Update of favorite things

Its time to stop being so hard on this place. Here's a starter list of my favorite things, so far:

• Home Eco - green general store! Eat your heart out, Boulder! wow.
• Terrene - ecotarian restaurant. yummy. good for you. nice people.
• Riddles - source local ingredients, longtime community restaurant
• Black Bear Bakery - worker owned local bakery - $1 day olds!
• Missouri Botanical Gardens - yep, its cool (also Earthways House Conservation Center)
• City Museum - haven't been yet, chomping at the bit to go
• Scott Joplin House - state historical site and site of a tribute to spoken word in St Louis last weekend
• Shangri-La - you've already read about this one. good VEGGIE food!
• Farmers Markets
• Schlafly Brewery
• Left Bank Books

The list is growing, i am happy to say. And, as spring arrives, so does more local produce and farm goods. See? Its not all gloom and doom!