Pic Today 10/31/12

DOUBLES BARISTA COMPETITION

AT KALDI'S COFFEE

Twelve pairs of Kaldi's baristas showed up

at the Kaldi's Demun store in St. Louis

Monday evening for a rare "doubles" competition.

Pairs performed against the clock

to prepare assigned coffee drinks

in front of coffee judges,

and an evening of fun in front of

their fellow workers.

"Life is too short to drink decaf."

Pic Today 10/30/12

KIDS LOVE

MODEL TRAINS

Wanna' watch a kid

play for hours, and hours?

Take him to a model train show.

You won't know the youngsters

from the old timers.

(They're all kids at heart.)

Pic Today 10/29/12

NOTHING

MORE SCARY

. . . than a blank piece of paper!

It's Halloween Week.

And I always think about ghosts

and monsters, and scary things

when it's Halloween.

But fact is, there's nothing more scary

than a blank piece of paper.

Whether you're an artist or a writer

 or just a thinker, just remember . . .

 "the blank page frightens the good ones,

but terrifies the great ones."

So if it's words, or strokes or ideas,

the thing is to START.

Your work will never be as perfect

as it is the moment before

you actually begin.

Pic Today 10/28/12

I LOVE TO DRIVE

IN THE RAIN

. . . especially in the fall!

"It's cold now.

The rains have come.

The smells are sweet,

This wet autumn."

                      -- Anon

Pic Today 10/27/12

9-COURSE 

GOURMET SEAFOOD DINNER,

WITHOUT FISH

The Rogue Underground Dining Society

held their 23rd gourmet event,

featuring an all seafood dinner

without fish.

Individual courses included fresh catch

from the sea (but strictly non-fish)

 including shrimp, lobster,

scallops, eel, squid, octopus, 

caviar and mussels.

True to the spirit of a private,

strictly "underground" dining society,

the event was held in a private basement,

with each course prepared on-site

with fresh caught fare.

Pic Today 10/26/12

PUMPKIN CARVING

AS FINE ART

Master pumpkin carver, Craig

(sculptedpumpkins@aol.com)

shows how pumpkins can be

transformed into fine art

at the Magic House in Kirkwood, MO.

Kids got to decorate their own pumpkins

with stickers, feathers and pipe cleaners.

Is your pumpkin outside your front door yet?

(If not, better hurry.)

Pic Today 10/25/12

SINGING SONGS

TO PRESERVE

MISSOURI'S BEST LAND

At a recent fund raiser and celebration,

on a beautiful fall afternoon,

the River Rats performed near the

famous Treloar Grain Elevator,

along the Katy Trail.

The Katy Trail was converted from

an unused railroad track, and is now

a popular hiking and bike trail

running 225 miles across the state

(150 of which are along the Missouri River.)

The Katy Land Trust seeks to preserve

agricultural lands, forests, river bluffs

and natural areas along this broad corridor.

Worth singing for!

(Thanks Maggie, who just happens 

to be my beautiful daughter.)

katylandtrust.org

myspace.com/riverratsmusic