Want.

Target has always been my favorite supplier of typography-themed home accessories. Here's the newest thing I want. Too bad my shower has a door and no need for a curtain.

There's also a matching set of towels! I bought one of the big ones, just for fun.

River deep (mountain high)

The Mississippi has escaped its usual confines again. Yesterday it was up to the first step at the Arch.

My adorable parents

My parents (Steve and Debbie) love having a lawn to care for. I did not inherit that gene.

Don't get struck by a speeding car on North Tucker

Readying for repairs on the Tucker bridge (it's collapsing rapidly; check the giant holes in the sidewalk), workers have removed all the helpful traffic signals from Convention to MLK. They've been temporarily replaced by flimsy stop signs that blow over in the slightest wind, which means no one is doing any stopping.

Foolishness, mayhem and nonsense.

Downtown development

I've had my eye on this vacant building at the corner of Washington Avenue and 15th Street for quite a while. I've always thought it'd make a great cabaret. And it has giant doors all along one side that could be opened to give the space an open-air feel when the weather is nice.

All that to say the for-lease signs recently were taken down. Perhaps some developer is about to make my vision a reality!

Update: Sources say no licenses or permits have been applied for at this space. It's likely that a new leasing company has taken over, which is why the old sign is gone.

Strike a pose

Our adorable shar pei Bartlet once again will be famous. He'll be pictured on the cover of the annual Summer Fun guide, brought to you by Go! magazine and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The cover won't be all about Bartlet this year, though. (Last year's is at left.) There will be many exciting things happening in the cover photo. But thanks to the magic of Photoshop, all models needn't be present in order to be pictured together.

Above, you see genius photographer Johnny L. White and Doggydaddy James Slover.

Showoff

The man at far right is running. Also, he is juggling. You have to squint to see that because I didn't take his picture when he was closer.