About
May 2025 update!
I'm Beth, and I'm here to break your doomscrolling! I started this blog back in 2008, took a break from 2015-2025, and now I'm back because the internet needs my nonsense more now than ever. I believe people need to be reminded that there is always something new to learn in surprising places. Plus, supporting our roadside attractions and quirky museums supports small businesses and small towns all over the country. As Rick Steves says, travel is a political act.
All my old posts are still here on the site, but many will be updated as I get to them again. I'll add new places that have cropped up in the last 10 years, and new posts for old places I never got to back in the day. We'll pour one out for the ones we've lost (RIP Vacuum Cleaner Museum).
What have we been up to the last 10 years? Well, we traded that dreary old Victorian pile for a squat little 1960s ranch in South St Louis, and THAT freed up a lot of money. We also had a kid, who turns 10 this year! We recently acquired a minivan and have been anxious to revisit all the old haunts. These days, a lot of our weekend travels revolve around Irish dance feis.
Francis has a podcast, What a Hell of a Way to Dad, and I'm still a travel agent, specializing in Disney (all Disney destinations, not just Walt Disney World) & Universal. You may also find us around St Louis doing craft fairs as What a Hell of a Way to Dad or Peppers Ghost Tales (depending on the audience), with items you'll find in the podcast shop, and lots of handmade stuff that never makes it onto the website. We also love thrifting, and a lot of our best vintage finds end up in the Podcast Attic.
We're also a family of big readers, and regularly update our Bookshop lists! Here you can find guests from the podcast, travel books I recommend, and Lilly-approved manga. We LOVE our local libraries, but for those books you just have to by, Bookshop lets you pick the independent book store of your choice to support with your purchase. Using our link supports our Little Free Library AND a local book store, win-win!
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ReplyDeleteSorry about the above.
ReplyDeleteI was trying to suggest you visit Tower Rock Conservation Area, near Perryville, MO. I think it may fit your requirements above.
http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/Applications/MOATLAS/AreaSummaryPage.aspx?txtAreaID=7106
If you do visit and enjoy, let me know.
jd
BTW, John G., out in Hawaii, recommended I check out your blog.
Beth - Just discovered this Missouri Digital History website I'm sure you'll be interested if you haven't already seen it. Sorry if browsing the site takes up weeks and weeks of your life as I"m sure it will for me ...;-)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/default.asp
TTTStLou
Oh man, that's even more dangerous for Francis. He's working on a lecture for STL250 about his photo blends!
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