka "Buddy" by creating marketing materials for Karl Bissinger Chocolatiers, a legendary company he bought back in the late 1970's. Bissingers had been making chocolates since the 17th century and according to family legend and lore, they sold their treats to Napoleon and Josephine, Kings, Kaisers and nobles throughout Europe. Today they sell worldwide out of St. Louis via the Internet.

The Bissinger family left Europe for America in 1845 made their way first to Cincinnati and then in 1927, Karl Bissinger opened his own store on McPherson Avenue in St. Louis' tony CWE (Central West End).

1927, as history buffs will recall was the year Lucky Lindy "The Lone Eagle of the USA" was flying high in The Spirit of St. Louis - his Ryan airplane was bought for him by a few St. Louis "aviation nuts." The deal went down in my favorite old haunt, The Racquet Club on north Kingshighway.

But that's another story for another day.

HERE'S THE GREAT NEWS!!

Last night I went to a very nice wine tasting at Schnucks Clayton and Lindbergh store. The wine department there stands in no one's shadow. My cousin Dave, aka "The Wine Guy" is a sommelier and he is the go-to-guy in St. Louis for wine.

Well, aside from discovering an Old Vine Zin that was out of this world, I also discovered what I believe is a NEW CHOCOLATE LEGEND.

I saw an attractive young lady feverishly, but artfully setting up a display of handmade chocolate candies.

Like the Chocolate robot that I am, I was drawn to this amazing display of chocolates in clear bags festooned with hand-tied gold ribbons. I intruded into the lady's space with my usual aplomb and shy sophistication and graciously asked, "What are you doing?"

She introduced herself as Mandy and told me that she was setting up her holiday display. Never missing a stroke in the ballet of her rhythmic stocking, she told me that she was the owner of Mandy's Candies and that she had a tiny handmade candy factory off Manchester in downtown Maplewood.

I asked her if she knew my Pal Linda who runs Something Elegant, St. Louis' finest haute cuisine catering company that is also located in that neck of the woods. Mandy didn't know her...so I offered to hook up these two entrepreneurial ladies.

Then I instinctively picked up a bag containing a giant dark Chocolate Cranberry Almond bar...Mandy said, "That's a good choice."

My purple gums must have visually-cued her to my weakness for wine, because she then added, "It goes really well with a glass of red wine."

I was hooked.

Reel me in.

Mount me on the wall over the mantle.

What is better than a great red wine and handmade dark Chocolate with cranberry and almonds?  Even great sex is a distant second...unless it's skillfully executed in conjuction with fine wine, dark chocolate and Sinatra, Barry White or Keb 'Mo.

At that level, people have been known to feel the earth move.

Well suffice it to say, the dark Chocolate Cranberry Almond bar I purchased from Mandy's Candies last night is HISTORY! And I predict that Mandys' Candies will make history! A new St. Louis Chocolate Legend is born!

It was sooooooooooooooooo good that I'm emailing my partner Arlene today to tell her to get Mandy's Candies ( if she hasn't already) to sell in the gift baskets and in the shop at the award-winning wine experience restaurant that she and her husband Stanley created...you might have heard of it. It's in downtown Webster Groves and it's called ROBUST. (www.robustwines.com)

If you love handmade dark chocolates and don't mind typing in a very long url...go to Mandy's Candies.

Simply type in...

w w w . m a n d y s h o m e m a d e c a n d i e s . c o m

Phew! I'm worn out. Here use this link: www.mandyshomemadecandies.com

I love female entrepreneuers and have had the pleasure of helping more than a few grow their businessess.

Give Mandy's Candies, Something Elegant and ROBUST a shot...you won't be disappoined.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of The Republic. A Mob of One.

SPECIAL HEADS UP: To my Cal Gal Pal, Suzanne...Mandy's Candies...Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Share them with Dave and your other flying buds!!

FEDERAL INTERNET POLICE NOTICE: This is a purely spontaneous reference to entrepreneurial businesses. I have not recieved any remuneration for these priceless blog mentions from the companies mentioned herein. I did it for 2 reasons: I have a soft spot in my heart for entrepreneurial ladies and, I did it out of love for wine, women and song...and DARK CHOCOLATE!

Fight Breast Cancer Eat More Dark Chocolate

PS: When I visited Mandy's website, I was also delighted to find out that Mandy supports BJC's Siteman Cancer Center that has been so instumental in saving my own wife's life.

A Birk Blast From The Past: Obama The Cereal Killer!! THE BIRK BREAKFAST OF CHUMPIONS - 30 Daze To A Better Outlook On Life.

Dear Pals,

June 22, 2009 - was one of my all time favorite blogs.

After I wrote it I went cold turkey on Cheerios.

