Come now- tout ensemble- avec your best accent Francais, dit "mon-ree- all."
Where to find such a classy place? The intersection of Union and Reavis Barracks Road in south county, of couse, right behind the Shell Station.
Looks like the place has been spruced up a bit. Roofs are updated and there is a companion mini-mansard in each back yard which is evidently the place to stick your satellite dish.
I find myself at 55/Reavis more often than I care to admit. 6th grade girl's soccer. Out little city team has been placed in the south county team because there were only TWO teams of 6th grade CYC teams in the "open" division (meaning the team has club soccer players). And there was only ONE city team in the "closed" division (no select players). So instead of having a city league of just 3 teams, the CYC put us in south county.
Let's do the math. That means there are only, at most, SIXTY or so sixth grade girls in the entire City of St. Louis who are playing CYC soccer. Disclaimer- St. Roch plays in a county league so they probably have 20 or so playing too. But still. The numbers are screwed up. And sad because it's not just soccer. It's basketball and softball and volleyball too. Disappointing trend. No one wants to be on a team anymore. And I sure do hope the thousands of other sixth grade girls are doing something for exercise.
CYC divisions are supposed to be changing in Spring 2013. There won't be a city division any more. We will either merge with the South Central division (Mary Queen, Holy Redeemer, etc) or with South County. So looks like I'll be driving either 44 or 55 a lot more to get to games. And I hope I find some mansards along the way.
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| check out the sophisticated landing pad for the dish. |
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| Here's Kay winding up. She had two goals but this wasn't one of them. She was pissed she didn't have a hat trick. |
Love your blog, agreed about soccer-I even see that trend here in the county at public school-they drop like flies toward the end of elementary, there are few leagues/parents that do things for the fun of it anymore. If they are not headed for that star high school team or college scholarship, they quit.
ReplyDeleteAND-have you ever been to Beverly Hills CA?! Oh man, take the good camera. TONS of BIG RICH Bad Mansards---!
I love your blog. I just bought a mansard and hate the outside. The lot, property, location and lsyout of house sold us. keep writing I need ideas!!!
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