A tourist, probably, standing at the top of the steps from the Arch to the river. She was having her picture taken by family.
Behind her is the old Millennium Hotel. It's gone by different names over the years. Many of the rooms had spectacular views, by our standards. Forty years ago some friends of a poor young couple passed the hat, so to speak, and Mrs. C and I spent our wedding night there. It closed down this year. Never remodeled to contemporary standards and no one interested in putting up the money. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Local Note: the month of March brings the US college basketball championship tournament, known as March Madness. 64 teams start the single-elimination playoffs and my St. Louis University Billikens (America's weirdest college mascot - see here and here - with the possible exception of the University of California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs) made it in. They were terrific through most of the season and then had a complete collapse at the end. They played their first round game against North Carolina State University last night. The Bills were down by 16 in the second half, tied the game, then won by 3 in overtime. One of the greatest comebacks in the history of the tournament. Everyone will be wearing their blue and white today.
Tomorrow is STL DPB's seventh anniversary.
Behind her is the old Millennium Hotel. It's gone by different names over the years. Many of the rooms had spectacular views, by our standards. Forty years ago some friends of a poor young couple passed the hat, so to speak, and Mrs. C and I spent our wedding night there. It closed down this year. Never remodeled to contemporary standards and no one interested in putting up the money. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Local Note: the month of March brings the US college basketball championship tournament, known as March Madness. 64 teams start the single-elimination playoffs and my St. Louis University Billikens (America's weirdest college mascot - see here and here - with the possible exception of the University of California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs) made it in. They were terrific through most of the season and then had a complete collapse at the end. They played their first round game against North Carolina State University last night. The Bills were down by 16 in the second half, tied the game, then won by 3 in overtime. One of the greatest comebacks in the history of the tournament. Everyone will be wearing their blue and white today.
Tomorrow is STL DPB's seventh anniversary.