I swithched two eating Jeck Adaniels and Lucky Chrms for breakfast, the wrist is az the sey, historu.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic, and a Mob Of One

PS: Try this Birk Breakfast Plan for 30 Days and see if you still give a shet about Oboamas bulkshoot.

Achtung! Harley Riding Amigos...Fearless Entrepreneurial Partners Sought For Sturgis, South Dakota Escapade For Fun And Profits!!

Dear Pals,

If you love ridin' Harleys...or other big bikes.

If you love chili, beer and raisin' a little hell from time to time.

If you love the idea of going to Sturgis, South Dakota next year on business for fun and profit.

If you have $10,000.00 in "100% discretionary cash" to take a "complete flyer."

Let me hear from you.

I'm looking for no more than 10 gutsy fun-loving partners to invest $10,000.00 each for an aggregate 50% stake in an LLC to create a new consumer brand backed by a marketing scheme I've developed.

Every $10,000 buys 5% of the LLC units. Plus you'll be paid for your personal promotional   participation and bike expenses and your trip to Sturgis may all be business promotional expenses in this scenario. (Your CPA will need to advise you on this).

I'm contributing the brand Intellectual Property, marketing services, new product development and management expertise for my 50%.  

When I find the fearless entrepreneurs, who are a bunch of fun and sales loving souls and raise the $100 grand, we'll have a meeting and the business plan details will be revealed.

Call me 314-918-7500.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic

The plan is to pay the cash-investors out first...as it should be.

Be part of the adventure...if you have the cahones, or can rent some.

Hahahaha!

SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PAL DAVID R. who reminded me that Sturgis is is South Dakota, NOT Wyoming as I had originally written. It was my mistake. At 3:00 a.m. I'm ahhhh... just a tad geographically challenged.

The Rooster Lays An Egg On Locust Street...A Golden One!! And A Bowood Grows On Olive Street Just West Of Old Gaslight Square.

Dear Pals,

We had a two Urban Adventures yesterday.

URBAN ADVENTURE ONE: The Rooster

Loring took me to David Bailey's Rooster restaurant on Locust between 10th and 11th. I'm never going back until tomorrow.

Good God Gertie what an eats treat!! Especially for big bad breakfast-aholics like me.

Jacob was our waiter and the "Irish Princess" Meghan Kathleen O'Donnell was our hostess with the mostess. Meghan also hosts "The Meghan O Show" on FM 104 on Sunday afternoons, she's wrapping up her degree at Fontbonne too. What a slacker!

Meghan's as cute as a bug's ear and she was also a skilled high school soccer-player with an irrepressible personality.

I want her to marry Randy.

The Rooster's cock-a-doodle-do breakfast was more than ample...innovative in both concoction and presentation and the Bloody Marys which were garnished with pepperocini, garlic clove and olive were speecy-spicy-very-nicey! The extra-thick home-baked sourdough toast and Mo-Made sausages were extraordinary. The peach jam was homemade and terrible - I was only able to eat five (5) crocks of the stuff.

Don't go there!

I shan't crow about it anymore, lest the Rooster becomes too popular.

As the great Yogi Berra once observed about Jack Dempsey's Restaurant in New York. "Nobody goes there any more because it's too crowded."

Yes dear friends, the Rooster laid an egg...a golden one in a rehabbed barbershop on Locust Street...just one block east of Tucker Boulevard.

URBAN ADVENTURE TWO: Bowood Farms and Osage

Bowood Farms "Plants and Possibilities" @  4605 Olive just west of Taylor.

If Eden had a retail outlet this would be it.

Loring, who knows a thing or 50,000 about plants and gardening, loves this place and if you go there...be prepared to fall in love with nature all over again.

It's a creation of genial John McPheeters and it is a tribute to creative imagination, really cool merchandise (like a waterproof gardening book for use outside) and great taste, all presented in a plant lover's paradise and paradigm.

I hope you'll take an Urban Adventure soon.

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citrizen of the Republic

PS: Libations of an adult nature are served at Osage. Just one door east of Bowood Farms. But, go early because they close at 2:00 pm on Saturday.

For you fans of Zane Gray novels and Latin, you'll be happy to know that Bowood has Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' and scores of other fresh Herbs planted and thriving on The Green Roof! Don't miss it and be sure to pick up Boxwood's handy list of Herbs featuring both the Latin Name and the Common Name.

Carpe Yumium!

Have you read, "Riders of the Purpurascens?"

Help Stamp Out Boring Lunches...Thrill Your Taste Buds And Keep "Char Of The Bar" Reigel And "Brenda The Best" Happy!

Dear Pals,

I'm not getting a dime for this plug. Not even a free hors 'd ouerves.

Nor am I angling for one.

