Next topic: the Japanese Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden, um, just two weeks ago. At the opening ceremony the Consul General of J...

Long lens shot down Market Street over the parade in the gloom last Saturday. Note the Santa Claus with a green hat in the lower left. ...

. It's a public event so there had to be speeches by dignitaries and officials. Among those present were Mayor Francis Slay (above...

. Another shot from the Park Pacific of a notable downtown building, this time City Hall . Unfortunately, it was taken through a window, no...

. Local dignitaries attended the municipal Christmas tree lighting on Friday night. Above and to the left is Mayor Francis Slay , now finis...

Another snap from the staging area of the PrideFest parade a week ago. This 1959 Chevrolet convertible was the car that Mayor Francis Slay ...