This sad mansard is in the super cute City of St. Louis border neighborhood of Elldendale. I met my mom and her husband at Piccadilly's for lunch to pick up my older daughters. Piccadilly's is a nice little place, by the way. Service is a little slow, but it's a pleasant wait. Food is good. Beer is cold. Ellendale is the neighborhood east of McLains, the dive bar at Big Bend and Oxford.
I'm a little embarrassed that until today I did not know this little cute neighborhood was in the city. I always assumed it was Maplewood. I grew up in Brentwood and Webster Groves and drove down Big Bend 10,000 times and never, ever knew the city of St. Louis was so close.
That brings up another topic. I was talking to a city friend who explained some people she knew in the county (mostly far west county and St. Charles) refused to come to the city. I've never, ever encountered that with my Webster/Kirkwood/Glendale/Rock Hill/Brentwood/Ladue friends. I think the city and the inner portions of the county share a lot of attributes: big trees, pretty houses, neat neighbords, gridded streets and railroads.
I grew up in Warson Woods and not really frequented the city growing up, but in my elder years I did. Now that I'm in my 30's I hate going to the city. I just want to be around "my own kind". That's because, about 4 months ago, I was living at Grand & Osceola and was jumped by 3 black men who got out of their van to beat me up. I was bleeding out of my ears, they hit me so hard. A week later, I was in Maplewood.
ReplyDeleteI'll never go back to the city. What a dump.