A Short Trip to St. Louis

St. Louis wasn’t a planned trip exactly… I went there for a Library conference on communications and marketing. The whole thing was an experience I wasn’t totally expecting.

Either I was in a dark place, or St. Louis was, or we both were. The people I met from St.Louis were all very honest and open-hearted (in good times as well as bad it felt like). And there were times where I wondered if Edmonton was similar to St. Louis and I didn’t want to admit it because of the experience I was having there. It could be that St. Louis is a city best for the people that live there over tourists. Edmonton is that way too.

Also, it wasn’t baseball season.

I wish I had done one of these exercises each day that I was in St. Louis and it might share more of my experience there in a less analytical way. In hindsight, it feels a little less poignant. All in all, I learnt a lot about the Midwest and also myself.

And if you find yourself downtown St. Louis – have lunch at Sugarfire Smokehouse. And buy some cool zines at Starclipper.