Unprofound

Places in St. Louis I have been, and places I still need to visit: Taste by Niche John Donut The Cup (who are we kidding it’s The Cupcakery) Katie’s Pizzeria La Pizza Bar Italia Pi Pizzeria SubZero Vodka Bar World’s Fair Doughnuts St. Louis Cupcake La Bonne Bouchée Jilly’s Cupcake Bar Thai Pizza Co. Blueberry Hill Eclipse The Pin-Up Bowl BARcelona Mosaic First Watch Bissinger’s Straub’s Companion Froyo Chill Orange Leaf Booster’s Cafe Uncle Bill’s Pancake House The Library Annex The Good Pie Missouri Botanical Garden Half & Half Crown Candy Kitchen Mango Salt Baily’s Range Bissinger’s Chocolate Bar

Places in St. Louis I have been, and places I still need to visit:

  • Taste by Niche
  • John Donut
  • The Cup (who are we kidding it’s The Cupcakery)
  • Katie’s Pizzeria
  • La Pizza
  • Bar Italia
  • Pi Pizzeria
  • SubZero Vodka Bar
  • World’s Fair Doughnuts
  • St. Louis Cupcake
  • La Bonne Bouchée
  • Jilly’s Cupcake Bar
  • Thai Pizza Co.
  • Blueberry Hill
  • Eclipse
  • The Pin-Up Bowl
  • BARcelona
  • Mosaic
  • First Watch
  • Bissinger’s
  • Straub’s
  • Companion
  • Froyo
  • Chill
  • Orange Leaf
  • Booster’s Cafe
  • Uncle Bill’s Pancake House
  • The Library Annex
  • The Good Pie
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Half & Half
  • Crown Candy Kitchen
  • Mango
  • Salt
  • Baily’s Range
  • Bissinger’s Chocolate Bar

The world is a very cool place

But then, you already knew that didn’t you?

Each time I go through all of the emails, blog posts, tweets, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and such that I get each day, my list of amazing places to go to/see/try grows. Lately, as the year winds down and seniors are creating their to-do lists before leaving, these lists have only gotten exponentially longer. So to follow is the updated list of all the places to go/eat/shop/see in various cities around the globe.

  • Salt & Straw—Portland, OR—said to feature some of America’s best ice cream
  • Delancey—Seattle, WA—Molly Wizenberg, of Orangette and Spilled Milk fame, and husband Brandon Pettit’s pizza restaurant
  • Essex—Seattle, WA—the duo’s soon-to-open craft-cocktail bar
  • Spy: The exhibit—Discovery Times Square, NY—The world of espionage uncovered. In a word: cool.
  • Terracotta Warriors—Discovery Times Square, NY—China’s terracotta warriors finally on display outside their home country. Haunting in the best way.

But don’t hate her because she’s beautiful: her talent and originality would draw wolf whistles if she were an 86-year-old hunchbacked troll.

—Liesl Schillinger on Marisha Pessl from the New York Times review of Special Topics in Calamity Physics

A very calamitous post.

I’m writing the longest paper ever on Marisha Pessl’s Special Topics in Calamity Physics and my rationale for why it should replace another novel on the existing syllabus for my contemporary american literature 1990-2000 class. So in doing a little research for my tome, I came across an article Pessl’s food habits, haunts, and rituals. Favorite author + obsession with food? Hello new best friend! Check out this article about her food loves from Grub Street New York here.

Minimalist.

Minimalist.

Refinery29 always seems to know what I need. Today, this was in the Chicago edition.

Refinery29 always seems to know what I need. Today, this was in the Chicago edition.

So much love for this email from Free People advertising its new blog. Rainbows and illustration ftw!

So much love for this email from Free People advertising its new blog. Rainbows and illustration ftw!

The styling of this photo and ad in the latest email from BHLDN was too lovely to throw away. I hope this red velvet actually had some flavor!

The styling of this photo and ad in the latest email from BHLDN was too lovely to throw away. I hope this red velvet actually had some flavor!