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Monday morning ladder drops

2 ladders have fallen on local highways this morning, must be Monday.

Tally:

Mattresses 56

Ladders 76

A tribute documentary to The Hill neighborhood

Tonight at 7 Channel 9 in St. Louis will televise a documentary on The Hill. Most of us have been on The Hill at one time or other to eat at one of the many good restaurants. This film spends less time on the eating part and more on how this area developed, its history, and how it is seeing a  renaissance today.

We've been over there many times through the years and it always appears to be a strong, stable place. Homes are not big mansions, but are meticulously cared for, and I always believed I could happily live thee.  I'm looking forward to watching this tonight if I can keep Dale off the remote for a football game or some such.

Another tally update

Mattresses 56

Ladders 74

two ladders this week hit roads  Be watchful out there

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A big tally jump

All of a sudden mattresses and ladders are moving again. And falling onto the roads.

Currently:

Mattresses 54

Ladders 71

This just should not be

I walked past our tv this morning just as Channel 5, KSDK, was reporting this. It stunned me enough that I took a quick picture since I had my phone in my hand at the time.

It's hard to read so here is what it showed:

Homicides up 24 percent over 2019

212 murders in St. Louis

107 children shot

18 of those children died

A new tally!

Even with somewhat less traffic as people are working at home more often, these things are still falling onto St. Louis area highways.

Mattresses 50

Ladders 60

On another travel note in the STL, news this morning. The King bridge was closed for many months for repairs or some such. It recently re-opened and today we learn that today and tomorrow the westbound lane will close from 9-3 and Wednesday and Thursday the eastbound lanes will close from 8-3. For inspections! I mean, seriously? They just spent a long time re-doing that bridge, why weren't inspections done before they opened just a short time ago?

Catching up on the road falls

Mattresses 45

Ladders 55

Ladders are really pulling away right now, must be because of all the construction work going on.

Oops, late tally update

Mattresses 42

Ladders 44

I got busy and forgot to keep up with these things falling on St. Louis highways

Best food categories for the year

Feast Magazine, a free newsprint type of monthly and is found for free at entrances to grocery stores and restaurants, has come out with its annual "Best Of" issue. These bests run the gamut of anything food in the St. Louis region. I came across a link to this today and scrolled through all the categories as well as the comments under the story on Facebook. Now that I want to link it myself, it has disappeared. As a general rule, Feast doesn't link its current issue online until most of the hard copies have been taken or it's almost time for the new month.

So I guess someone took it down. I tried every local news outlet I could think of to find this story but it's gone. I wanted to zero in on Feast's Best Bar b Que because it got quite the reaction from those who commented. Bandana's was chosen as number one. With all the great bar b que's in St. Louis and Illinois it shocked many readers that a food magazine put them at number one. We happen to like Bandanas and do a carry out from there quite often and are never unhappy we did.

But smoked meat fans were pretty outraged. Sugar Fire, I believe was either second or third. If I get up the nerve to go to the store, I'll get the actual Feast Magazine to be sure.