This is a purely spontaneous tip of the hat to one of St. Louis' little gems...Frank Papa's Ristorante on Brentwood Boulevard.

QUESTION DU JOUR: Do you ever get on "auto pilot" and go to lunch at the same old place without even thinking about it?

I do.

Well today I was on my way back from Steve Adam's studio en route to my office and I planned to stop at the "same old place."

But on the way, I passed Frank Papa's' Ristorante at White Avenue and Brentwood Boulevard.

It had a sign in the window: OPEN FOR LUNCH Wednesday through Friday.

Well, since Loring was taking her friend Lisa out for a Birthday Dinner, (I presume they were dining in their birthday suits, so I wasn't invited) I knew that I was going to be on my own, so I decided to have dinner at lunch and swung My Old Red Baby into Frank's parking lot

My gal pal Brenda from the recently deceased Zinnia's, who now worked at Frank Papa's, had told us that they were open for lunch, but frankly, I had forgotten it. I asked for Brenda, but she was off for the day. So I put myself in the capable hands of "Char of the Bar."

To make a long story longer, I enjoyed a fabulous lunch - a rigatoni pasta dish with beef marinara sauce made with sausage and bacon.

Ummmmmmmm...mmmmm...mmmmmm!

OMG!!

My genial hostess was Char Reigel, (and she treated me regally) a long time employee of this white table cloth family-owned ristorante with an AMAZINGLY affordable and absolutely orgasmic lunch special menu.

So, if you find yourself on Brentwood, about 1.2 clicks south of I-40/64 near White Avenue, swing into Frank Papa's for lunch and tell Char of the Bar, Brenda the Best and Frank that "Birk sent me."

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen of the Republic

PS: Now that Highway 40 (I-64)  is open to Brentwood Boulevard again - access to Frank Papa's is easy and breezy once more. Be sure to bring a hearty appetite and be prepared to have a few laughs with Char, Brenda and Frank.

GO THERE FOR LUNCH and be prepared to enjoy some mighty tasty lovingly-made Italian taste sensations...at prices very very very close to Panera's (once known as St. Louis Bread Company)...but miles apart in every other culinary dimension.

Put yourself in Char's or Brenda's hands - you will be thrilled with the food, the service...and rumor has it that that wine is pretty good too.

Of course, I wouldn't know.

Burp...hic...ahhhhhhhhh.

Get Out Your Racoon Coat And Stutz Bearcat And Head To A Nifty New Spot On St. Louis' Old Automobile Row...The Fountain On Locust.

Dear Pals,

Last night Loring took me to a nifty new spot to celebrate my birthday. She had discovered this nifty nook earlier in the week at lunch with her palette Shoeylindamacher.

It's called The Fountain on Locust and it's in a historic building on St. Louis' Roaring '20's automobile row. The building was once a Stutz Bearcat and Stutz Blackhawk dealership.

Boola! Boola! '23 Skidoo!

Today, the historic venue's menu features an eclectic array from Dill Pickle Soup to tasty sandwiches on fresh-baked foccaccio, to full dinner entrees to luxurious ice-cream Martinis (I recommend The Dreamsicle) and the "world's smallest ice cream cone."

To complement the long list of Ice Cream Martini's and other booze neauveaux exotica, an array of vintage cocktails - from Rusty Nails to Gin Rickys is also offered for those who want to take a trip into that cul de sac off automotive memory lane.

I was surprised to discover that the owner is Joy Gnric - aka Joy in the Morning - a bubbly blonde and former drive-time diva on St. Louis Radio.

If you're looking for a nifty new spot...take 40/64 East to Grand Avenue - go north on Grand to Lindell and turn right on Lindell - for a few blocks to Cardinal Avenue which is one block east of Compton, then turn left to Locust and you are there!

Birk, Commonsensetarian and Citizen Of The Republic

PS: If you are a Soup-a-holic like moi, try the "Soup Flight" - a trio of tasty treats including dill pickle soup, mumbo-jumbo gumbo and the evening's special soup du jour was fabulous Fandango Florentine with tortellini.

With all due respect to The Campbell's Kids, it was Um...Um...Great!

Oh, by the by...don't miss the restrooms...and the comedic Burlesque Show that plays there every so often. ( In the restaurant as a floor show...not in the bathrooms!)

Wine Tasting Today!

Don't forget...the Nicholson-Jones wine preview event is scheduled for TODAY!

 

Sunday, January 25, 2009, at the award-winning wine bistro, Robust, located at 227 W. Lockwood, in the heart of Webster Groves.

 

A complimentary public tasting is scheduled from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.  Hors d’oeuvres and live music are included.

 

Can you think of a better way to spend a "Football-less Sunday?"

 

Birk, Commonsenseatarian and Citizen of the Republic

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